CERN has a unique set of experimental areas that can provide a wide spectrum of particle beams for FT experiments and R&D projects.
The SBA team is responsible for the design, installation and maintenance of the beam lines, downstream of the primary targets. The team is responsible for the liaison with the users of these facilities and it provides support for their installation and infrastructure. The Operations Group is responsible for the operation of all CERN Accelerators and their associated Experimental Areas. The Physics department is responsible for the coordination (SPS physics Coordinator), Users Schedule and for the safety for experiences.
SBA beam lines
The responsibilities for the various beam lines and zones are shared by beam and liaison physicists:
| Area | Beam Physicists | Location | beam lines | Beamline Super intendant |
User Technical Support | Beamline Supervisor | TSO |
| North Area | Adrian Fabich | EHN1 | H2 | Sylvain Girod | Michael Jeckel | M. Jeckel | |
| H4 | |||||||
| Edda Gschwendtner | H6 | ||||||
| Ilias Efthymiopoulos | H8 | ||||||
| Lau Gatignon | EHN2 | M2 | V. DeJesus | ||||
| Lau Gatignon | ECN3 | P41/P61, P42/K12 | |||||
| PS transfer | Lau Gatignon | FTN | Michael Lazzaroni | S. Girod | |||
| East Area | Lau Gatignon | East Area | T7, T8, T9, T10, T11 | M. Lazzaroni | |||
| CNGS | Edda Gschwendtner | BB4 | CNGS | Sylvain Girod | S. Girod |
Installed experiments
These beam lines serve a variety of experiments and test facilities:
| PS | East Area | CLOUD & DIRAC (until 2013) |
| nTOF | ||
| AD ELENA |
ALPHA, Asacusa, Atrap, Aegis | |
| SPS | North Area | NA61, AMS NA62, COMPASS |
| CNGS | OPERA, ICARUS |
Test facilities
| PS | East Area | irradiation |
| SPS | North Area | Magnet Facility: MNP22 |