CERN LHC Run 2 era

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high-energy physics data-taking run operational period of the Large Hadron Collider

The CERN LHC Run 2 era was the second major operational period of the Large Hadron Collider, marked by higher collision energies and intensities that enabled a broad range of precision measurements and searches for new physics.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
LHC Run 2	8
CERN LHC Run 2 era canonical	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CERN LHC Run 2 era
Context triple: [NA62, operatedDuring, CERN LHC Run 2 era]

A. High-Luminosity LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a major upgrade of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to significantly increase its collision rate and data output for more precise and rare particle physics measurements.
B. LHC injector chain
The LHC injector chain is the sequence of accelerators and beamlines at CERN that progressively boost and prepare particle beams before they are injected into the Large Hadron Collider.
C. LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU)
The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) is a major CERN project to modernize and enhance the performance of the accelerator chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider, enabling higher beam intensities and luminosities for future physics runs.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: CERN LHC Run 2 era
Target entity description: The CERN LHC Run 2 era was the second major operational period of the Large Hadron Collider, marked by higher collision energies and intensities that enabled a broad range of precision measurements and searches for new physics.

A. High-Luminosity LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a major upgrade of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to significantly increase its collision rate and data output for more precise and rare particle physics measurements.
B. LHC injector chain
The LHC injector chain is the sequence of accelerators and beamlines at CERN that progressively boost and prepare particle beams before they are injected into the Large Hadron Collider.
C. LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU)
The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) is a major CERN project to modernize and enhance the performance of the accelerator chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider, enabling higher beam intensities and luminosities for future physics runs.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-energy physics data-taking run ⓘ operational period of the Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
associatedExperiment	ALICE ⓘ ATLAS ⓘ CMS ⓘ LHCb ⓘ LHCf ⓘ MoEDAL ⓘ TOTEM ⓘ
beamParticle	proton ⓘ
characteristic	higher collision energy than Run 1 ⓘ higher instantaneous luminosity than Run 1 ⓘ increased pileup conditions ⓘ
dataTakingMode	collider operation ⓘ
enabled	detailed electroweak measurements ⓘ high-luminosity top quark studies ⓘ precision Higgs boson property measurements ⓘ precision measurements of Standard Model processes ⓘ searches for dark matter candidates ⓘ searches for heavy resonances ⓘ searches for physics beyond the Standard Model ⓘ searches for supersymmetry ⓘ
endTime	2018 ⓘ
energyUpgradeRelativeTo	LHC Run 1 ⓘ surface form: CERN LHC Run 1 era
field	high-energy physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ
followedBy	LHC Run 3 ⓘ surface form: CERN LHC Run 3 era
follows	LHC Run 1 ⓘ surface form: CERN LHC Run 1 era
hasPart	2015 LHC physics run ⓘ 2016 LHC physics run ⓘ 2017 LHC physics run ⓘ 2018 LHC physics run ⓘ
includedCollisionSystem	lead–lead ⓘ proton–lead ⓘ proton–proton ⓘ
intensityUpgradeRelativeTo	LHC Run 1 ⓘ surface form: CERN LHC Run 1 era
location	CERN ⓘ surface form: CERN, Geneva region, Switzerland–France border
maximumProtonProtonCentreOfMassEnergy	13 TeV ⓘ
notableFor	large integrated luminosity delivered to ATLAS and CMS ⓘ refined measurements of the Higgs boson couplings ⓘ stringent limits on many new physics models ⓘ
operator	CERN ⓘ
partOf	Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
primaryMachine	Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
startTime	2015 ⓘ
typicalProtonProtonCentreOfMassEnergy	13 TeV ⓘ
usedInjectorComplex	CERN accelerator complex ⓘ

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