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Further reading ⇓

□ The beginning of NIRNS
□ NIRNS Charter
□ Evolution of site
□ Architects drawings and artwork
□ Newsletters
□ Technical publications
□ Council publications
□ Artefacts
□ Photograph albums and slides

Technical literature: Overview

The Rutherford Laboratory past and present (Rutherford Laboratory monograph by Jim Valentine from a paper presented to the first meeting of the Rutherford Laboratory Establishment Committee in April 1977, published 1978) Electronics opportunities at RAL (1980s) How to reach Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1983) The Coseners House (1980s) Working at RAL (1984) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1990s) Introducing CLRC (1995) RAL Safety Handbook (2002) ISIS 2005: 20 years of excellence (2005 calendar)

The Atlas Computer Laboratory (1962) The Atlas Computer Laboratory (1969) The Atlas Computer Laboratory (1973) SRC Interactive Computing Facility (September 1979) Computing at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1985) Informatics at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1987) SERC/DTI Transputer Initiative (1988) SERC Office Systems Newsletter (Bi-monthly newsletter for users of SERC Office Systems, Issue 1, August 1990) Theory and Computational Science (1991) Atlas Computing Services (1992) Atlas Computing Services (1993) Atlas Computing Services (1994) Atlas Video Facility (1994)

Space research at Rutherford and Appleton Laboratories (c.1979/1980) The James Clerk Maxwell telescope (1980s) The James Clerk Maxwell telescope (1980s) STARLINK (Image processing and data reduction facilities for the UK astronomical community, 1980s) The universe and man (1981) The cosmos from space (1984) Astronomy, Space and Radio Board at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1985) Space Science Research at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1987) Poster for the Cassini-Huygens Mission (Launch date 15 October 1997) The 15th anniversary of the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) (1983-1998) RAL Space: Developments in space science and technology (2007) The Express Mission to Mars (2007) Science driven, technology enabled (2015)

AMPTE: Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers (1984) Apparition of a man-made comet... on Christmas Day - before sunrise - in the constellation of Virgo (1984, brochure produced by the German AMPTE partners) Ion release experiments in the solar wind (1985, D Bryant, RAL-85-094) Selected papers from John Harries' AMPTE files (1984-1985)

The 7GeV proton synchrotron (Paper from Nuclear Engineering, April 1959) British National Hydrogen Bubble Chamber: Note to editors (22 February 1963) Proposal for a Spallation Neutron Facility (1976; the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) was later renamed ISIS) The use of high energy machines in particle physics (Rutherford Laboratory monograph of a talk given by Godfrey Stafford at Lancaster University in September 1976, published 1977) Proceedings of NIMROD commemoration evening held at the Rutherford Laboratory (27 June 1978) Neutron scattering research at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1985) Atoms, Particles, Leptons and Quarks (A Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Monograph, 1986) The DELPHI Solenoid (1988) Synchrotron Radiation Research (1990) Probing particles (1996) The brilliance of X-rays (1996) Using neutrons (1996) ATOMS: Getting into materials (1993) Early British synchrotrons: An informal history (JD Lawson, February 1997, RAL report RAL-TR-97-011) Particle physics -- it matters (2009, A forward look at UK research into the building blocks of the Universe and its impact on society)

Dark green album of some very faded photographs of ELF (c.1978) Central Laser Facility brochure (c.1985) Laser Research at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1985) Laser research at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1987) From Terawatts to Femtoseconds: Laser Research at the SERC Central Laser Facility / Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1988) ATOMS: The power of lasers (1993) COBWEB: Titania Control Software Use Manual (Edwin Divall, 1994) High Power Laser Facilities for European Researchers (c.1995) Spotlight on lasers (1996) The genesis of Titania and its conversion to a grant-funded project (MH Key, 12 April 1996) Astra (c.1997) Facts FBU newsletter: Astra Gemini takes aim... and fires! (Autumn 2007) Lasers in our lives: 50 years of impact (2010)

Superconductivity and its applications (Rutherford Laboratory monograph by Martin N Wilson, 1979) Engineering at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (1985) Central Microstructure Facility (1997/8)

Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Minutes and administration (1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Press Visit (22 April 1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Address by TG Pickavance (22 April 1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Inauguration of Nimrod (24 April 1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Inauguration of Nimrod Guest List (24 April 1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Brochure (25 April 1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Brochure (19 May 1966) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Guide book and maps (2 and 3 July 1970) Rutherford Centenary / Royal Society Celebrations -- Brochure (29 October 1971) Rutherford Centenary -- Notes for guides (29 October 1971) RAL Open Days brochure (1990)

A series of semi-technical leaflets used for various Nimrod exhibits during the Open Week in April 1964 although two are dated May 1970.

