Brookhaven and the Large Hadron Collider
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, in Switzerland, opens new avenues to explore some of the deepest mysteries of the Universe. In addition to serving as the U.S. host laboratory for the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory plays multiple roles in this massive international undertaking, ranging from construction and project management to data storage and distribution.
Design & Construction
Brookhaven scientists and engineers designed and constructed 20 of the 1,200 superconducting magnets for the LHC and built key parts of the ATLAS detector. More...
Computing Support
Brookhaven National Lab is the sole Tier-1 computing facility for ATLAS in the United States – and the largest ATLAS computing center worldwide . More...
Future Upgrades
Much of the work for the U.S. LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP) uses Brookhaven’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) as a “test bed” for the beam-based development of devices destined for the LHC. More..
Other LHC Resources
Brookhaven and ATLAS
Brookhaven physicists and engineers are participating in one of the most ambitious scientific projects in the world – constructing and helping to operate a machine the size of a seven-story building that will open new frontiers in the human pursuit of knowledge about elementary particles and their interactions. More...
