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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, 6.9 kilometres in circumference. The SPS was designed by a team led by John Adams, director-general of what was then known as Laboratory II. Originally specified as a 300 GeV accelerator, the SPS was actually built to be capable of 400 GeV, an operating energy it achieved on the official commissioning date of 17 June 1976.

SY-EPC-HPC is responsible of the main power converters of the SPS machine.


SY-EPC-HPC SPS Units

Main dipoles: SMD1 to SMD14
Main quadrupoles: SQD, SQF, SQS