List of Super Proton Synchrotron experiments

This is a list of past and current experiments at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) facility since its commissioning in 1976.^[1] The SPS was used as the main particle collider 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 and UA2 experiments famously detected the W and Z bosons in the early 1980s.^[2] Following this, Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer won the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics.^[3]

The list is first compiled from the INSPIRE 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

EMU experiments
Codename	Spokesperson	Description	Proposed	Approved	Began	Completed	Link	Website
—		Study of particle production and nuclear fragmentation in collisions of ¹⁶O beams with emulsion nuclei at 13–200 A GeV	27 Apr 1984	15 Nov 1984	??	31 Aug 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
—	P. Buford Price	Search for fractionally charged nuclei in high-energy oxygen–lead collisions	11 May 1984	15 Nov 1984	??	14 Oct 1987	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Interactions of ¹⁶O projectile and ³²S and their fragments in nuclear emulsions at about 60 and 200 GeV/nucleon	19 Oct 1984	15 Nov 1984	1990	31 Aug 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Measurement of Coulomb cross section for production of direct electron pairs by high energy ions at the CERN SPS	15 Oct 1985	6 Feb 1986	??	3 Sep 1987	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Study of extremely short-range particle correlations in high-energy ion collisions	15 Oct 1985	6 Feb 1986	??	31 Aug 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—	Alberto Conti	Study of the production mechanisms and decay properties of charmed particles observed in nuclear emulsions coupled to the spectrometer	11 Mar 1986	5 Jun 1986	??	8 Nov 1986	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Interactions of 60–200 GeV/nucleon ¹⁶O and ³²S (Pb) nuclei in light and heavy absorbers	3 Mar 1987	3 Jun 1987	1987	31 Aug 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—	Piyare L. Jain	Study of particle production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions	12 Feb 1987	3 Sep 1987	??	14 Oct 1987	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		An emulsion hybrid setup for the study of sulphur–nucleus collisions at 200 GeV/nucleon	3 Jan 1989	6 Apr 1989	1990	31 Aug 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Study of event structures of 200 GeV/nucleon ³²S interactions with nuclei by the Magnetic Emulsion Spectrometer at the CERN SPS	10 Jan 1989	8 Feb 1990	1990	31 Aug 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—	Piyare L. Jain	Study of particle production and nuclear fragmentation in relativistic heavy ion collisions in nuclear emulsion	6 Feb 1991	28 Nov 1991	1994	11 Dec 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Particle production, density fluctuations, and break up of dense nuclear matter in central Pb–Ag and Pb–Pb interactions at 60–100 A GeV	1 Mar 1991	28 Nov 1991	1994	31 Dec 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
—		Interactions of 160 GeV/nucleon ²⁰⁷Pb nuclei in emulsion chambers with copper and lead targets	1 Mar 1991	28 Nov 1991	1994	1 Jan 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Study of multiplicity and angular characteristics in Pb+A interaction at 200 A GeV/c	1 Jun 1992	30 Jun 1992	1994	31 Dec 1995	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Investigation of central Pb–Pb interactions at energies of 160 GeV/nucleon with the help of the	27 May 1992	17 Jun 1993	1994	31 Dec 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Isospin correlations in high energy Pb–Pb interactions	15 Jul 1993	25 Nov 1993	1994	31 Dec 1995	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Fragmentation of Pb projectiles at SPS energies	30 Sep 1993	25 Nov 1993	??	31 Dec 1994	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—	Giorgio Giacomelli	Exposures Of CR39 stacks to lead ions at the CERN SPS	6 Oct 1993	25 Nov 1993	1994	31 Dec 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Nuclear fragmentation induced by relativistic projectiles studied in the 4-π configuration of plastic track detectors	16 Jun 1994	22 Sep 1994	1995	31 Dec 1995	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
—		Antiproton induced fission studies with plastic track detectors using 4-π geometry	23 Mar 1995	20 Apr 1995	1995	6 Nov 1995	INSPIRE Grey Book	—

NA experiments[]

