Editing Super Proton Synchrotron (section)

{{Short description|Particle accelerator at CERN, Switzerland}}
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{{Infobox particle accelerator
| name           = Super Proton Synchrotron
| image          = Beamfeedingams.JPG
| caption        = Test beamline delivered from the SPS. In photo 20 GeV positrons are used to calibrate the [[Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer]].
| type           = [[Synchrotron]]
| beam           = [[proton]]s, heavy ions
| target         = Injector for [[Large Hadron Collider|LHC]], fixed target
| energy         = 450 GeV
| current        = 
| brightness     =
| luminosity     =
| length         =
| radius         =
| circumference  = {{convert|6.9|km|mi}}
| location       =
| coordinates    = {{coord|46|14|06|N|6|02|33|E|region:CH_type:landmark|display=inline, title}}
| institution    = [[CERN]]
| dates          = 1976–present
| preceded       = [[Proton-Antiproton Collider|Sp{{overline|p}}S]]
| succeeded      = 
}}
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The '''Super Proton Synchrotron''' ('''SPS''') is a [[particle accelerator]] of the [[synchrotron]] type at [[CERN]]. It is housed in a circular tunnel, {{convert|6.9|km|mi}} in circumference,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ab-dep-op-sps.web.cern.ch/ab-dep-op-sps/SPS_Presentation.htm |title=SPS Presentation at AB-OP-SPS Home Page |access-date=2008-09-15 |archive-date=2011-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005040903/http://ab-dep-op-sps.web.cern.ch/ab-dep-op-sps/SPS_Presentation.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> straddling the border of France and Switzerland near [[Geneva]], Switzerland.<ref>[http://building.web.cern.ch/building/ Information on CERN Sites] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120708071016/http://building.web.cern.ch/building/ |date=8 July 2012 }}. [[CERN]]. Updated 26 January 2010.</ref>