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 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 Prévessin site
locatedIn CERN
Canton of Geneva NERFINISHED
Meyrin NERFINISHED
Switzerland
operator CERN
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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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
North Area experimental zones ("NA experimental zones")
abbreviation
CERN accelerator complex
hasPart

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