NA = north area

NA experiments
Experiment	Codename	Spokesperson	Description	Proposed	Approved	Began	Completed	Link	Website
		^[4]	Measurement of the photoproduction of vector and scalar bosons	12 Mar 1975	21 Oct 1976	17 Jun 1982	18 Jun 1984	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
NA2	EMC		Electromagnetic interactions of muons	1 Jul 1974	12 Mar 1975	21 Oct 1976	15 Aug 1985	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		^[5]	Direct photon production in hadron–hadron collisions at the SPS	2 Oct 1974	29 Mar 1984	29 Mar 1984	3 Sep 1984	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Inclusive deep inelastic muon scattering	7 May 1975	12 May 1977	15 Feb 1979	16 Aug 1985	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A study of hard hadron–hadron collisions with a streamer chamber vertex spectrometer and a calorimeter trigger	7 Jan 1975	4 Jun 1976	22 Sep 1977	23 Jan 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Neutron elastic scattering at very small angles	14 Sep 1976	20 Jan 1977	??	6 Apr 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Measurement of the electromagnetic from-factors of π and K mesons at the SPS	1 Apr 1977	22 Sep 1977	??	1 Jun 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Hadron elastic scattering at small angles	26 Sep 1977	8 Dec 1977	??	5 May 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
NA9			Study of final states in deep inelastic muon scattering	15 Nov 1977	16 Feb 1978	23 Mar 1979	20 Dec 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			High-resolution study of the inclusive production of massive muon pairs by intense pion beams	17 Nov 1977	16 Mar 1978	22 Mar 1980	15 Aug 1985	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Measurement of charmed particle production in hadronic reactions	3 Feb 1978	25 May 1978	??	Dec 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of π⁻–p interactions with neutral final states	17 Aug 1978	16 Nov 1978	??	18 Jun 1984	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		,	Search for mesons and glueballs decaying into multiphoton final states produced in central hadron collisions and study of inclusive production of heavy quark mesons	22 Aug 1985	6 Feb 1986	Oct 1986	Nov 1993	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Search for direct evidence for charm in hadronic interactions using a high-resolution bubble chamber	14 Sep 1978	16 Nov 1978	??	9 Jul 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Photoproduction at high energy and high intensity	10 Jun 1978	14 Dec 1978	13 Dec 1979	3 Sep 1984	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A program of heavy flavor photoproduction	21 Oct 1982	25 Apr 1983	??	8 Nov 1986	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		,	Search for charmed hadron production in π⁻–nucleus interactions in nuclear emulsion	19 Apr 1979	14 Jun 1979	??	3 Aug 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		,	Study of the hadronic production and properties of new particles with a lifetime 10⁻¹³ s < τ < 10⁻¹⁰ s using LEBC-	15 Aug 1979	20 Sep 1979	??	16 Jun 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Momentum and angular correlations study in π⁻ nuclei jets at high energies using an emulsion telescope technique with magnetic field	11 Sep 1979	20 Sep 1979	??	13 Sep 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Search for short-lived particles produced on nuclei with a heavy liquid mini bubble chamber	24 Aug 1979	15 Nov 1979	??	22 Feb 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Direct observation of beauty particles selected by muonic decay in emulsion	3 Nov 1979	15 Nov 1979	??	1 Apr 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Measurements of π⁺, π⁻, K⁺, K⁻, p, and p yields in 400 GeV proton beryllium and copper collisions	11 Oct 1979	15 Nov 1979	??	Dec 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			European hybrid spectrometer	10 Jun 1980	16 Oct 1980	??	14 Aug 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Study of diffractive dissociation especially into strange and charmed particles with	10 Jun 1980	16 Oct 1980	??	1 Aug 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Deep inelastic scattering process involving large-PT direct photon in the final state	29 Aug 1980	27 Nov 1980	??	15 Aug 1985	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of charm and bottom particle production using a holographic bubble chamber	11 Nov 1980	23 Apr 1981	??	13 Sep 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A prototype experiment to study charmed particle production and decay using a holographic high-resolution hydrogen chamber (HOLEBC) and the	3 Nov 1980	21 May 1981	??	31 Dec 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			An experiment to measure accurately the lifetimes of the D⁰, D⁺, D⁻, F⁺, F⁻, Λ_c particles and to study their hadronic production and decay properties	16 Nov 1981	9 Dec 1981	Apr 1982	1 Jun 1984	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
NA28			Study of shadowing and hadron production in high-energy muon scattering using nuclear targets	15 Jan 1982	17 Feb 1982	??	20 Dec 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		,	Study of π⁻–π⁰ production via the Primakoff effect on nuclei	20 Oct 1981	17 Feb 1982	??	31 May 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Guy von Dardel	Precision determination of the lifetime of the neutral π	25 Apr 1982	17 Jun 1982	??	1 Jun 1984	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
NA31			Measurement of the ratio η⁰ ₀ squared to η^± squared	22 Dec 1981	16 Sep 1982	19 Nov 1987	1 Dec 1989	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A measurement of the phase difference of η⁰ ₀ and η^± in CP-violating K⁰ → 2 π decays	10 Mar 1986	5 Jun 1986	??	14 Sep 1987	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
NA32			Investigation of charm production in hadronic interactions using high-resolution silicon detectors	13 Jul 1982	18 Nov 1982	??	20 Aug 1986	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			An experimental study of single-vertex (e⁻–e⁺) pair creation in a crystal	3 Oct 1983	2 Feb 1984	??	30 Jun 1985	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		William J. Willis	Lepton production	22 Aug 1983	29 Mar 1984	Apr 1987	22 Dec 1989	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of high-energy densities over extended nuclear volumes via nucleus–nucleus collisions at the SPS	21 May 1984	15 Nov 1984	??	22 May 1988	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Measurement of low-mass muon pairs in sulphur–nucleus collisions with an optimized muon spectrometer	14 Oct 1988	10 Nov 1988	Jun 1990	31 Aug 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
