Facilities and Institutes

Facility Description Link
Astronet Long-term planning for the development of European astronomy.
Paris, 2005.
Astronet Home : http://www.astronet-eu.org/
CERN International research center, ring-accelerator for hadrons with different detectors.
Switzerland, 1954.
CERN Home : http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html
DESY
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron.
Accelerators and LASER.
Hamburg (Germany), 1959.
DESY Home : http://zms.desy.de/
DLR
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
German Aerospace Center.
Several Sites in Germany.
DLR Home : http://www.dlr.de/
ESA
European Space Agency
Coordinationi of European space activities.
Paris, 1975.
ESA Home : http://www.esa.int/
ESO
European Southern Observatory
European research center with telescopes in South America.
Garching (Munich) (Germany), 1962.
ESO Home : http://www.eso.org/
Fermilab
Named after "Enrico Fermi".
Ring Accelerator with different detectors.
Batavia in Illinois (near Chicago), 1967.
Fermilab Home : http://www.fnal.gov/
Harvard-Smithsonian The Center for Astrophysics combines the resources and research facilities of the Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
USA, Cambridge.
Harvard-Smithsonian Home : http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/
JAXA
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Space flights, research, ...
Several sites in Japan.
JAXA Home : http://www.jaxa.jp/
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Named after "Max Planck".
The German Max-Planck-Institute focus on basic science to find out the fundamentals of physics, biology, psychology, mathematics, ...
Germany (different sites).
MPG Home : http://www.mpg.de/
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space flights, research, ...
USA, Texas, Houston, 1958.
NASA Home : http://www.fnal.gov/
NRAO
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Facilities for Radio Astronomy
USA, 1956.
NRAO Home : http://www.nrao.edu/
STSCI
Space Telescope Science Institute
Planning activities of space telescopes (Hubble, JWST).
USA, Baltimore.
STSCI Home : http://www.stsci.edu/

 

Physical Societies

Society Description Link
AIP
The American Institute of Physics
The AIP is a society of societies, founded 1931 by a group of American physical science societies. AIP Home : http://www.aip.org/
APS
American Physical Society
One of the biggest societies for physics, publisher of famous journals like the "Review Letters"
USA, American Center for Physics (ACP), College Park, Maryland, 1899.
APS Home : http://www.aps.org/
DPG
Deutsche Physikalische Gesllschaft
German Physical Society
Biggest society for physics, publisher of the "Physik Journal"
Germany, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, 1845.
DPG Home : http://www.dpg-physik.de/
IAMP
International Association of Mathematical Physics
International Association of Mathematical Physics
1976.
IAMP Home : http://www.iamp.org/

 

Mathematical Societies

Society Description Link
AMS
American Mathematical Society
American Mathematical Society
USA, Providence (RI), 1888.
AMS Home : http://www.ams.org/
DMV
Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung
German Mathematicians Association
German Mathematicians Association.
Berlin, 1890.
DMV Home : http://dmv.mathematik.de/
EMIS
The European Mathematical Information Service
The European Mathematical Information Service
.
EMIS Home : http://www.emis.de/
MAA
The Mathematical Association of America
The Mathematical Association of America
Washington, 1894.
MAA Home : http://www.maa.org/

 

Miscellaneous

Facility Description Link
AAAS
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
"Triple A-S" is an international non-profit organization, publisher of the famous journal "Science".
Washington, 1884.
AAAS Home : http://www.aaas.org/
NSF
National Science Foundation
Federal agency, founded by the USA congress.
USA, Arlington, 1950.
NSF Home : http://www.nsf.gov/

 

General

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