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Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)

Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)

2008 (prototype)
Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) Infrared and Visible Radiometer (IVR)

Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) Infrared and Visible Radiometer (IVR)

1995
Section of Vacuum Vessel from the Particle Accelerator Nimrod, 1964

Section of Vacuum Vessel from the Particle Accelerator Nimrod, 1964

1964
Along Track Scanning Radiometer

Along Track Scanning Radiometer

1995
Long-Wavelength Spectrometer model, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Long-Wavelength Spectrometer model, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

1993
Sample radio receiver for the James Clerk Maxwell sub-millimetre radio telescope, 1986

Sample radio receiver for the James Clerk Maxwell sub-millimetre radio telescope, 1986

1986
Long-wavelength spectrometer from the Infrared Space Observatory (identical spare model)

Long-wavelength spectrometer from the Infrared Space Observatory (identical spare model)

1990-1993 (spare); 1995 (original launched)
External target for colliding with subatomic particles from the Nimrod particle accelerator, 1964-1978.

External target for colliding with subatomic particles from the Nimrod particle accelerator, 1964-1978.

1964-1978
Internal target for colliding with subatomic particles taken from the Nimrod particle accelerator

Internal target for colliding with subatomic particles taken from the Nimrod particle accelerator

1964-1978
Spark chamber section, a particle detector used with Nimrod, 1964-1978

Spark chamber section, a particle detector used with Nimrod, 1964-1978

1964-1978
Cerenkov counter

Cerenkov counter

1964-1978
Infrared Space Observatory

Infrared Space Observatory

early 1990s
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

1986
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

1986
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

1986
SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

1995
Quartz Crystal for X-ray polychromator, England, 1980

Quartz Crystal for X-ray polychromator, England, 1980

1978-1980
Ion source

Ion source

1964-1978
Central Tracking Detector (CTD) from ZEUS Experiment

Central Tracking Detector (CTD) from ZEUS Experiment

1992-2007
AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model

AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model

Encoder module

Encoder module

Encoder module

Encoder module

1979
Encoder module

Encoder module

1979
Components from ZEUS Experiment

Components from ZEUS Experiment

1992-2007
Submillimetre detector. Type of sensor

Submillimetre detector. Type of sensor

External target for colliding with protons from the Nimrod particle accelerator, 1964-1978.

External target for colliding with protons from the Nimrod particle accelerator, 1964-1978.

1964-1978
SEC vidicon camera tube - identical to one used in IUE (international ultra-violet explorer) satellite

SEC vidicon camera tube - identical to one used in IUE (international ultra-violet explorer) satellite

1972
Methane counter from Nimrod

Methane counter from Nimrod

1964-1978
Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) instrument for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1995

SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

1995
Hydrogen target from Nimrod

Hydrogen target from Nimrod

1964-1978
Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) instrument for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1995

SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

1995
AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Experiment) United Kingdom Subsatellite, engineering model, 1982-1984.

AMPTE Sub Satellite Engineering Model, 1982-84

1982-1984
CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments

1984
Bubble chamber photograph in glazed frame mounted with diagram of an atom track showing lambda minus event, unsigned, 1955-1968. Supplied by the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory (Bubble Chamber Group), Chilton, Didcot, England

Bubble chamber photograph of a lambda minus event

1953-1968
Central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007. Consists of main detector and two metal plates removed to show internal workings.

Central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment

1992-2007
David Simpson papers relating to the CHASE instrument covering: 1) Load and Stress / Finite ElementAnalysis 2) Thermal Analysis 3) Vibration Analysis 4) Grating Scan Analysis

CHASE papers of David Simpson

1970-1985
CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments, model. Developed by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK, 1984

CHASE (Coronal Helium Abundance Spacelab Experiment) for 1985 Spacelab 2 experiments

1984
Found during the 2025 CTR Inventory Project: Part from Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) Infrared and Visible Radiometer (IVR), flight spare, as used on ERS-2 and Envisat satellites for Earth surface temperature measurements. Built by Astrium Ltd (Matra Marconi Space) 1995.

Part from Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) Infrared and Visible Radiometer (IVR)

1995
Transit frame, pole and porthole cover removed from main part of the central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007 (2009-3 Pt1), by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in order to prepare and present it for display, 2015-2016.

Transit frame, pole and porthole cover removed from Zeus CTD (2009-3 Pt1)

1992-2007
Pole removed from main part of the central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007 (2009-3 Pt1), by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in order to prepare and present it for display, 2015-2016.

Pole removed from Zeus CTD (2009-3 Pt1)

1992-2007
Porthole cover for the central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007 (2009-3 Pt1)

Porthole cover for Zeus CTD (2009-3 Pt1)

1992-2007
Sample segment panel for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), 1986

Sample panel and adjustor for the James Clerk Maxwell Sub-millimetre telescope, 1986

1986
Stand from Cerenkov counter (small)

Stand from Cerenkov counter

Transit frame removed from main part of the central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007 (2009-3 Pt1), by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in order to prepare and present it for display, 2015-2016.

Transit frame removed from Zeus CTD (2009-3 Pt1)

1992-2007
Experimental Thermal shield unit from UK5 (Ariel V).

Experimental Thermal Shield for UK5 (Ariel V)

1973-1974
Collection of documents (including lab notebooks; project reports; photographs; engineering drawings; technical proposals; technical reports and project videos) associated with the development of the ZEUS Central Tracking Detector, c. 1999-2005 (relevant to 2009-3 ZEUS CTD and 2010-55 CENTAUR prototype).

Collection of documents

circa 1999 -circa 2005
Main part of the central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment, used in HERA particle collider at DESY, Hamburg, 1992-2007 (two semicircular plates, pt2, removed from either end)

Central tracking detector (CTD) from ZEUS experiment

1992-2007
Carry case for twin spare of the long-wavelength spectrometer from ISO (Infra-red Space Observatory). Assembled and tested at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, c.1993.

Carry case for long-wavelength spectrometer from the Infrared Space Observatory (identical spare model)

Twin spare of the long-wavelength spectrometer from ISO (Infra-red Space Observatory). Assembled and tested at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, c.1993.

Long-wavelength spectrometer from the Infrared Space Observatory (identical spare model)

1990-1993 (spare); 1995 (original launched)
Cerenkov counter (small) from Nimrod

Cerenkov counter (small) from Nimrod