Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education

Add links
Coordinates: 42°26′41.92″N 76°28′22.93″W / 42.4449778°N 76.4730361°W / 42.4449778; -76.4730361
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Wilson Laboratory, Campus Road entrance

The Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based ScienceS and Education (CLASSE) is a

Ithaca, NY. CLASSE was formed by merging the Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) and the Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics (LEPP) in July 2006.[1]
Nigel Lockyer is the Director of CLASSE in spring of 2023.

The Wilson Synchrotron Lab, which houses both the

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and for contributing to the design of CESR.[2]

LEPP

The Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics (LEPP) is a

high-energy physics
laboratory studying fundamental particles and their interactions.

The 768-meter Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) is in operation below the campus athletic fields.

GeV. Completed in 1979, CESR stores beams accelerated by the Cornell Synchrotron.[3]

Adding to a long history of significant developments, such as

RF cavities, and accelerator operation for the International Linear Collider
(ILC).

Cornell University has the largest graduate program in accelerator physics in the US.

CHESS

Inside the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) Tunnel in Spring 2023

The Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) is a high-intensity, high-energy

protein crystallographic studies under the auspices of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH).

CHESS was built between 1978 and 1980 as a synchrotron x-ray facility tied to the

GeV.[4]

The original laboratory, CHESS West, included three instrumented

level BL3 facility (built with funds from the NIH).[3] Construction began in 1999 for an addition to the facility called the "G-line" to provide a new beam line and three additional experimental stations. This station, commissioned in 2002, was "constructed with extensive toxic gas handling capabilities advancing the prospects for in-situ crystal growth experiments."[5]

Work performed at CHESS and at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at Brookhaven National Laboratory led to the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to Dr. Roderick MacKinnon, M.D "for structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels".[6]

References

  1. ^ "Physics labs consolidate to build a new accelerator". Retrieved 2007-07-17.
  2. ^ Hu, Sophia (30 Oct 2013). "A History of Science: Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source". Cornell Daily Sun. Archived from the original on November 7, 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Cornell Electron Storage Ring". Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  4. ^ "Synchrotron radiation sources". Retrieved 2006-06-05.
  5. ^ "CHESS Facility Description". Archived from the original on 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2006-06-05.
  6. ^ "2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Researcher Roderick MacKinnon". Retrieved 2006-06-05.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wilson Synchrotron Lab.

42°26′41.92″N 76°28′22.93″W / 42.4449778°N 76.4730361°W / 42.4449778; -76.4730361

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cornell_Laboratory_for_Accelerator-based_Sciences_and_Education&oldid=1199703739"