The PLA | Nimrod Proton Source and Pre-injector | Nimrod Injector: Beam monitoring system | Nimrod Injector: The Linear Accelerator, Buncher and Debuncher | Nimrod Injector: High Energy Drift Space and Achromatic Inflector System | Peaking Strips for the Nimrod Magnet | Nimrod Ripple Filter Systems | Nimrod Vacuum System | Nimrod Vacuum Vessels | Nimrod Injector Vacuum System | The Nimrod Magnet | Nimrod RF System and Beam Diagnostics | Nimrod Target Mechanisms and the Proton Extraction System | Nimrod Control Room | Nimrod Synchronising System | Separators | Liquid Hydrogen Target Systems | Maximum Current in an Electron Beam | A Vacuum Gauge using Ion Trapping | Liquid Helium Level Gauge | Nimrod Power Supply | Nimrod Magnet Power Supply | Polarized Proton Target | Pi1 Beam Line and Experiment | Pi2 Beam Line and Experiment | Pi3 Experiment and Beam Line | NI Beam Line and Experiment | The Work of Scanning and Measuring Laboratories | Electronics Group | Film Processing Laboratory | Target Operation in the 1.5 metre Cryogenic Bubble Chamber | 1.4 metre Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber | The 1.5 metre Cryogenic Bubble Chamber | 80 cm Helium Bubble Chamber | Saclay 82 cm Liquid Hydrogen Bubble Chamber | Small Portable Freon Chamber | Bubble Chamber Data Reduction | The IBM System/360-75I and DDP-224 Computer Complex | Model Centre for the Variable Energy Cyclotron | Evolution of the Cyclotron | Variable Energy Cyclotron | Ion Source Development for the VEC | Nuclear and Radiochemistry Wing | Polarized Proton Source | PLA Nuclear Physics Exhibits | Design and Manufacture | The Plunging Mechanism | Electronics and Instruments Section | Electrical Services Section | Industrial Chemistry Section | Safety Section | Oxford Electrostatic Generator Project | Mechanical Services Section | Building Section | Principle contractors for Nimrod and PLA | Electrostatic Generators | A Brief History of Elementary Particle Physics | Elementary Particles in the Service of Man

The Proton Linear Accelerator (c. April 1964) The Nimrod Proton Source and Pre-injector Nimrod Injector: Beam monitoring system Nimrod Injector: The Linear Accelerator, Buncher and Debuncher Nimrod Injector: High Energy Drift Space and Achromatic Inflector System Peaking Strips for the Nimrod Magnet Nimrod Ripple Filter Systems Nimrod Vacuum System Nimrod Vacuum Vessels Nimrod Injector Vacuum System The Nimrod Magnet Nimrod RF System and Beam Diagnostics Nimrod Target Mechanisms and the Proton Extraction System Nimrod Control Room Nimrod Synchronising System Separators Liquid Hydrogen Target Systems Maximum Current in an Electron Beam A Vacuum Gauge using Ion Trapping Liquid Helium Level Gauge Nimrod Power Supply Nimrod Magnet Power Supply Polarized Proton Target Pi1 Beam Line and Experiment (NIRNS Group) Pi2 Beam Line and Experiment (University College, London and Westfield College, London) Pi3 Experiment and Beam Line (Oxford University) NI Beam Line and Experiment (AERE, Bristol University, Birmingham University and NIRNS) The Work of Scanning and Measuring Laboratories Electronics Group Film Processing Laboratory Target Operation in the 1.5 metre Cryogenic Bubble Chamber (May 1970, Nimrod Division) 1.4 metre Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber The 1.5 metre Cryogenic Bubble Chamber (May 1970, Nimrod Division) 80 cm Helium Bubble Chamber Saclay 82 cm Liquid Hydrogen Bubble Chamber The Small Portable Freon Chamber Bubble Chamber Data Reduction The IBM System/360-75I and DDP-224 Computer Complex Model Centre for the Variable Energy Cyclotron The Evolution of the Cyclotron Variable Energy Cyclotron Ion Source Development for the VEC The Nuclear and Radiochemistry Wing Polarized Proton Source PLA Nuclear Physics Exhibits Design and Manufacture The Plunging Mechanism Electronics and Instruments Section Electrical Services Section Industrial Chemistry Section Safety Section The Oxford Electrostatic Generator Project Mechanical Services Section Building Section Principle contractors for Nimrod and PLA Electrostatic Generators A Brief History of Elementary Particle Physics Elementary Particles in the Service of Man A permanent exhibition for Rutherford Laboratory / Proposal for R2 walkway (19 October 1967)

Simulating particle physics events Data acquisition and control of the OPAL experiment at LEP Design Division overview Systems Engineering Division overview The Data Glove Startdent ST2000 Superworkstation Image Processing Algorithms Library Colour information Mechanical design Electron Beam Lithography Unit (EBL) The Sun The Solar Wind and the Earth's Magnetosphere The Solar Maximum Mission and beyond World Data Centre C1 for Solar-Terrestial Physics How are the Northern Lights powered? Dusty Plasmas The EISCAT Incoherent Scatter Radars The SERC MST Radar Facility Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) and Improved Stratospheric and Mesopheric Sounder (ISAMS) Ozone The SERC Geophysical Data Facility Geophysical research ESA's First Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) and Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) Radio Communications Research Unit (RCRU) Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) X-ray astronomy and the Ginga Satellite RAL and the BNSC (British National Space Centre) Thermal control Combined Release and Radiation Effects Spacecraft (CRRES) James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Roentgensatellit (ROSAT) METEOSAT

The deep space network (1988, NASA brochure) The new synchrotron (2000, announcement of what became the Diamond Light Source)

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