National Institute for Subatomic Physics

Frank Linde, Nikhef director

Overview Nikhef

Where are we? Who are we? What do we do? What do we have?

Specials Amsterdam Internet Exchange

& Grid computing Industrial collaboration

Teaching & Outreach

Where are we?

Science Park Amsterdam

Nikhef

AMOLF & CWI research institutesscience faculty of the university of Amsterdam

Amsterdam university collegenational computer center SARA

(start-up) companies

Who are we?

Holland Nikhef partners: Fundamenteel Onderzoek Materie-FOM Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen-RU Universiteit Utrecht-UU Universiteit van Amsterdam-UvA Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam-VU

KVI:Rijksuniversiteit Groningen-RuG

ASTRONSRON astronomy

Universiteit Leiden-UL Universiteit Twente-UT

EindhovenDelft

NIOZ

What do we do?The mission of Nikhef is to study the interactions and structure ofall elementary particles and fields at the smallest distance scaleand the highest attainable energy, & to connect the findings of today’s research in a qualitative and preferably quantitative manner to the fierce processes occurring in the early Universe,13.7 billion years ago.

Two complementary approaches are followed:

• Accelerator-based particle physics Experiments studying interactions in particle

collision processes at particle accelerators, in particular at CERN;• Astroparticle physics

Experiments studying interactions of particles and radiation emanating from the Universe, with the Earth.

Nikhef coordinates and leads most Dutch experimental activitiesin these fields.

What do we have?

Finances(no investments)

Amsterdam Internet Exchange Ams-IX

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Yearly graph

Grid computing: BiG Grid

LHC Tier-1 site:SARA & Nikhefserving: ALICE, ATLAS & LHCb

Industrial collaboration I

Industrial collaboration II

Teaching I

BSc & MSc PhDHigh school

Outreach

public lecturesopen daysCERN visitsinterviewsgadgetstheaterfilm/TV

Outreach - radio

Outreach – movies/TV

ATLAS price winning movie - 199?Mass mystery movie - 2004Klokhuis TV issue (kids) - 2007Higgs movie - coming(plus a lot related to LHC start-up)

Outreach - web