NA62
E3752
NA62 is a high-energy physics experiment at CERN designed primarily to study rare kaon decays and test the predictions of the Standard Model.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NA62 experiment | 4 |
| NA62 canonical | 3 |
| NA62 Collaboration | 2 |
| CERN NA62 experiment | 1 |
| KTAG differential Cherenkov counter | 1 |
| NA62 beam line | 1 |
| NA62 collaboration | 1 |
| NA62 experimental area at CERN SPS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20806 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NA62 Context triple: [CERN, hostsExperiment, NA62]
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A.
CERN
CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, renowned for its large particle accelerators and fundamental physics experiments that have led to major discoveries such as the Higgs boson.
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B.
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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C.
Linac4
Linac4 is a linear accelerator at CERN that serves as the first stage of the proton acceleration chain for the Large Hadron Collider and other experiments.
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D.
N8 Research Partnership
N8 Research Partnership is a collaboration of eight research-intensive universities in Northern England focused on advancing world-class research, innovation, and economic growth.
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E.
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
The Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory was a key Manhattan Project research center at the University of Chicago where scientists developed nuclear reactor technology and laid the groundwork for the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
- 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: NA62 Target entity description: NA62 is a high-energy physics experiment at CERN designed primarily to study rare kaon decays and test the predictions of the Standard Model.
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A.
CERN
CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, renowned for its large particle accelerators and fundamental physics experiments that have led to major discoveries such as the Higgs boson.
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B.
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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C.
Linac4
Linac4 is a linear accelerator at CERN that serves as the first stage of the proton acceleration chain for the Large Hadron Collider and other experiments.
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D.
N8 Research Partnership
N8 Research Partnership is a collaboration of eight research-intensive universities in Northern England focused on advancing world-class research, innovation, and economic growth.
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E.
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory
The Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory was a key Manhattan Project research center at the University of Chicago where scientists developed nuclear reactor technology and laid the groundwork for the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CERN experiment
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fixed-target experiment ⓘ kaon decay experiment ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ |
| aimsFor | 10% precision on K+ → π+ ν ν̄ branching ratio ⓘ |
| alsoExtendsInto | France ⓘ |
| approvedBy | CERN Research Board ⓘ |
| beamEnergy | 400 GeV/c primary proton beam on target ⓘ |
| beamLine | K12 beam line ⓘ |
| beamType | charged kaon beam ⓘ |
| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| dataTakingMode | parasitic to SPS fixed-target operation ⓘ |
| dataTakingStart | 2014 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
charged kaon decays
ⓘ
flavor-changing neutral current processes ⓘ |
| fullName |
NA62
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
CERN NA62 experiment
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| hasDetectorComponent |
Gigatracker beam spectrometer
ⓘ
NA62 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
KTAG differential Cherenkov counter
RICH detector ⓘ electromagnetic calorimeters ⓘ large-angle photon vetoes ⓘ muon veto system ⓘ small-angle photon vetoes ⓘ straw tracker in vacuum ⓘ |
| hostCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| kaonMomentum | 75 GeV/c ⓘ |
| locatedAt | North Area of CERN SPS ⓘ |
| locatedIn | CERN ⓘ |
| measures | branching ratio of K+ → π+ ν ν̄ ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | CERN LHC Run 2 era ⓘ |
| physicsProgramIncludes |
searches for dark sector particles
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searches for heavy neutral leptons ⓘ searches for lepton flavour violation ⓘ searches for lepton number violation ⓘ |
| physicsRunStart | 2016 ⓘ |
| pilotRun | 2014 ⓘ |
| predecessorExperiment | NA48 ⓘ |
| primaryDecayChannelStudied | K+ → π+ ν ν̄ ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
study of rare kaon decays
ⓘ
test of Standard Model predictions ⓘ |
| searchesFor | physics beyond the Standard Model ⓘ |
| sensitivityScale | branching ratios at level of 10^-10 ⓘ |
| studiesParticle | K+ (charged kaon) ⓘ |
| testsTheory | Standard Model ⓘ |
| usesAccelerator | Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
decay-in-flight technique
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hermetic photon vetoing ⓘ kaon tagging ⓘ precision timing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NA62 Description of subject: NA62 is a high-energy physics experiment at CERN designed primarily to study rare kaon decays and test the predictions of the Standard Model.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
KTAG differential Cherenkov counter
this entity surface form:
NA62 experiment
this entity surface form:
NA62 experiment
this entity surface form:
NA62 Collaboration
this entity surface form:
NA62 Collaboration
this entity surface form:
NA62 experimental area at CERN SPS
subject surface form:
RICH detector (NA62)
this entity surface form:
NA62 experiment
subject surface form:
RICH detector (NA62)
this entity surface form:
NA62 experiment
subject surface form:
RICH detector (NA62)
this entity surface form:
NA62 beam line
subject surface form:
RICH detector (NA62)
this entity surface form:
NA62 collaboration