LINAC3
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LINAC3 is a linear accelerator at CERN that provides heavy-ion beams as part of the injector chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LINAC3 canonical | 5 |
| Linac3 | 2 |
| Linear Accelerator 3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T551923 — 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: LINAC3 Context triple: [LHC injector chain, includes, LINAC3]
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A.
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protons for injection into the Proton Synchrotron Booster and the rest of the accelerator complex before being superseded by Linac4.
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B.
Linac4
Linac4 is a linear accelerator at CERN that serves as the first stage of the proton acceleration chain for the Large Hadron Collider and other experiments.
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C.
Proton Synchrotron Booster
The Proton Synchrotron Booster is a circular particle accelerator at CERN that increases the energy of protons from the linear accelerator before injecting them into larger synchrotrons in the accelerator complex.
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D.
Antiproton Decelerator
The Antiproton Decelerator is a specialized CERN facility that slows down antiprotons to low energies for precision experiments in antimatter physics.
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E.
Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste is a major Italian research center operating synchrotron light and free-electron laser facilities for advanced studies in physics, materials science, biology, and related fields.
- 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: LINAC3 Target entity description: LINAC3 is a linear accelerator at CERN that provides heavy-ion beams as part of the injector chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider.
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A.
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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B.
Linac4
Linac4 is a linear accelerator at CERN that serves as the first stage of the proton acceleration chain for the Large Hadron Collider and other experiments.
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C.
Proton Synchrotron Booster
The Proton Synchrotron Booster is a circular particle accelerator at CERN that increases the energy of protons from the linear accelerator before injecting them into larger synchrotrons in the accelerator complex.
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D.
Antiproton Decelerator
The Antiproton Decelerator is a specialized CERN facility that slows down antiprotons to low energies for precision experiments in antimatter physics.
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E.
Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste is a major Italian research center operating synchrotron light and free-electron laser facilities for advanced studies in physics, materials science, biology, and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CERN accelerator complex component
ⓘ
linear accelerator ⓘ particle accelerator ⓘ |
| accelerates |
Pb ions
ⓘ
heavy ions ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
LHC injector complex
ⓘ
linked to:
LHC injector chain
|
| commissionedBy | CERN ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| feeds |
LEIR
ⓘ
Large Hadron Collider ⓘ Low Energy Ion Ring ⓘ |
| fullName |
Linear Accelerator 3
ⓘ
linked to:
LINAC3
|
| hasAbbreviation | LINAC3 ⓘ |
| hasBeamEnergyRole | provides low-energy heavy-ion beams for further acceleration ⓘ |
| hasControl |
CERN accelerator control system
ⓘ
linked to:
CERN control centre
|
| hasFunction | pre-accelerate heavy ions before synchrotron injection ⓘ |
| isInjectorFor |
LEIR
ⓘ
LHC ⓘ
linked to:
Large Hadron Collider
|
| locatedIn |
CERN
ⓘ
Meyrin ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| operator | CERN ⓘ |
| partOf |
CERN accelerator complex
ⓘ
LHC injector chain ⓘ |
| physicsDiscipline |
accelerator physics
ⓘ
high-energy physics ⓘ |
| providesBeamType |
heavy-ion beams
ⓘ
lead ion beams ⓘ |
| purpose | inject heavy-ion beams into the LHC injector chain ⓘ |
| sitedAt |
CERN Meyrin site
ⓘ
linked to:
CERN Prevessin–Meyrin site
|
| status | operational ⓘ |
| successorTo |
LINAC1
ⓘ
linked to:
Linac1
|
| technology | radio-frequency linear accelerator ⓘ |
| usedFor |
LHC heavy-ion physics programme
ⓘ
linked to:
A Large Ion Collider Experiment
high-energy heavy-ion collisions ⓘ nuclear physics experiments ⓘ |
| usedIn | LHC heavy-ion runs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: LINAC3 Description of subject: LINAC3 is a linear accelerator at CERN that provides heavy-ion beams as part of the injector chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: LINAC3
linked to: LINAC3