NA35			Study of relativistic nuleus–nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS	26 Jan 1982	3 Feb 1983	15 Nov 1984	10 May 1992	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			The production of strange baryons and antibaryons in relativistic ion collisions	29 Feb 1984	15 Nov 1984	??	30 Aug 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		,	Detailed measurements of structure functions from nucleons and nuclei	27 Feb 1985	6 Jun 1985	May 1986	22 Dec 1989	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of high-energy nucleus–nucleus interactions with the enlarged dimuon spectrometer	11 Mar 1985	9 Feb 1989	9 Feb 1989	10 May 1992	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
		G. Shaw	A search for quarks produced in heavy-ion interactions	20 Feb 1986	3 Apr 1986	??	14 Oct 1987	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Electromagnetic dissociation of target nuclei by ¹⁶O and ³²S projectiles	25 Feb 1986	3 Apr 1986	??	14 Oct 1987	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Search for nuclei in heavy-ion collisions at ultra-relativistic energies	11 Feb 1986	5 Jun 1986	??	14 Oct 1987	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of unexplained hard photon production by electrons channeled in a crystal	7 Jul 1986	30 Oct 1986	??	19 May 1988	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Investigations of the energy and angular dependence of ultra-short radiation lengths in Si, Ge, and W single crystals	3 Sep 1987	11 Feb 1988	1989	13 Sep 1991	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Investigations of the coherent hard photon yields from 50 to 300 GeV/c electrons/positrons in strong crystalline fields of diamond, Si, and Ge crystals	1991	7 Feb 1991	1991	20 Apr 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A focusing spectrometer for one and two particles	17 Oct 1988	9 Feb 1989	1990	31 Dec 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Study of low-mass electron pair production in hadron and nuclear collisions at the CERN SPS	Jun 1988	9 Feb 1989	1991	20 Apr 1995	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of low-mass electron pair and photon production in Pb–Pb collisions	22 Jan 1994	20 Apr 1995	Nov 1995	1 Nov 2000	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			hunting in the interaction gamma-crystal	19 Oct 1988	6 Apr 1989	1992	31 Jul 1991	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Vernon W. Hughes	Measurement of the spin-dependent structure functions of the neutron and proton	20 Apr 1988	6 Apr 1989	Aug 1991	30 Sep 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
NA48		^{[note 1]}	A precision measurement of ε′/ε in CP-violating K⁰ → 2 π decays	20 Jul 1990	28 Nov 1991	1997	17 Oct 2001	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
NA48/1			A high-sensitivity investigation of K_S and neutral hyperon decays	12 Oct 1999	23 Nov 2000	19 Jun 2002	18 Sep 2002	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
NA48/2			Precision measurement of charged kaon decay parameters with an extended NA48 setup	14 Dec 1999	23 Nov 2000	19 May 2003	17 Aug 2004	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
NA49			Large-acceptance hadron detector for an investigation of Pb-induced reactions at the CERN SPS	4 Jul 1989	18 Sep 1991	??	23 Sep 2013	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Study of muon pairs and vector mesons produced in high-energy Pb–Pb interactions	6 Nov 1991	6 Feb 1992	Nov 1994	18 Oct 2001	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Drell–Yan study of sea isospin symmetry	16 Mar 1992	16 Apr 1992	Jun 1992	17 Jul 1992	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Strangelet and particle search in Pb–Pb collisions	Mar 1992	30 Jun 1992	Nov 1994	30 Nov 1998	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Electromagnetic dissociation of target nuclei by ²⁰⁸Pb projectiles	27 Jan 1993	15 Apr 1993	??	23 Nov 1999	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		,	Determination of cross-sections of fast muon induced reactions to cosmogenic radionuclides	Jan 1995	20 Apr 1995	??	9 Nov 1997	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Investigation of fast neutron production by 100–250 GeV muon interaction on thin targets	18 May 1995	8 Feb 1996	Apr 1996	June 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Measurement of pion and kaon fluxes below 60 GeV/c produced by 45 GeV/c protons on a beryllium target	8 Jan 1996	8 Feb 1996	1996	31 May 2006	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Study of strange and multistrange particles in ultra-relativistic nucleus–nucleus collisions	20 Aug 1996	3 Oct 1996	25 Sep 2000	11 Sep 2001	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
NA58	COMPASS	, ^{[note 2]}	Common muon and proton apparatus for structure and spectroscopy	1 Mar 1996	6 Feb 1997	12 Feb 2002	Running	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			A crystal as a quarter-wave plate for photons	13 Jul 1998	14 Oct 1998	??	20 Jun 2000	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
NA60			Study of prompt dimuon and charm production with proton and heavy ion beams at the CERN SPS	7 Mar 2000	15 Jun 2000	Oct 2001	14 Nov 2004	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
NA61	SHINE	Marek Gazdzicki	SPS heavy ion and neutrino experiment	3 Nov 2006	21 Feb 2007	18 Apr 2008	Running	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
NA62			Proposal to measure the rare decay K⁺ → π⁺+ν+ν at the CERN SPS. (Formerly designated NA48/3.)	12 Dec 2005	21 Feb 2007	22 Jun 2015	Running	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
NA63			Electromagnetic processes in strong crystalline fields	16 Jun 2006	21 Feb 2007	4 Jul 2007	Running	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
NA64			Search for dark sectors in missing energy events	17 Dec 2013	9 Mar 2016	??	Preparation	INSPIRE Grey Book
	DsTau		Study of tau neutrino production	29 Aug 2017	12 Jun 2019		Preparation	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
	AMBER	,	Apparatus for Meson and Baryon Experimental Research	31 May 2019	2 Dec 2020		Preparation	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website

