PARTICLE PHYSICS IN THE WORLD
BINP, Russia
The Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics is a major centre for nuclear physics research in Russia. It is also host to the Siberian Synchrotron Radiation Centre.BNL, USA
The Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a large, multi-disciplinary research centre. It is host to the RHIC heavy-ion collider.CCLRC, UK
The Council for the Central Laboratory for the Research Councils (CCLRC) operates the Rutherford Appleton and Daresbury laboratories, which provide a UK focus for particle physics, accelerator science and light sources.CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) operates the world’s largest particle physics research centre. W and Z particles were discovered at CERN, and the centre is also the birthplace of the World Wide Web. Since 2008, the LHC, its biggest accelerator, is the world’s highest energy particle collider.CORNELL, USA
Cornell University is host to the CESR electron-positron collider, and is an important centre for accelerator R&D.DAPNIA, France
The DAPNIA laboratory is dedicated to research into the fundamental laws of the Universe. Its research portfolio includes astrophysics, particle physics and nuclear physics.DESY, Germany
The German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) is one of the world’s leading accelerator centres. It is a national research centre with locations in Hamburg and Zeuthen, near Berlin. It is host to the HERA collider, and is an important centre for light source research.FNAL USA
The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) is the home of the Tevatron, the second world’s most powerful particle accelerator. It is the scene of important discoveries, including that of the top quark.IHEP, China
The Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) is the largest and most comprehensive fundamental research centre in China. The major research fi elds of IHEP are particle physics, accelerator physics and their associated technologies and applications.IHEP, Russia
The State Research Centre of the Russian Federation Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP), Moscow, is one of the leading Russian centres for particle physics.JINR, Russia
Based in Dubna, Russia, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1956, with currently 18 member states. Its mission is to study the fundamental properties of matter.KEK, Japan
Japan’s high energy accelerator research organization (KEK) is host to the BELLE experiment, and is an important centre for accelerator R&D.LAL, France
The Linear Accelerator Laboratory (LAL) near Paris has a 50 year tradition at the frontier of research. Its main area of research is particle physics, complemented by a strong engagement with cosmology and astrophysics.LNF, Italy
The Frascati laboratory (LNF) near Rome is home to DAFNE, a high-intensity electron- positron collider allowing precision studies to be made.LNGS, Italy
The Gran Sasso laboratory (LNGS) is the world’s largest deep underground laboratory for experimental particle physics and nuclear astrophysics.PSI, Swiss
The Paul Scherrer Institute, home to the Swiss Light Source, is also a base for particle physics.RAL, UK
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, operated by the Council for the Central Laboratory for the Research Councils (CCLRC), is a focus for particle physics and host to the Diamond light source.SLAC, USA
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is the host to the BaBar experiment, and is an important centre for light-source science.TRIUMF, Canada
The TRIUMF laboratory in Vancouver is Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics.
