SPS North Area beamlines
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The SPS North Area beamlines are a complex of high-energy particle beams at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron used to deliver protons and secondary particles to fixed-target experiments and test facilities.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CERN North Area beam lines network | 1 |
| SPS North Area beam line network | 1 |
| SPS North Area beam lines | 1 |
| SPS North Area beamlines canonical | 1 |
| SPS fixed-target beam lines | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6034022 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SPS North Area beamlines Context triple: [DIRAC, usesBeamline, SPS North Area beamlines]
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A.
K6 beam line
The K6 beam line is a dedicated particle beam transport line in CERN’s SPS North Area used to deliver high-energy secondary beams to experimental facilities.
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B.
M6 beam line
The M6 beam line is a particle beam transport line in CERN’s SPS North Area used to deliver high-energy beams to experimental facilities.
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C.
T2 beam line
The T2 beam line is a particle beam transport line in CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) North Area used to deliver high-energy beams to experimental facilities.
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D.
M4 beam line
The M4 beam line is a particle beam transport line at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron North Area, used to deliver high-energy beams to experimental facilities.
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E.
T6 beam line
The T6 beam line is a particle beam transport line in CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) North Area used to deliver high-energy beams to experimental facilities.
- 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: SPS North Area beamlines Target entity description: The SPS North Area beamlines are a complex of high-energy particle beams at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron used to deliver protons and secondary particles to fixed-target experiments and test facilities.
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A.
K6 beam line
The K6 beam line is a dedicated particle beam transport line in CERN’s SPS North Area used to deliver high-energy secondary beams to experimental facilities.
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B.
M6 beam line
The M6 beam line is a particle beam transport line in CERN’s SPS North Area used to deliver high-energy beams to experimental facilities.
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C.
T2 beam line
The T2 beam line is a particle beam transport line in CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) North Area used to deliver high-energy beams to experimental facilities.
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D.
M4 beam line
The M4 beam line is a particle beam transport line at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron North Area, used to deliver high-energy beams to experimental facilities.
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E.
T6 beam line
The T6 beam line is a particle beam transport line in CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) North Area used to deliver high-energy beams to experimental facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accelerator beamline complex
ⓘ
particle beam facility ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | CERN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deliversParticlesTo |
North Area experimental halls
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fixed-target experiments ⓘ test facilities ⓘ |
| energyScale | tens to hundreds of GeV ⓘ |
| fedBy | SPS extraction lines ⓘ |
| hasAccessPoint | North Area experimental zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
primary proton transfer lines
ⓘ
secondary beamlines ⓘ tertiary beamlines ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
CERN
ⓘ
canton of Geneva ⓘ
surface form:
Canton of Geneva
Meyrin NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| operatedBy | CERN Beams Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | CERN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | CERN Super Proton Synchrotron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | delivery of SPS beams to fixed targets ⓘ |
| producesSecondaryParticles |
electron beams
ⓘ
hadron beams ⓘ muon beams ⓘ neutrino beams ⓘ |
| providesBeamType |
electron and photon beams
ⓘ
high-energy muon beams ⓘ high-energy secondary hadron beams ⓘ high-intensity proton beams ⓘ |
| safetySystem |
beam interlock system
ⓘ
radiation protection system ⓘ |
| servesExperiment |
COMPASS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
DIRAC NERFINISHED ⓘ NA61/SHINE NERFINISHED ⓘ NA62 NERFINISHED ⓘ NA64 NERFINISHED ⓘ test-beam users ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
calibration of particle detectors
ⓘ
detector R&D ⓘ fixed-target particle physics ⓘ hadron structure studies ⓘ neutrino physics ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ |
| supportsProgram | CERN North Area physics program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesPrimaryBeamFrom | Super Proton Synchrotron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
collimators and absorbers
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fast extraction from SPS ⓘ magnetic focusing elements ⓘ slow extraction from SPS ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: SPS North Area beamlines Description of subject: The SPS North Area beamlines are a complex of high-energy particle beams at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron used to deliver protons and secondary particles to fixed-target experiments and test facilities.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
SPS North Area beam line network
this entity surface form:
SPS fixed-target beam lines
this entity surface form:
CERN North Area beam lines network
this entity surface form:
SPS North Area beam lines