RBRC History Timeline

RBRC celebrates its 25th Anniversary with by hosting a conference to review its research achievements and contributions to the field over the past quarter century and to consider its future. The event also looked back on a successful example of science and technology cooperation between the U.S. and Japan. Event poster

Hideto Enyo becomes RBRC Director.

Samuel H. Aronson becomes RBRC Director.

The Memorandum of Understanding between RIKEN and Brookhaven National Laboratory concerning the collaboration on the spin physics program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider is renewed.

Collision of longitudinally-polarized protons at a collision energy of 500 GeV takes place at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.

The Memorandum of Understanding between RIKEN and Brookhaven National Laboratory concerning the collaboration on the spin physics program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider is renewed.

The QCDOC supercomputer is installed.

Alternating Gradient Synchrotron 45% proton polarization achieved with spin rotator magnets in operation.

Collision of longitudinally-polarized protons with spin rotator magnets in operation.

Nicholas P. Samios becomes RBRC Director.

Conclusion of the agreement for the development of QCDOC between RIKEN and Columbia University.

The Memorandum of Understanding between RIKEN and Brookhaven National Laboratory concerning the collaboration on the spin physics program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider is renewed.

Dedication of WAKO CC-J.

First collision of high energy polarized protons at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.

First gold ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.

Conclusion of the collaboration agreement in the development of QCDSP2 between RIKEN and Columbia University.

Dedication of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.

RHIC Physics Fellow System established.

QCDSP installed.

QCDSP wins the Gordon Bell Prize for Price Performance.

The RIKEN BNL Research Center is established with T.D. Lee as Director.

Conclusion of the collaboration agreement between RIKEN and Columbia University for construction of QCDSP parallel supercomputer.

Conclusion of the Memorandum of Understanding between RIKEN and Brookhaven National Laboratory concerning collaboration on the spin physics program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.

Construction of the PHENIX detector begins.