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Brookhaven National Laboratory A brief overview

Discover Brookhaven National Laboratory: budget $450M, staff 2800, 6 Nobel Prizes. Programs include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, and Applied studies in Nuclear and Particle Physics. Special facilities like Superconducting Magnet Division and NSLS. User community focused on life sciences, nanomaterials, and brain imaging. Applied research areas cover environmental studies, energy research, and non-proliferation studies. Embrace the future of computing at BNL!

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Brookhaven National Laboratory A brief overview

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  1. Brookhaven National LaboratoryA brief overview P.D. Bond

  2. Long Island and Brookhaven

  3. Brookhaven National Laboratory • Budget $450 M • Total staff 2800 • Scientists 530 • Users/Contractors 4000 • 6 Nobel Prizes associated with BNL

  4. BNL Programs • User Facilities • RHIC/AGS Complex • NSLS • Other • Research • Physics • Chemistry • Biology • Medicine • Applied programs

  5. Nuclear Physics • RHIC HI • RHIC Spin • LEGS • Solar Neutrinos • Theory • NNDC

  6. Particle Physics • ATLAS @ LHC and BNL • D0 @ FNAL • RSVP @ AGS • AcceleratorTest Facility (with BES) • Theory • QCDOC (with NP and Sci Comp) • Future plans (neutrinos, LSST, etc)

  7. Some special BNL facilities • Superconducting Magnet Division • Instrumentation Division

  8. NSLS X-ray and VUV Beamlines

  9. User Community Users by Field of Research 50% Growth in last decade Strong growth in life sciences Largest group is Mat/Chem Sciences

  10. Basic Energy Studies • Center for Functional Nanomaterials • Rational design of catalysts • Strongly correlated and complex systems • Interface of life and physical sciences

  11. Imaging the Brain (PET, fMRI) • What are causes/results of addiction • Alcohol • Cocaine • Obesity • Smoking • How do Alzheimer’s and Parkinsonism impact the brain • Effects of multiple sclerosis

  12. Applied Research • Environmental Studies • FACE • Aerosols • Innovative cleanup methods • Energy Research • Efficient Oil burners • Nuclear plant risk assessments • Non-proliferation studies

  13. Computing That’s what you’re here for so get to work – glad to have you at BNL

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