T2 beam line
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| T2 beam line canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: T2 beam line Context triple: [North Area of CERN SPS, hasBeamLine, T2 beam line]
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A.
M2 beam line
M2 beam line is a high-energy particle beam facility at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron used to deliver intense hadron and muon beams for fixed-target experiments such as COMPASS.
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B.
CERN test beam lines
CERN test beam lines are specialized experimental facilities that deliver controlled particle beams to test and calibrate detectors and other high-energy physics instrumentation.
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C.
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protons for injection into the Proton Synchrotron Booster and the rest of the accelerator complex before being superseded by Linac4.
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D.
CERN AWAKE experiment beamline
The CERN AWAKE experiment beamline is a dedicated facility at CERN that studies proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration to develop next-generation high-gradient particle accelerators.
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E.
SPEAR3 synchrotron light source
The SPEAR3 synchrotron light source is a third-generation storage-ring facility at SLAC that produces intense, highly focused X-ray beams for advanced materials and biological research.
- 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: T2 beam line Target entity description: 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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A.
M2 beam line
M2 beam line is a high-energy particle beam facility at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron used to deliver intense hadron and muon beams for fixed-target experiments such as COMPASS.
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B.
CERN test beam lines
CERN test beam lines are specialized experimental facilities that deliver controlled particle beams to test and calibrate detectors and other high-energy physics instrumentation.
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C.
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.
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D.
CERN AWAKE experiment beamline
The CERN AWAKE experiment beamline is a dedicated facility at CERN that studies proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration to develop next-generation high-gradient particle accelerators.
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E.
SPEAR3 synchrotron light source
The SPEAR3 synchrotron light source is a third-generation storage-ring facility at SLAC that produces intense, highly focused X-ray beams for advanced materials and biological research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accelerator beam line
ⓘ
particle beam transport line ⓘ |
| acceleratorComplex |
CERN SPS complex
ⓘ
linked to:
CERN accelerator complex
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| beamType | extracted SPS beam ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | aligned with SPS extraction lines ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| energyScale | high-energy ⓘ |
| feeds | North Area experimental zones ⓘ |
| field |
high-energy physics
ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
beam diagnostics
ⓘ
beam dumps ⓘ beam instrumentation ⓘ collimators ⓘ dipole magnets ⓘ magnets ⓘ quadrupole magnets ⓘ vacuum system ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | radiation-controlled area ⓘ |
| hasSource | SPS primary proton beam ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | large-scale research infrastructure ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
CERN
ⓘ
SPS North Area ⓘ |
| operator | CERN Beams Department ⓘ |
| owner | CERN ⓘ |
| partOf |
CERN North Area experimental facilities
ⓘ
linked to:
North Area of CERN SPS
SPS North Area ⓘ Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ |
| serves | fixed-target experimental facilities in the North Area ⓘ |
| sitedAt |
CERN Prévessin site
ⓘ
linked to:
CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site
|
| transports |
high-energy hadron beams
ⓘ
high-energy proton beams ⓘ secondary particle beams ⓘ |
| usedFor |
calibration of particle detectors
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delivery of high-energy particle beams ⓘ detector development ⓘ fixed-target experiments ⓘ particle physics research ⓘ test-beam experiments ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: T2 beam line Description of subject: 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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