Nikhef is the Dutch National Institute for

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that performs research in

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and astroparticle physics. Amongst others, it is a research partner of the

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institute in Switzerland and a member of the

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. Nikhef is a collaboration between the

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(NWO),

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and

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. The current director is Stan Bentvelsen. Nikhef is located at the

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in the

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. NIKHEF is an acronym for ''Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge-Energiefysica'' (National Institute for Nuclear and High energy physics). This acronym is no longer used and the name was changed to ''Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica'' (National Institute for Subatomic Physics). The name Nikhef is preserved to maintain name recognition (now with only the N capitalised). It also was the host of the third

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in the world, starting in February 1992. Nikhef is also one of the eight colocations of the

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Stan Bentvelsen Stanislaus Cornelius Maria (Stan) Bentvelsen (Schipluiden, 6 May 1965) is a Dutch physicist. He is the director of Nikhef since 2014. Bentvelsen studied Physics at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA). In 1994 he completed his thesis at the UvA i ...

is the director of Nikhef since December 1, 2014.

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