Brookhaven National Laboratory Plan, 2009 – 2018

Major Activities/Lab Initiatives

1. Photon Sciences

Major Activities

1. Photon Sciences

2. Collective QCD Phenomena

3. Energy

4. Physics of the Universe

Over the past 25 years, Brookhaven’s National Synchrotron Light Source has been a world-leading workhorse in the photon sciences. Each year, about 2,100 scientists from more than 400 universities and companies use its bright beams of light for research in such diverse fields as biology, physics, chemistry, geology, medicine, and environmental and materials sciences.

NSLS remains at a maximum level of capacity, and is expected to remain a vibrant and productive facility for years to come. As the boundaries of scientific discovery have expanded, however, many researchers are looking for additional capabilities beyond those that can be provided by the NSLS or any other synchrotron in the world. As a result, Brookhaven has proposed building a next-generation replacement – known as NSLS-II.

Scheduled for completion in 2015, NSLS-II will provide world-leading performance that is expected to significantly increase discovery potential in many fields. The unique characteristics of NSLS-II will open up new regimes of scientific discovery, such as the correlation between nanoscale structure and function; the mechanisms of molecular self-assembly; and the science of emergent behavior – looking at properties, laws, or phenomenon that occur at the macroscopic, as opposed to the microscopic, scale.

Standing next to NSLS-II will be an associated intellectual center called the Joint Photon Sciences Institute (JPSI). JPSI will be a New York State-funded companion facility to NSLS-II, serving as a center for the development and application of the photon sciences. It will foster synergy between NSLS, NSLS-II, JPSI, the CFN, the Lab’s New York Blue supercomputer, and its core programs.

NSLS-II will draw on all five of Brookhaven’s core competencies, and the Lab’s leadership position in photon sciences will amplify its impact in fields including nanoscience, energy science and technology, and life sciences.

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Last Modified: September 26, 2008

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