STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory 1979
- occupation:
- Astronomy research institution, Materials research institution, Physics research institution
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- Chilton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
A laboratory has existed on the Chilton site since 1957 when the then Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, an establishment of the National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science, was set up. Mergers with the Atlas and Appleton Laboratories in 1975 and 1979 respectively
Related Objects
Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) Infrared and Visible Radiometer (IVR)
Long-wavelength spectrometer from the Infrared Space Observatory (identical spare model)
CENTAUR, Prototype for the ZEUS Central Tracking Detector
Submillimetre detector. Type of sensor
SEC vidicon camera tube - identical to one used in IUE (international ultra-violet explorer) satellite
Along Track Scanning Radiometer
External target for colliding with protons from the Nimrod particle accelerator, 1964-1978.
Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986
Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986
