Booster synchrotron
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The Booster synchrotron is a circular particle accelerator at Fermilab that rapidly increases the energy of proton beams before they are injected into larger accelerators for high-energy physics experiments.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Booster Synchrotron | 1 |
| Booster synchrotron canonical | 1 |
| Booster synchrotron at Fermilab | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T613885 — 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: Booster synchrotron Context triple: [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, hasFacility, Booster synchrotron]
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A.
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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B.
Proton Synchrotron
The Proton Synchrotron is a historic circular particle accelerator at CERN that has played a key role in high-energy physics research and in feeding beams to larger colliders.
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C.
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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D.
Super Proton Synchrotron
The Super Proton Synchrotron is a high-energy circular particle accelerator at CERN that serves both as a research machine and as a key injector for the Large Hadron Collider.
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E.
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protons for injection into the Proton Synchrotron Booster and the rest of the accelerator complex before being superseded by Linac4.
- 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: Booster synchrotron Target entity description: The Booster synchrotron is a circular particle accelerator at Fermilab that rapidly increases the energy of proton beams before they are injected into larger accelerators for high-energy physics experiments.
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A.
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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B.
Proton Synchrotron
The Proton Synchrotron is a historic circular particle accelerator at CERN that has played a key role in high-energy physics research and in feeding beams to larger colliders.
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C.
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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D.
Super Proton Synchrotron
The Super Proton Synchrotron is a high-energy circular particle accelerator at CERN that serves both as a research machine and as a key injector for the Large Hadron Collider.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
circular accelerator
ⓘ
particle accelerator ⓘ synchrotron ⓘ |
| accelerates | protons ⓘ |
| accelerationMethod | radio-frequency acceleration ⓘ |
| beamType | proton beam ⓘ |
| category |
Fermilab accelerator
ⓘ
linked to:
Fermilab Booster
proton synchrotron ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| function | rapidly increases the energy of proton beams ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
beam diagnostics
ⓘ
bending magnets ⓘ quadrupole magnets ⓘ radio-frequency cavities ⓘ |
| injectionEnergy | 400 MeV ⓘ |
| injectionSource | Fermilab Linac ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Batavia, Illinois
ⓘ
Fermilab ⓘ
linked to:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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| operatedBy |
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fermilab accelerator complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
|
| precedesInBeamline |
Fermilab neutrino beamlines
ⓘ
linked to:
NuMI beamline
Main Injector ⓘ Tevatron ⓘ |
| purpose | inject higher-energy protons into larger accelerators ⓘ |
| role | intermediate-stage accelerator ⓘ |
| shape | circular ⓘ |
| typicalExtractionEnergy | 8 GeV ⓘ |
| usedFor | high-energy physics experiments ⓘ |
| usedIn | neutrino experiments at Fermilab ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Booster synchrotron Description of subject: The Booster synchrotron is a circular particle accelerator at Fermilab that rapidly increases the energy of proton beams before they are injected into larger accelerators for high-energy physics experiments.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Booster synchrotron
linked to: Booster synchrotron