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

2008 (prototype)

Along Track Scanning Radiometer

1995

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

1990-1993 (spare); 1995 (original launched)

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

1972

Submillimetre detector. Type of sensor

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

1964-1978

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

1986

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

1986

Long-Wavelength Spectrometer model, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

1993

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

1986

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

1964-1978

SOHO Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)

1995

Cerenkov counter

1964-1978

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

1964-1978

Infrared Space Observatory

early 1990s

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

1964-1978

Ion source

1964-1978

Quartz Crystal for X-ray polychromator, England, 1980

1978-1980

Section of Vacuum Vessel from the Particle Accelerator Nimrod, 1964

1964

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

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

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

Hydrogen target from Nimrod

Hydrogen target from Nimrod

1964-1978

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

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

Flight cover for CHASE

1984

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

Bag of screws for CHASE

1984

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

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

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

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

Radiation shield for CHASE

1984

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

Flight cover for CHASE

1984

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

Trolley for CHASE

1984

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

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

Methane counter from Nimrod

Methane counter from Nimrod

1964-1978