^ Other people were also the spokesperson of the NA48 experiment over the years. The&action_search=Search&of=hd INSPIRE database entry is listed.
^ Since 2021. Over the years also other people were spokespersons of the NA58 / COMPASS experiment.

UA experiments[]

UA = underground area

UA experiments
Experiment	Codename	Spokesperson	Description	Proposed	Approved	Began	Completed	Link	Website
UA1	—		A 4-π solid angle detector for the SPS used as a proton–antiproton collider at c.m. energy of 630 GeV	30 Jan 1978	29 Jun 1978	17 Jul 1981	Feb 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book CERN	—
UA2	—	Luigi Di Lella Pierre Darriulat	Study of antiproton–proton interaction at 630 GeV c.m. energy	31 Jan 1978	14 Dec 1978	Nov 1981	21 Dec 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
	—		Search for magnetic monopoles at the antiproton–proton colliding ring	2 Feb 1978	14 Dec 1978	1981	Dec 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
UA4	—		Measurement of elastic scattering in the Coulomb interference region at the CERN antiproton–proton collider	6 Oct 1978	18 Jan 1979	1981	18 Jun 1985	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
UA4/2	—		A precise measurement of the real part of the elastic scattering amplitude at the SppS	8 Feb 1990	6 July 1990	1991	1992	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
UA5	—	John Gordon Rushbrooke	Investigation of proton–antiproton events at 540 GeV c.m. energy with a streamer chamber detection system	29 May 1978	15 Feb 1979	Oct 1981	21 Sep 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
UA5/2	—	John Gordon Rushbrooke	An exploratory investigation of antiproton–proton interactions at 800–900 c.m. energy at the SPS collider	15 Oct 1982	3 Feb 1983	??	4 Apr 1985	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
	—		An internal hydrogen jet target in the SPS to study inclusive electromagnetic final states at large transverse momentum in p–p and p–p interactions at √s = 24.3 GeV	19 Aug 1980	23 Apr 1981	1985	21 Dec 1990	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
	—		Measurement by silicon shower detectors of the invariant cross section of photons and π⁰s emitted close to zero degrees	18 Jan 1985	18 Apr 1985	1985	1 May 1986	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
UA8	—		Study of jet structure in p–p events tagged with large-X proton	26 Oct 1984	18 Apr 1985	Oct 1985	26 Jun 1989	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
UA9	—		Investigates the use of bent silicon crystals as primary collimators to direct the beam halo onto the secondary absorber reducing outscattering, beam losses and radiation load.	16 Apr 2008	3 Sep 2008	May 2009	Running	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website

