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We are designing and constructing the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a tool for determining how the structures of the proton and neutron emerge from their quarks and gluons.</p> </div> <div class="center"> <a class="button" href="/physics/">Details<i class="fa fa-right fa-caret-right"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid_6"> <img class="fwd research" src="images/high-energy-physics.jpg"/> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="item"> <h3 class="center">Particle Physics</h3> <p>Brookhaven Lab leads global particle physics experiments to explore the fundamental constituents of nature to discover phenomena that signal physics beyond the Standard Model. We are advancing studies of the Higgs boson, and revealing mysteries of neutrinos and the secrets of the cosmos. </p> </div> <div class="center"> <a class="button" href="/physics/">Details<i class="fa fa-right fa-caret-right"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid_6"> <img class="fwd research" src="images/accelerator-science.jpg"/> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="item"> <h3 class="center">Accelerator Science</h3> <p>The Collider-Accelerator Department designs and constructs new particle accelerator facilities in support of the Laboratory's mission. It supports the experimental program through design, construction, and operation of beam transports to experiments and supplies expertise for detector and research needs. </p> </div> <div class="center"> <a class="button" href="/cad/">Details<i class="fa fa-right fa-caret-right"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid_6"> <img class="fwd research" src="images/medical-isotopes-2.jpg"/> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="item"> <h3 class="center">Isotope Research</h3> <p>The Isotope Research and Production Department prepares radioisotopes for the nuclear medicine community and develops new radioisotopes for nuclear medicine investigators. The program conducts irradiations for non-isotope applications and explores opportunities for new products and radioisotope applications. </p> </div> <div class="center"> <a class="button" href="/mirp/">Details<i class="fa fa-right fa-caret-right"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container_24"> <div class="grid_15 suffix_1"> <h2 class="thin baseColor">International Collaboration</h2> <p>Nuclear & Particle Physics projects provide opportunities for scientists and engineers from around the world to build and discover with us, while bringing their science and technology expertise to the United States. As these collaborators share knowledge and expertise to address universal questions, they learn about one another's cultures, potentially breaking down barriers and creating bridges that foster connection and international cooperation. </p> <a class="button international font-2" href="/science/dune.php">DUNE</a> <a class="button international font-2" href="/lsst/">Rubin</a> <a class="button international font-2" href="/atlas/">LHC</a> <a class="button international font-2" href="/belle2/">Belle II</a> <a class="button international last font-2" href="/science/dayabay.php">Daya Bay</a> <div class="clear"></div> <img class="fwd fwm" alt="image of globe" src="images/international-collaboration-3.png"/> </div> <div class="grid_8"> <h3 class="accent">Announcements</h3> <ul id='announcementsList'> <li> <p class='noAnnouncementsNote'>There are no announcements at this time.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>NPP News</h3> <ul class='articleSummaries'> <li class=''><a target='_top' href='https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222341'><div class='thumbnail'><img onerror='this.src="/assets/global/images/unavailable-minipic.jpg";' src='/today/intra_pics/2025/03/uc-riverside-550px.jpg' alt='Sean Preins and Peter Carney' /></div> <h3>UCR Team Tests Novel Detector Technology at Particle Collider</h3> </a> <div class='clear'></div> <li class=''><a target='_top' href='https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222339'><div class='thumbnail'><img onerror='this.src="/assets/global/images/unavailable-minipic.jpg";' src='/today/intra_pics/2025/03/VIRTUE-Image-550px.jpg' alt='EIC detector' /></div> <h3>Bringing the Beautiful Data of the Electron-Ion Collider to Life</h3> </a> <div class='clear'></div> <li class=''><a target='_top' href='https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=122267'><div class='thumbnail'><img onerror='this.src="/assets/global/images/unavailable-minipic.jpg";' src='/today/intra_pics/2025/01/2025-01-08-2776-0007-550px.jpg' alt='Gabor David and Axel Drees sketch on a chalkboard' /></div> <h3>Fresh, Direct Evidence for Tiny Drops of Quark-Gluon Plasma</h3> </a> <div class='clear'></div> <li class=''><a target='_top' href='https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=222254'><div class='thumbnail'><img onerror='this.src="/assets/global/images/unavailable-minipic.jpg";' src='/today/intra_pics/2025/01/2024-11-12-2518-0003-550px.jpg' alt='Group photo' /></div> <h3>Resource Review Board Provides Significant Updates on the US-Based Electron-Ion Collider</h3> </a> <div class='clear'></div> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="midRibbon one"> <div class="container_24"> <div class="grid_17"> <h2 class="thin baseColor tight">Facilities</h2> <p style="margin-bottom:1.5em">The Nuclear and Particle Physics directorate operates the suite of particle / heavy ion accelerators used to carry out the program of accelerator-based experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory. It supports the experimental physics program including design, construction and operation of the beam transports, and detector and research needs of the experiments.</p> </div> <div class="grid_8"> <div class="image-100 overlay"> <a href="/eic/"> <img title="Electron-Ion Collider" alt="conceptual rendering of the electron-ion collider" src="/science/images/facilities/eic.jpg"> <p>EIC</p> </a> </div> <div class="boxed item4"> <p class="font-1">Brookhaven Lab is building the world's first polarized electron-proton/ion collider, known as the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). This discovery machine will unlock the secrets of the “glue” that binds the building blocks of visible matter.</p> </div> </div> <div class="grid_8"> <div class="image-100 overlay"> <a href="/rhic/"> <img title="Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider" alt="photo of magnets in the RHIC tunnel" src="/science/images/facilities/rhic.jpg"> <p>RHIC</p> </a> </div> <div class="boxed item4"> <p class="font-1">Researchers from around the world use Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) to study what the universe may have looked like in the first few moments after its creation by colliding two beams of gold ions at nearly the speed of light.</p> </div> </div> <div class="grid_8"> <div class="image-100 overlay"> <a href="/nsrl/"> <img title="NASA Space Raditation Laboratory" alt="photo of technician in the NSRL facility" src="/science/images/facilities/nsrl.jpg"> <p>NSRL</p> </a> </div> <div class="boxed item4"> <p class="font-1">The NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) uses beams of heavy ions from the accelerators that feed RHIC to simulate space radiation and study its effects on biological specimens—such as cells, tissues, and DNA—and industrial materials.</p> </div> </div> <div class="grid_8"> <div class="image-100 overlay"> <a href="/tandem/"> <img title="Tandem Van de Graaff" alt="photo of the tandem van de graaff facility" src="images/tvdg.jpg"> <p>Tandem Van de Graaff</p> </a> </div> <div class="boxed item4"> <p class="font-1">The Tandem Van de Graaff facility is a large electrostatic accelerator that can provide researchers with beams of more than 40 different types of ions, ranging from hydrogen to uranium.</p> </div> </div> <div class="grid_8"> <div class="image-100 overlay"> <a href="/blip/"> <img title="Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer" alt="photo of a technician at the blip facility" src="images/blip.jpg"> <p>BLIP</p> </a> </div> <div class="boxed item4"> <p class="font-1">The Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer supports the Isotope Research and Production Department, preparing commercially unavailable radioisotopes for distribution to the nuclear medicine community and industry. 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