North Area experimental zones

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The North Area experimental zones are a collection of experimental facilities at CERN where high-energy particle beams are delivered to multiple fixed-target experiments for research in particle and nuclear physics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf experimental facility complex
particle physics research facility
abbreviation North Area experimental zones self-linksurface differs
surface form: NA experimental zones
fieldOfWork high-energy physics
nuclear physics
hasCoordinateSystem CERN reference frame
hasInfrastructure cryogenic systems
data acquisition systems
particle detectors
radiation shielding
hasPart beam lines
experimental halls
target stations
hasPurpose fixed-target experiments
nuclear physics research
particle physics research
inception 1970s
locatedAt CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site
surface form: CERN Prévessin site
locatedIn CERN
canton of Geneva
surface form: Canton of Geneva

Meyrin
Switzerland
operator CERN
CERN
surface form: European Organization for Nuclear Research
partOf CERN accelerator complex
receivesBeamFrom Super Proton Synchrotron
serves multiple fixed-target experiments
supportsExperimentType hadron physics experiments
neutrino-related experiments
test-beam experiments for detectors
uses high-energy particle beams
proton beams
secondary particle beams

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CERN accelerator complex hasPart North Area experimental zones
North Area experimental zones abbreviation North Area experimental zones self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: NA experimental zones
T6 beam line deliversTo North Area experimental zones
this entity surface form: North Area experimental facilities