WA experiments[]

WA = west area

WA experiments
Experiment	Codename	Spokesperson	Description	Proposed	Approved	Began	Completed	Link	Website
WA1	CDHS	Jack Steinberger	High-energy neutrino interactions	27 Jul 1973	17 Apr 1974	Dec 1976	22 Dec 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Measurement of sin²(θ_W) in semileptonic neutrino Fe interactions with high precision	1983	15 Sep 1983	??	30 Aug 1984	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Leptonic decays of hyperons	13 Nov 1973	12 Jun 1974	??	4 Dec 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Exclusive π–p and K–p interactions	8 Feb 1974	12 Jun 1974	12 May 1977	11 Sep 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Photoproduction of hadrons	Apr 1974	12 Jun 1974	15 Apr 1976	1 May 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Backward two-body reactions	24 Jan 1974	17 Jul 1974	-	19 Feb 1976	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Polarization in p–p and π–p elastic scattering	Feb 1974	4 Sep 1974	1977	21 Apr 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Two-body reactions at large transverse momentum	6 Mar 1974	21 Oct 1976	18 Jan 1979	10 May 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			High precision study of elastic scattering in the Coulomb interference region	4 Oct 1974	22 Jan 1975	??	5 Dec 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of K^± p → K⁰ _S π^± p and reactions of similar topology with high statistics	7 Mar 1974	12 Mar 1975	??	6 Nov 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Search for high mass states produced with the Ψ(3.1). (Formerly designated WA5)	14 Jan 1976	19 Feb 1976	21 Oct 1976	16 Jun 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Beam dump experiment in	20 Feb 1976	24 Jun 1976	7 Jan 1976	20 Feb 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			p+p → Λ+Λ at large p-transverse in	23 Mar 1976	8 Jul 1976	??	10 Jul 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A wide band beam neutrino experiment with Gargamelle	6 Nov 1975	8 Jul 1976	??	10 Jul 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A wide-band beam antineutron experiment in Gargamelle to study purely leptonic and other rare ν interactions	12 Nov 1975	8 Jul 1976	1978	18 Apr 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			An exploratory experiment at very high neutrino energy in a narrow-band beam with Gargamelle	5 Nov 1975	8 Jul 1976	??	11 Sep 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Marcello Conversi	Search for new particles in neutrino interactions in an emulsion stack coupled to BEBC	30 Apr 1976	8 Jul 1976	??	5 Dec 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of semileptonic and leptonic neutral-current processes and of muon polarization produced in neutrino and antineutrino interactions using counter techniques	27 Oct 1975	8 Jul 1976	??	1 Dec 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			High precision measurement of the ratio of neutral-current and charged-current neutrino cross sections and of total and differential cross sections of neutral current reactions	16 Jan 1984	2 Feb 1984	??	3 Sep 1984	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A study of high energy neutrino interactions using BEBC filled with a Ne–²H mixture	21 Aug 1974	26 Aug 1976	??	15 Jul 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Beam dump test in BEBC filled with neon	27 Oct 1975	26 Aug 1976	??	19 Dec 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			High energy neutrino and antineutrino interactions in BEBC filled with ²H	7 Nov 1974	26 Aug 1976	??	Dec 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Ian Butterworth	An experiment in BEBC to compare neutral and charged current neutrino interactions induced by ν_π and ν_K at the same energy	8 Jun 1976	26 Aug 1976	??	29 Jun 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of neutral current interactions using Gargamelle exposed to the dichromatic beam N3	4 Nov 1975	26 Aug 1976	-	19 Apr 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			High-energy neutrino and antineutrino interactions using a hydrogen TST in BEBC and a wide band beam	20 Nov 1974	26 Aug 1976	??	10 Jul 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Neutrino and antineutrino interactions in deuterium	13 Jun 1974	26 Aug 1976	??	1 Dec 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			K⁻–p interactions in BEBC at 70 GeV/c	7 Jan 1975	26 Aug 1976	??	10 Jul 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			K⁺–p interactions in BEBC at 70 GeV/c	23 Feb 1976	26 Aug 1976	??	21 Apr 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			K⁻–p interactions in BEBC at 110 GeV/c	19 Dec 1975	28 Aug 1976	1977	26 Mar 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Antiproton annihilation at 20 GeV/c using the spectrometer	29 Mar 1976	26 Aug 1976	??	