Super Proton Synchrotron

The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS ) is a particle accelerator at CERN.

Originally planned as a 300 GeV machine, the PLC can accelerate protons up to 450 GeV. The PLC has a circumference of 6912 meters and is next to cavity resonators of 744 dipole magnets and 216 quadrupoles.

The PLC is used to accelerate protons and lead ions ( as a pre-accelerator of the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC) ) antiprotons, electrons, positrons and heavy ions. In this case, these particles are usually in turn pre-accelerated in the Proton Synchrotron

Currently it provides, among other things, the COMPASS experiment ( NA58 ), the NA61 experiment ( SHINE ) and the NA62 experiment. Historically, took place, for example, the experiments NA11 and NA48 at this accelerator.

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NA1 NA2 • • • NA3 NA4 NA5 • • • NA6 NA7 NA8 • • • NA9 NA10 NA11 • • NA12 / 2 • • NA13 NA14 / 2 • • NA15 NA16 NA17 • • • NA18 NA19 NA20 • • • NA21 NA22 NA23 • • NA24 NA25 • • • NA26 NA27 NA28 • • • NA29 NA30 NA31 • / 2 • • NA32 NA33 NA35 • • • NA34/2/3 NA36 NA37 • • • NA38 NA39 NA40 • • • NA41 NA42 NA43 • / 2 • • NA44 NA45 / 2 • • NA46 NA47 NA49 • • • NA48/1/2/3 NA50 NA51 • • • NA52 NA53 NA54 • • • NA55 NA57 Na 56 • • • NA58 NA59 NA60 • • • NA61 NA62 NA63 •

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