List Of Super Proton Synchrotron Experiments
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This is a list of past and current experiments at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) facility since its commissioning in 1976. The SPS was used as the main
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for many experiments, and has been adapted to various purpose ever since its inception. Four locations were used for experiments, the ''North Area'' (NA experiments), ''West Area'' (WA experiments), ''Underground Area'' (UA experiments), and the ''Endcap MUon'' detectors (EMU experiments). The
UA1 The UA1 experiment (an abbreviation of Underground Area 1) was a high-energy physics experiment that ran at CERN's Proton-Antiproton Collider (SpS), a modification of the one-beam Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). The data was recorded between 198 ...
and
UA2 experiment The Underground Area 2 (UA2) experiment was a high-energy physics experiment at the Proton-Antiproton Collider (SpS) — a modification of the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) — at CERN. The experiment ran from 1981 until 1990, and its main object ...
s famously detected the
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in the early 1980s. Following this,
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and
Simon van der Meer Simon van der Meer (24 November 19254 March 2011) was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z part ...
won the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics. The list is first compiled from the INSPIRE-HEP database, then missing information is retrieved from the online version CERN's ''Grey Book''. The most specific information of the two is kept, ''e.g.'' if the INSPIRE database lists ''November 1974'', while the ''Grey Book'' lists ''22 November 1974'', the ''Grey Book'' entry is shown. When there is a conflict between the INSPIRE database and the ''Grey Book'', the INSPIRE database information is listed, unless otherwise noted.


EMU experiments

''EMU = endcap muon''


NA experiments

''NA = north area''


UA experiments

''UA = underground area''


WA experiments

''WA = west area''


See also

;Experiments: * List of CERN experiments * List of Large Hadron Collider experiments ;Facilities: * CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research ** PS: Proton Synchrotron ** SPS: Super Proton Synchrotron ** ISOLDE: On-Line Isotope Mass Separator ** ISR: Intersecting Storage Rings ** LEP: Large Electron–Positron Collider ** LHC: Large Hadron Collider ** AD: Antiproton Decelerator


References

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External links


CERN website

CERN Grey BookINSPIRE-HEP database
* {{CERN SPS Particle experiments