11 Sep 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		George Kalmus	Direct electron production induced by 70 GeV/c π⁻ interactions using a hydrogen TST in BEBC	16 Feb 1976	21 Oct 1976	??	10 Jul 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			The study of prompt lepton production in antiproton–proton interactions at 70 GeV/c in BEBC equipped with a track sensitive target	20 Feb 1976	21 Oct 1976	??	10 Jul 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Direct photon production in p–p collisions using BEBC with Ne–²H filling	1 Jun 1976	21 Oct 1976	??	29 Mar 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Systematic search for long-lived heavy particles in the S1 beam	29 Jun 1976	25 Nov 1976	??	10 May 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of charmed particles photoproduced in emulsion plates tagged by the apparatus triggers	11 Nov 1976	20 Jan 1977	??	1 May 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Measurement of the correlations between emitted protons and pions in hadron–nucleus collisions for 50 to 150 GeV/c incoming momenta	10 Mar 1977	10 Mar 1977	15 Feb 1979	17 Dec 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Exploratory experiment at very high energy using antineutrinos in Gargamelle	24 Nov 1976	10 Mar 1977	-	19 Apr 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of antiproton–proton interaction in the 4.1 GeV c.m. energy region in the : Search for narrow charged peaks in K⁺ π⁺ π⁻ π⁻ or K⁺ π⁺ π⁻ π⁻ π⁻ π⁻ systems	24 Feb 1976	26 Aug 1976	??	22 Sep 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Magnetic monopole search at the SPS	19 Apr 1977	16 Jun 1977	??	1 Dec 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Continuation of the study of di-muon production by π^±, K^±, p, and p at 40 GeV/c	14 Apr 1977	18 Aug 1977	1978	23 Oct 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Search for narrow boson resonances coupled to the nucleon–antinucleon system	17 Aug 1977	22 Sep 1977	??	14 Nov 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Jack Steinberger	Beam dump run to check origin of trimuon and exceptional dimuon events	21 Oct 1977	17 Nov 1977	1977	19 Dec 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			An experiment on the strong interactions and radiative decays of hyperons	29 Mar 1977	17 Nov 1977	1979	1 Jun 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Beam dump in Gargamelle	3 Nov 1977	17 Nov 1977	??	19 Dec 1977	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Search for quarks in high-energy neutrino interactions	17 Aug 1977	17 Aug 1977	8 Dec 1977	1 Dec 1983	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Charmed particle photoproduction in emulsion plates	16 Nov 1977	8 Dec 1977	??	1 May 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of Ω⁻ decays and of the Σ⁻ → N e⁻ ν_e decay mode	3 Feb 1978	16 Mar 1978	1978	28 May 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Continuation of the study of neutrino interactions with dichromatic beams at the SPS, using BEBC filled with neon	16 Feb 1978	29 Jun 1978	1978	11 Feb 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of baryonium states in K⁺–p interactions using the spectrometer	8 May 1978	29 Jun 1978	??	27 Nov 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of p–p interactions involving baryon exchange using the spectrometer	20 Apr 1978	29 Jun 1978	??	31 Oct 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Biological effects of 200 GeV/c protons: An exploratory investigation	6 Mar 1978	18 Oct 1978	1978	16 Nov 1978	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of π^± interactions in BEBC at 25 GeV/c and 60 GeV/c	5 Oct 1978	16 Nov 1978	1978	9 May 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A second generation beam dump experiment in BEBC	17 May 1978	14 Dec 1978	??	28 May 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A second generation beam dump experiment in Gargamelle	22 May 1978	16 Nov 1978	-	19 Apr 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Jack Steinberger	Beam dump experiment with 400 GeV protons	27 Jun 1978	16 Nov 1978	??	28 May 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Test of accuracy and K⁺–p elastic Scattering at 12 GeV/c around 90° c.m.	13 Oct 1978	14 Dec 1978	??	28 May 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of N–N states produced via baryon exchange in π⁺–p interactions using the spectrometer	12 Oct 1978	14 Dec 1978	??	1 Apr 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Studies of high mass vector meson photoproduction in the energy range 20 to 70 GeV	6 Apr 1978	15 Feb 1979	??	17 Dec 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Measurement of the lifetime of charmed particles in nuclear emulsion exposed to an 80 GeV bremsstrahlung beam in conjunction with the spectrometer	Nov 1978	23 Mar 1979	??	