| Name | Standing for (not required) |
| SURF-LINE Accelerator | SUperconducting Radio Frequency LINEar Accelerator |
| Mother of all Particle Colliders | |
| DRACULA | Direct Ray Atomic Collider Ultra Linear Accelerator |
| HIPPO | High Intensity Paperwork Production Originator |
| Chronos | Grecian god of time |
| Panic | named for Grecian god Pan, considered to be the god of sound for playing the panpipes |
| Panpipes | |
| Syrinx | nymph-turned-reed that was made into the panpipe |
| The Big Bopper | newly emerging local radio networks to create hits and to communicate to a
large audience |
| SURFACE | |
| SURFACE-PULL Accelerator | SUperconducting Radio Frequency CavitiEs PULsed Linear accelerator |
| Project David | in honor of the most underrated cartoon character of all time - David the Gnome |
| LASR-FCP | Linear Accelerator for Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavities in Protons
(pronounced "Laser FCP") |
| FAST | Fermilab Accelerator Superceding Tevatron |
| PCYNAM | Proton Collider Yielding Neutrinos and Muons (pronounced "P-Sine-um") |
| Pro-PAC | Proton Particle Accelerator Collider (pronounced "Pro-pack") |
| TARP | Tevatron Aids Research Physics |
| CDO | Collossal Detection Oversight |
| CMO | Considerable Matter Outthere |
| MFiD | Melissa Franklin interception device |
| HAMR | Hi-intensity Accelerator for Muon/neutrino Research |
| SuRF Injector | Superconducting RF Injector |
| PHISIC | Proton High Intensity Source Injector Center |
| GMS | Giant Mega Smashatron |
| ADAMXII | |
| S.R.F.C. Protocelerator | Superconducting Radio Frequency Cavity Proton Accelerator |
| HULK | Humanity's (or Human) Ultimate Library of Knowledge |
| HULK SMASH | |
| EAGLE | Electro-proton Accelerator Gradient Linear (or Linac) Experiment |
| The Stimulon | |
| Super Smasher | |
| Megatron | |
| Berserk | Benevolent Ecstatic Reactions Serve Everyone's Rightful Knowledge |
| Brytanee | the name of my next door neighbor |
| SRFLAC or Surflac | Superconducting RF Linear Accelerator |
| Symplegades | an obstacle - two giant cliffs crashing together |
| Heisenberg | |
| SUP-R-FREQ | superconducting radio frequency (pronounced "Super Freak") |
| The Ferminator | |
| I.S.A.P. | Inner Space Accelerator Project |
| MANIC | Muon and neutrino investigation Collider |
| Thors Hammer | |
| SuperCav | superconducting radio frequency cavities |
| Supro | |
| Name | Standing for (not required) |
| AEGIS | American Eight Gev Injection Source |
| AMPS | A Megawatt Proton Source |
| DIRAC | Development of an Injector to Renew the Accelerator Complex |
| DUSLA | Dual Use SuperConducting Linear Accelerator |
| ENRICO | - |
| EPIC | Electron-Proton Intense beam linaC |
| EPL | ep Linac |
| EPL&IB | ep Linac & Intense Beams |
| epLC | e + p for ILC |
| EPSL | ep Superconducting Linac |
| EPSLA | ep superconducting Linear Accelerator |
| EVA | Electron-proton Variable Accelerator |
| FEPL | Fermi ep Linac |
| FEPL&IB | Fermilab ep Linac & Intense Beams |
| FERMI | Front End for the Recycler & Main Injector |
| FHILAC | Fermilab High Intensity LinAC |
| HIEPSL | High Intensity ep Superconducting Linac |
| HILAC | High Intensity LinAC |
| HILRI | High Intensity Linac Research Installation |
| HIP or HIPP | High Intensity Proton beam Project |
| HIPS | High Intensity Proton Source |
| HISEPL | High Intensity Superconducting ep Linac |
| HISL | High Intensity Superconducting Linac |
| HISTAC | High Intensity Superconducting Technology ACcelerator |
| HISTAR | High Intensity Superconducting Technology Accelerator Research |
| IBEPL | Intense Beam ep Linac |
| IBEX | Intense Beam Electron-Proton X-celerator |
| IBIS | Intense Beam InStallation (Thoth Egyptian god of knowledge) |
| IRIS | messenger to the gods, not an acronym |
Linac+Recycler@8GeV
or Project X:LR8 | pronounced to sound like "project accelerate" |
| LIBERTY | Linear Intense Beam research faciliTY |
| LIBRA | Linear Intense Beam Research Accelerator |
| LINCOLN | Linac for Intense Neutrino-beams and Cracking Of Lepton
Number-conservation
(inspired by Thomas Jefferson National Lab)
|
| LIPS | Linear Intense Proton Source |
| Megascape | Megawatt SuperConducting Acceleration of Protons and Electrons
(magic lantern, used for throwing a magnified image of an opaque
object on a screen) |
| Megascope | Megawatt SuperConducting acceleration Of Protons and Electrons |
| MUSCL | Multiple Use SuperConducting Linac |
| NPI | National Proton Injector (Center would work also) |
| PICO | Proton Injection Complex Overhaul |
| PIONEER | Proton Injector Optimized for Neutriono Experiments &
Electroweak Research |
POSEIDON
(logo) |
Proton Observatory for the Strange and Exotic and the Intense
Delivery Of Neutrinos
(Greek God: ruler of the seas) |
| SAPHIRE | Superconducting Accelerator Project for High Intensity
Research Experiments |
| SCENE | SuperConducting Engine for New Experiments |
| SEPLA | Superconducting ep Linear Accelerator |
| SHIPS | Super(conducting) High Intensity Proton Source |
| SNuFL | Superconducting Neutrino and Flavor Linac |
| SOPHIA | The Geek god of wisdom, Source of Protons for High Intensity
Applications |
| SOPHIE | Source of Protons for High Intensity Experiments |
| V.I.P. | Very Intense Proton beam) project |
| VISTA | Very Intense Superconduciting Test Accelerator |
| XNEU | pronounced either as S-new or X-new |
