About the Bragg Institute
 

The Bragg Institute

The Bragg Institute is the strongest neutron and X-ray scattering group in Australia.

The Institute is named as a tribute to the father-and-son team of William and Lawrence Bragg, who were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915 for pioneering the analysis of crystal structures by means of X-rays.

The centrepiece of our activities is the new OPAL research reactor, along with its state-of-the-art neutron-beam instruments, and our user program is anticipated to begin in the second half of 2008.

This will place Australia at the leading edge, with facilities, staff and support competitive with the best facilities in North America and Europe. Our sophisticated in-house X-ray facilities complement our neutron instruments and are now available to experimenters.

Finally, we are an investor in and major user of the Australian Synchrotron (in Melbourne)., having run the Australian Synchrotron Research Program for the nation, for many years before.

Much of our work is conducted in collaboration with our users and we pride ourselves on the excellent customer service we offer. Access to neutron beam instruments is by peer review based on merit, with no charge for beam time if results are published in the open literature. Access for proprietary work is available on a fee-for-service basis.

The Bragg Institute has substantial partnerships with other leading research organisations in Australia and is keen to develop more such relationships both within Australia and around the world. We intend to attract new users from Australia's scientific research community and the business sector.