In 1952 Brookhaven began using its first particle accelerator, the Cosmotron. Meanwhile, the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Cosmotron had generated a 1 GeV beam. The Cosmotron was a particle accelerator, specifically a proton synchrotron, at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Cosmotron is the sixth studio album released by Skank in 2003. "Cosmotron" won the Latin Grammy - best Brazilian rock album award in 2004.