28 Jan 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Measurement of nucleon structure functions in horn-focused neutrino and antineutrino beams in BEBC filled with neon	23 Dec 1978	19 Apr 1979	??	19 May 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of strangeonium and baryonium produced in K⁻–p interactions using the spectrometer	14 Feb 1979	19 Apr 1979	??	30 Aug 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Inelastic interactions of high energy hadrons (p, K⁺, K⁻, π⁻) with emulsion nuclei	3 Jul 1979	19 Jul 1979	??	3 Aug 1979	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Search for charmed strange baryons	10 Sep 1979	13 Dec 1979	??	16 Jun 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Inclusive baryon–antibaryon production in the central region using the spectrometer	13 Nov 1979	24 Jan 1980	??	2 Jun 1980	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Channelling radiation in a silicon crystal	1 Apr 1980	22 May 1980	??	7 Jun 1981	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Further studies of prompt neutrino production in 400 GeV proton–nucleus collisions	25 Apr 1980	22 May 1980	??	13 Sep 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Per Olof Hulth	Further study of prompt neutrino production in proton–nucleus collisions using BEBC	30 Apr 1980	22 May 1980	??	13 Sep 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of π⁻–p interactions at 85 GeV/c leading to K⁺ K⁺ K⁻ K⁻ in the final state – Search for new states	16 Nov 1979	11 Dec 1980	??	4 Nov 1981	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Jack Steinberger	Further study of prompt neutrino production in a proton beam dump experiment	25 Aug 1980	19 Mar 1981	??	13 Sep 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Photoproduction in the energy range 70–200 GeV	17 Mar 1980	23 Apr 1981	6 Jun 1985	25 Jul 1986	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
WA70			Study of direct photon events in hadronic collisions	6 Aug 1980	22 Oct 1981	??	8 Nov 1986	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			An experiment to study beauty production and lifetime in the upgraded spectrometer	20 Feb 1981	22 Oct 1981	??	3 Sep 1984	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A study of fast proton production in π^±–nucleus interactions using the spectrometer	10 Jun 1981	22 Oct 1981	??	22 Mar 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A pedagogical experiment using bubble chamber pictures	15 Sep 1981	22 Oct 1981	??	27 Oct 1981	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Jose Mariano P. Gago	Antiproton–proton glory scattering	8 Dec 1981	17 Feb 1982	??	2 May 1982	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			An experiment to observe directly beauty particles selected by muonic decay in emulsion and to estimate their lifetimes	16 Sep 1981	22 Apr 1982	??	18 Jun 1984	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Antimo Palano	Study of the mesons produced centrally in the reaction p p → p X⁰ at 300 GeV/c	18 Jan 1982	22 Apr 1982	15 Nov 1984	8 Nov 1986	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Search for direct production of gluonium states in high PT π⁻–N collisions at 350 GeV/c	13 Sep 1982	18 Nov 1982	??	31 Jul 1987	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Search for the hadroproduction of B–B pairs	11 Feb 1983	16 Jun 1983	??	16 Aug 1985	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of neutrino–electron scattering at the SPS	28 Apr 1983	16 Jun 1983	Aug 1986	12 Aug 1991	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of relativistic nucleus–nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS	1982	15 Nov 1984	15 Nov 1984	12 Aug 1991	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Measurements of pair production under channelling conditions by 70–180 GeV photons incident on single crystals	28 Nov 1983	15 Nov 1984	??	30 Jun 1986	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			High statistics study of charm hadroproduction using an impact parameter trigger	16 Oct 1985	6 Feb 1986	Jul 1987	27 Sep 1989	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Investigation of soft photon production in hadronic collisions using the spectrometer	14 Oct 1985	6 Feb 1986	??	8 Nov 1986	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of the production and decay properties of beauty flavored hadrons	7 Jan 1987	2 Apr 1987	Sep 1989	1994	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of high energy nucleus–nucleus interactions using the spectrometer equipped with a multiparticle high PT detector	12 Mar 1987	2 Apr 1987	Oct 1987	1 Sep 1991	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
