North Area of CERN SPS

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experimental area fixed-target experimental facility

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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	experimental area → fixed-target experimental facility →
beamExtractionMethod	slow extraction →
beamType	proton beam →
country	Switzerland →
hasBeamLine	H2 beam line → H4 beam line → H6 beam line → H8 beam line → K1 beam line → 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 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 → ProtoDUNE → SHiP test facilities → test-beam users programme →
status	operational →
typicalBeamEnergy	up to 400 GeV →
usesBeamFrom	Super Proton Synchrotron →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
NA48 ("CERN North Area") → NA62 →	locatedAt
M2 beam line ("CERN North Area experimental hall") → UA1 experiment ("Super Proton Synchrotron experimental area") →	sitedAt
CERN accelerator complex ("CERN SPS North Area Neutrino Facility (historical)") →	hasPart
Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy ("Super Proton Synchrotron experimental area") →	locatedIn
COMPASS ("CERN SPS experimental programme") →	partOf