Main Injector
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The Main Injector is a high-energy particle accelerator at Fermilab used to accelerate and deliver proton and antiproton beams for particle physics experiments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Main Injector canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T613884 — 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: Main Injector Context triple: [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, hasFacility, Main Injector]
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A.
B Reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
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B.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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C.
The Factory
The Factory was Andy Warhol’s legendary New York City studio and avant-garde hub, famous for its experimental art, film, and celebrity-filled gatherings in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
H Reactor
H Reactor was one of the plutonium-producing nuclear reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Cold War as part of the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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E.
Chief Constructor
Chief Constructor was the secret title used in the Soviet Union for Sergei Korolev, the leading rocket engineer and spacecraft designer behind the early Soviet space program.
- 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: Main Injector Target entity description: The Main Injector is a high-energy particle accelerator at Fermilab used to accelerate and deliver proton and antiproton beams for particle physics experiments.
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A.
B Reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
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B.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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C.
The Factory
The Factory was Andy Warhol’s legendary New York City studio and avant-garde hub, famous for its experimental art, film, and celebrity-filled gatherings in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
H Reactor
H Reactor was one of the plutonium-producing nuclear reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Cold War as part of the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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E.
Chief Constructor
Chief Constructor was the secret title used in the Soviet Union for Sergei Korolev, the leading rocket engineer and spacecraft designer behind the early Soviet space program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
particle accelerator
ⓘ
synchrotron ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MI ⓘ |
| acceleratorType | proton synchrotron ⓘ |
| beamExtractionType |
fast extraction
ⓘ
slow extraction ⓘ |
| circumference | approximately 3.3 kilometers ⓘ |
| commissionedIn | 1999 ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1998 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | early 1990s ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedFor |
antiproton accumulation and delivery
ⓘ
high-intensity proton beams ⓘ |
| energyRange | 8 GeV to 150 GeV protons ⓘ |
| hasBeamType |
antiproton beam
ⓘ
proton beam ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
beam collimation system
ⓘ
extraction systems ⓘ radio-frequency cavities ⓘ superconducting magnets ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ |
| injectedFrom | Fermilab Booster ⓘ |
| injectionEnergy | 8 GeV ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Batavia, Illinois
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| location |
Fermilab
ⓘ
linked to:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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| maximumProtonEnergy | 150 GeV ⓘ |
| operator | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fermilab accelerator complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
|
| primaryFunction |
accelerate antiprotons
ⓘ
accelerate protons ⓘ |
| replaced | Main Ring ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| suppliedBeamsTo |
Booster Neutrino Beam
ⓘ
MINERvA experiment ⓘ
linked to:
NuMI beamline
MINOS experiment ⓘ NOvA experiment ⓘ NuMI beamline ⓘ Tevatron ⓘ |
| upgrade | intensity upgrades for neutrino experiments ⓘ |
| usedFor |
collider operations support
ⓘ
fixed-target experiments ⓘ neutrino experiments ⓘ particle physics experiments ⓘ |
| usedInProgram |
Fermilab neutrino program
ⓘ
linked to:
NuMI beamline
Tevatron Run II ⓘ
linked to:
Tevatron
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Main Injector Description of subject: The Main Injector is a high-energy particle accelerator at Fermilab used to accelerate and deliver proton and antiproton beams for particle physics experiments.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.