Linac2

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Linac2 was CERN’s long-serving linear accelerator that pre-accelerated protons for injection into the Proton Synchrotron Booster and the rest of the accelerator complex before being superseded by Linac4.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Linac2 (Linac2 was CERN’s long-serving linear accelerator that pre-accelerated protons for injection into the Proton Synchrotron Booster and the rest of the accelerator complex before being superseded by Linac4.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Linac2 canonical 4
LINAC2 3
CERN Linac 2 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf linear accelerator ⓘ
proton linear accelerator ⓘ
acceleratorType normal-conducting linac ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CERN Linac 2 ⓘ
linked to: Linac2
beamCurrent about 180 mA ⓘ
commissioned 1978 ⓘ
constructionStart 1973 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
decommissioned 2018 ⓘ
designedEnergy 50 MeV ⓘ
endOfOperation 2018 ⓘ
followedBy Linac4 ⓘ
injectionEnergyToPSB 50 MeV ⓘ
injectionTarget CERN Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
linked to: Proton Synchrotron

Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Proton Synchrotron Booster ⓘ
Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
length approximately 36 m ⓘ
locatedInFacility CERN Linear Accelerator complex ⓘ
location CERN Meyrin site ⓘ
operator CERN ⓘ
outputEnergy 50 MeV ⓘ
ownedBy European Organization for Nuclear Research ⓘ
linked to: CERN
particleType proton ⓘ
partOf CERN accelerator complex ⓘ
CERN injector chain ⓘ
precededBy Linac1 ⓘ
repetitionRate up to 2 Hz ⓘ
replacedComponent Linac1 as main proton injector ⓘ
rfFrequency 202.56 MHz ⓘ
role injector for CERN accelerator complex ⓘ
pre-injector for Proton Synchrotron Booster ⓘ
scientificDiscipline accelerator physics ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
shutdownReason replacement by higher-energy Linac4 ⓘ
startOfOperation 1978 ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
successorEnergy 160 MeV (Linac4 output energy) ⓘ
supersededBy Linac4 ⓘ
technology drift-tube linac ⓘ
upgradeHistory underwent several performance upgrades during operation ⓘ
usedFor LHC proton beams ⓘ
collider physics experiments ⓘ
fixed-target physics experiments ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Linac4 → replaces → Linac2 ⓘ
LHC injector chain → includes → LINAC2 ⓘ
linked to: Linac2
LHC injector chain → startPoint → LINAC2 ⓘ
linked to: Linac2
Linac2 → alsoKnownAs → CERN Linac 2 ⓘ
linked to: Linac2
Proton Synchrotron Booster → fedBy → Linear Accelerator 2 ⓘ
linked to: Linac2
Linac1 → predecessorOf → Linac2 ⓘ
Linac1 → successor → Linac2 ⓘ
PSB → previousInjector → LINAC2 ⓘ
linked to: Linac2