		Giorgio Giacomelli	Exposure of CR39 stacks to oxygen and/or sulphur beams at the CERN SPS	2 Mar 1987	3 Jun 1987	1989	1 Sep 1991	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Investigation of nuclear fragmentation in relativistic heavy ion collisions using plastic nuclear track detectors	3 Mar 1987	2 Apr 1987	Oct 1987	1 Sep 1991	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Test of bubble damage detectors in a heavy ion beam from the SPS	8 May 1987	3 Jun 1987	Oct 1987	14 Oct 1987	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
WA89			New hyperon beam experiment at the CERN SPS using the facility	27 Aug 1987	11 Feb 1988	1990	30 Sep 1994	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
		Sheldon Datz	Measurements of pair production and electron capture from the continuum in heavy particle collisions	1 Jun 1989	5 Apr 1990	??	Oct 1991	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Search for centrally produced non-quark–antiquark mesons in p–p interactions at 450 GeV/c by using the CERN spectrometer	15 Jan 1990	5 Apr 1990	Jun 1991	8 Jun 1994	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Measurement of beauty particle lifetimes and hadroproduction cross-sections	12 Mar 1990	6 Jul 1990	Jun 1992	13 Sep 1993	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			A light universal detector for the study of correlations between photons and charged particles	May 1990	22 Nov 1990	??	10 May 1992	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of baryon and antibaryon spectra in sulphur–sulphur interactions at 200 GeV/c per nucleon	14 Jan 1991	4 Apr 1991	Oct 1991	Nov 1993	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			A new search for ν_μ–ν_τ oscillations	15 Dec 1990	18 Sep 1991	5 May 1994	10 Nov 1997	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
		Luigi Di Lella	Search for the oscillation ν_μ → ν_τ	11 Mar 1991	18 Sep 1991	Apr 1994	20 Sep 1998	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
		Emanuele Quercigh	Study of baryon and antibaryon spectra in Pb–Pb interactions at 160 GeV/c per nucleon	20 May 1991	18 Sep 1991	1994	31 Dec 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Large acceptance measurement of photons and charged particles in heavy ion reactions	May 1991	16 Apr 1992	1994	31 Dec 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
		Sheldon Datz	Measurements of pair production and electron capture from the continuum in heavy particle collisions	3 Dec 1992	15 Apr 1993	??	20 Apr 1995	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
		Sheldon Datz	Charge changing collisions, energy loss, and EM nuclear reactions of 160 GeV A ²⁰⁸Pb	??	20 Apr 1995	1995	25 Oct 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Exposure of plastic track detectors to relativistic Pb beam for the purpose of providing calibration for the Dublin ESTEC which was exposed for 69 months in Earth orbit	30 Jun 1993	25 Nov 1993	??	31 Dec 1995	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			Study of various processes with a 160 GeV/c per nucleon Pb beam	30 Jul 1993	25 Nov 1993	??	31 Dec 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	—
			ASearch for centrally produced non-quark–antiquark mesons in p–p interactions at 450 GeV/c using the spectrometer and	15 Aug 1994	22 Sep 1994	Apr 1995	31 Aug 1996	INSPIRE Grey Book	Website
			Experimental study of a positron source using channeling	Oct 1998	9 Dec 1999	??	20 Jul 2001	INSPIRE Grey Book	—

References[]

^ "1976: The SPS is commissioned". CERN. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
^ "Achievements with antimatter". CERN Courier. November 1983. Archived from the original on 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1984". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
^ "Lorenzo Foà (1937 - 2014)". CERN Bulletin. 2014.
^ "Aldo Michelini (1930–2020)". CERN. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

INSPIRE team. "INSPIRE database". Retrieved 2009-09-15. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)
GS-AIF-FPF. "Grey Book". CERN. Retrieved 2009-09-15. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)

External links[]

[6] Other people were also the spokesperson of the NA48 experiment over the years. The&action_search=Search&of=hd INSPIRE database entry is listed.

[7] Since 2021. Over the years also other people were spokespersons of the NA58 / COMPASS experiment.

[1] "1976: The SPS is commissioned". CERN. Retrieved 2009-09-21.

[2] "Achievements with antimatter". CERN Courier. November 1983. Archived from the original on 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2009-09-21.

[3] "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1984". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-09-21.

[4] "Lorenzo Foà (1937 - 2014)". CERN Bulletin. 2014.

[5] "Aldo Michelini (1930–2020)". CERN. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

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