ForwArd Search ExpeRiment
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ForwArd Search ExpeRiment (FASER) is a particle physics detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to search for light, weakly interacting particles produced in the forward direction of high-energy proton–proton collisions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ForwArd Search ExpeRiment canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T401423 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ForwArd Search ExpeRiment Context triple: [FASER, fullName, ForwArd Search ExpeRiment]
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A.
Search and Discovery
Search and Discovery is a regular Physics Today section that highlights notable recent advances and findings across the physical sciences.
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B.
BASE experiment
The BASE experiment is a high-precision physics experiment at CERN that measures the properties of protons and antiprotons to test fundamental symmetries such as CPT invariance.
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C.
Experiments on Air
Experiments on Air is an influential scientific work by Henry Cavendish detailing his pioneering investigations into the properties and composition of gases, including the study of hydrogen.
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D.
ALPHA experiment
The ALPHA experiment is a CERN-based research project that studies antihydrogen atoms to test fundamental symmetries between matter and antimatter.
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E.
The Advancement of Learning
The Advancement of Learning is a 1605 philosophical treatise by Francis Bacon that argues for the systematic reform and expansion of human knowledge through empirical inquiry and the scientific method.
- 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: ForwArd Search ExpeRiment Target entity description: ForwArd Search ExpeRiment (FASER) is a particle physics detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to search for light, weakly interacting particles produced in the forward direction of high-energy proton–proton collisions.
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A.
Search and Discovery
Search and Discovery is a regular Physics Today section that highlights notable recent advances and findings across the physical sciences.
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B.
BASE experiment
The BASE experiment is a high-precision physics experiment at CERN that measures the properties of protons and antiprotons to test fundamental symmetries such as CPT invariance.
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C.
Experiments on Air
Experiments on Air is an influential scientific work by Henry Cavendish detailing his pioneering investigations into the properties and composition of gases, including the study of hydrogen.
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D.
ALPHA experiment
The ALPHA experiment is a CERN-based research project that studies antihydrogen atoms to test fundamental symmetries between matter and antimatter.
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E.
The Advancement of Learning
The Advancement of Learning is a 1605 philosophical treatise by Francis Bacon that argues for the systematic reform and expansion of human knowledge through empirical inquiry and the scientific method.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CERN experiment
ⓘ
Large Hadron Collider experiment ⓘ detector ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ |
| acronymMeaning | ForwArd Search ExpeRiment ⓘ |
| collisionEnergyContext | high-energy proton–proton collisions ⓘ |
| dataSource | LHC proton–proton collisions ⓘ |
| dataTakingEnvironment | LHC Run 3 ⓘ |
| designedToSearchFor |
light particles
ⓘ
long-lived particles ⓘ weakly interacting particles ⓘ |
| environment | underground experimental cavern ⓘ |
| focusesOn | forward-produced particles ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | FASER ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | CERN ⓘ |
| kinematicRegion | very forward direction ⓘ |
| locatedAt | CERN ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Geneva ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| locatedInFacility | Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| operatedBy | international collaboration ⓘ |
| partOf | LHC experimental program ⓘ |
| physicsProcessStudied | proton–proton collisions ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | LHC tunnel forward region ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ATLAS experiment
ⓘ
linked to:
ATLAS
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| researchGoal |
detect new light weakly coupled particles
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probe physics beyond the Standard Model ⓘ |
| scientificField |
high-energy physics
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particle physics ⓘ |
| searchesFor |
axion-like particles
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dark photons ⓘ heavy neutral leptons ⓘ hidden sector particles ⓘ other feebly interacting particles ⓘ |
| searchStrategy | forward search for new particles ⓘ |
| sensitivityRegion |
low-mass new particles
ⓘ
very weak couplings ⓘ |
| shortName | FASER ⓘ |
| typeOfSearch |
forward-physics search
ⓘ
intensity-frontier search ⓘ |
| usesBeamType | proton beam ⓘ |
| usesDetectionTechnique |
calorimetry
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magnetic spectrometry ⓘ tracking detectors ⓘ |
| usesInfrastructure |
LHC beamline
ⓘ
linked to:
LHC injector chain
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ForwArd Search ExpeRiment Description of subject: ForwArd Search ExpeRiment (FASER) is a particle physics detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to search for light, weakly interacting particles produced in the forward direction of high-energy proton–proton collisions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.