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Description
This presentation gives a concise overview of the fixed target and test beam facilities at CERN’s North and East Area. Protons with a momentum of 24 GeV/c at the PS and with 400 GeV/c at the SPS produce typically hadrons, electrons, and muons over a wide range of momenta. In this talk, the main features of the unique North Area and East Area secondary beamlines are introduced, including the available momentum ranges, particle species, and beam intensities in the different experimental areas. The operational flexibility provided by the T2 and T4 wobbling stations in the North Area, as well as the multi-target configurations and upgraded infrastructure of the East Area, are highlighted. In addition, CERN’s irradiation facilities HiRadMat, GIF++, IRRAD, and CHARM are briefly presented, illustrating their roles in material studies, detector qualification, and radiation hardness testing. The talk aims to guide users in selecting and efficiently exploiting CERN beam facilities for their experiments.