North Area of CERN SPS
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The North Area of CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is a major experimental zone hosting fixed-target high-energy physics experiments that use proton beams extracted from the SPS accelerator.
All labels observed (18)
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Area of CERN SPS Context triple: [NA62, locatedAt, North Area of CERN SPS]
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A.
CERN accelerator complex
The CERN accelerator complex is a network of interconnected particle accelerators and beamlines near Geneva that produce and prepare high-energy particle beams for experiments such as those at the Large Hadron Collider.
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B.
CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities
The CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities are the above-ground buildings and infrastructure that support and control the LHC’s particle physics experiments near Geneva.
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C.
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, used to smash subatomic particles together at unprecedented energies to study fundamental physics, including the Higgs boson.
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D.
Point 5 of the LHC ring
Point 5 of the LHC ring is the Large Hadron Collider interaction point that hosts the CMS detector and its associated experimental infrastructure.
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E.
Proton Synchrotron
The Proton Synchrotron is a historic circular particle accelerator at CERN that has played a key role in high-energy physics research and in feeding beams to larger colliders.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Area of CERN SPS Target entity description: The North Area of CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is a major experimental zone hosting fixed-target high-energy physics experiments that use proton beams extracted from the SPS accelerator.
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A.
CERN accelerator complex
The CERN accelerator complex is a network of interconnected particle accelerators and beamlines near Geneva that produce and prepare high-energy particle beams for experiments such as those at the Large Hadron Collider.
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B.
CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities
The CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities are the above-ground buildings and infrastructure that support and control the LHC’s particle physics experiments near Geneva.
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C.
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, used to smash subatomic particles together at unprecedented energies to study fundamental physics, including the Higgs boson.
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D.
Point 5 of the LHC ring
Point 5 of the LHC ring is the Large Hadron Collider interaction point that hosts the CMS detector and its associated experimental infrastructure.
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E.
Proton Synchrotron
The Proton Synchrotron is a historic circular particle accelerator at CERN that has played a key role in high-energy physics research and in feeding beams to larger colliders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental area
ⓘ
fixed-target experimental facility ⓘ |
| beamExtractionMethod | slow extraction ⓘ |
| beamType | proton beam ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasBeamLine |
CERN test beam lines
ⓘ
surface form:
H2 beam line
H4 beam line ⓘ CERN test beam lines ⓘ
surface form:
H6 beam line
H8 beam line ⓘ K1 beam line ⓘ CERN test beam lines ⓘ
surface form:
K12 beam line
K2 beam line ⓘ K4 beam line ⓘ K6 beam line ⓘ M2 beam line ⓘ M4 beam line ⓘ M6 beam line ⓘ T2 beam line ⓘ T4 beam line ⓘ T6 beam line ⓘ T8 beam line ⓘ |
| hasExperimentalHall |
EHN1
ⓘ
EHN2 ⓘ EHN3 ⓘ EHN4 ⓘ |
| hosts |
detector R&D
ⓘ
fixed-target experiments ⓘ test-beam experiments ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site
ⓘ
surface form:
CERN Meyrin site
|
| operationMode | fixed-target ⓘ |
| operator | CERN Beams Department ⓘ |
| partOf |
CERN
ⓘ
Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | high-energy physics experiments ⓘ |
| provides |
neutrino beams for some experiments
ⓘ
secondary electron beams ⓘ secondary hadron beams ⓘ secondary muon beams ⓘ |
| servesExperiment |
AMBER
ⓘ
CLOUD ⓘ COMPASS ⓘ DIRAC ⓘ NA61/SHINE ⓘ NA62 ⓘ NA64 ⓘ DUNE experiment ⓘ
surface form:
ProtoDUNE
CERN test beam lines ⓘ
surface form:
SHiP test facilities
test-beam users programme ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| typicalBeamEnergy | up to 400 GeV ⓘ |
| usesBeamFrom | Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: North Area of CERN SPS Description of subject: The North Area of CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is a major experimental zone hosting fixed-target high-energy physics experiments that use proton beams extracted from the SPS accelerator.
Referenced by (32)
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this entity surface form:
CERN SPS experimental programme
this entity surface form:
CERN SPS North Area Neutrino Facility (historical)
Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy
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locatedIn
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North Area of CERN SPS
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Super Proton Synchrotron experimental area
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area experimental hall
this entity surface form:
Super Proton Synchrotron experimental area
this entity surface form:
SPS North Area test beam lines
this entity surface form:
CERN Experimental Area North Hall
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area
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CERN North Area experimental facilities
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area experimental facilities
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area experimental complex
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area experimental facilities
this entity surface form:
Super Proton Synchrotron North Area
this entity surface form:
SPS North Area experimental hall
this entity surface form:
Super Proton Synchrotron North Area
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area
this entity surface form:
SPS North Area experimental hall
this entity surface form:
SPS North Area experimental halls
this entity surface form:
Super Proton Synchrotron North Area
this entity surface form:
SPS North Area experimental halls
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area experimental infrastructure
this entity surface form:
Super Proton Synchrotron North Area
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area experimental hall
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area beam infrastructure
this entity surface form:
SPS experimental hall