Los Alamos Laboratory

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Manhattan Project site United States government research laboratory nuclear weapons research facility

Los Alamos Laboratory was the secret U.S. research facility in New Mexico where the Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Los Alamos National Laboratory	26
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory	2
Los Alamos Laboratory (Project Y)	1
Los Alamos Laboratory theoretical division	1
Project Y technical area at Los Alamos	1
Site Y, Los Alamos laboratory complex	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Manhattan Project site ⓘ United States government research laboratory ⓘ nuclear weapons research facility ⓘ
chiefScientist	J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
codeName	Project Y ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designed	Trinity test device ⓘ
developed	Fat Man ⓘ atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ surface form: Little Boy first nuclear weapons ⓘ
developedFor	Allied powers in World War II ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
director	J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
employed	Bruno Rossi ⓘ Edward Teller ⓘ Emilio Segrè ⓘ Enrico Fermi ⓘ Felix Bloch ⓘ George Kistiakowsky ⓘ Hans Bethe ⓘ I. I. Rabi ⓘ surface form: Isidor Isaac Rabi John von Neumann ⓘ Joseph Rotblat ⓘ Klaus Fuchs ⓘ Luis Alvarez ⓘ Niels Bohr ⓘ Norris Bradbury ⓘ Richard Feynman ⓘ Robert Serber ⓘ Seth Neddermeyer ⓘ Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ
established	1943 ⓘ
establishedDuring	World War II ⓘ
focus	gun-type nuclear weapon design ⓘ implosion-type nuclear weapon design ⓘ
fundedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
historicalPeriod	World War II ⓘ
locatedIn	Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
militaryDistrict	Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
notableEvent	completion of first atomic bombs in 1945 ⓘ
operatedBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
partOf	Manhattan Project ⓘ
purpose	design and development of atomic bombs ⓘ research on nuclear fission weapons ⓘ
relatedTo	atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ surface form: Hiroshima bombing atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ surface form: Nagasaki bombing
securityLevel	top secret ⓘ
successor	Los Alamos Laboratory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory
testSiteFor	Trinity test site, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Trinity nuclear test

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bradbury Science Museum → associatedWith → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Feynman sprinkler problem → associatedWithInstitution → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

V-Site buildings → associatedWithOrganization → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos Laboratory (Project Y)

Los Alamos Ranch School → campusLaterUsedFor → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Project Y → codenameFor → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory → collaboratesWith → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Pajarito Plateau → contains → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

British Mission to the Manhattan Project → cooperatedWith → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos Laboratory theoretical division

Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos unit) → coordinateWith → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project → describesOrganization → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Bethe–Feynman formula for nuclear explosions → developedAt → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Fat Man → developedBy → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Little Boy → developedBy → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

The Gadget → developedBy → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Trinity test device → developer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Norris Bradbury → directorOf → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Otto Frisch → employedBy → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Edward Teller → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Enrico Fermi → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Felix Bloch → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Hans Bethe → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Bethe → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

subject surface form: Hans Bethe

Herbert L. Anderson → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

John von Neumann → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Klaus Fuchs → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Louis Slotin → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Luis Alvarez → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Norman Ramsey → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

physicist Norris Bradbury → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

subject surface form: Norris Bradbury

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Norris Bradbury → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Philip Morrison → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Robert F. Christy → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Robert Serber → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Rudolf Peierls → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Seth Neddermeyer → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Stanislaw Ulam → employer → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Northern New Mexico → hasInstitution → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Project Y technical area at Los Alamos

Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Site Y, Los Alamos laboratory complex

United States Department of Energy national laboratory system → hasPart → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos, New Mexico → hasResearchInstitution → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

New Mexico → hostsFacility → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

United States nuclear weapons complex → includesFacility → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos, New Mexico → knownFor → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos Ranch School → laterSiteOf → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

British Mission to the Manhattan Project → location → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ

Manhattan Project → mainSite → Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