High Energy Physics explores the most fundamental questions about the nature of the universe. The Office of High Energy Physics supports a program focused on three frontiers of scientific discovery. At the energy frontier, powerful accelerators investigate the constituents and architecture of the universe. At the intensity frontier, astronomically large amounts of particles and highly sensitive detectors offer a second, unique pathway to investigate rare events in nature. At the cosmic frontier, natural sources of particles from space reveal the nature of the universe. Together these three interrelated discovery frontiers create a complete picture, advancing Department of Energy missions through the development of key cutting-edge technologies and the training of future generations of scientists.
Announcements
July 31, 2012
The Office of Science of the Department of Energy announces the fiscal year 2013 Early Career Research Program. The funding opportunity for researchers in universities and DOE national laboratories was announced July 20, 2012. (More . . .)
July 24, 2012
The White House has announced the winners of the 2011 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Two of the awardees, Christopher Hirata and Jesse Thaler, were nominated by the Office of High Energy Physics. For the complete list of the 2011 Office of Science PECASE awardees, please go here
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May 16, 2012
The report of the workshop Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier, sponsored by the Office of High Energy Physics and held November 30 through December 2, 2011, is now available online. Click on the links below:
• Workshop report on arXiv
• Executive Summary (749KB)
October 7, 2011
We are pleased to announce the workshop “Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier”, to be held Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2011 in Rockville, MD. This workshop is an opportunity for the scientific community to identify and expand upon the physics potential of the Intensity Frontier. The workshop is open to the broader particle and nuclear physics community and is co-sponsored by the DOE Offices of High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics.
For more information and to register, click on the link www.intensityfrontier.org.
June 23, 2011
The Report on the Review of Options for Underground Science (1.9MB) is now available.
April 12, 2011
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02), a 15,000 pound particle detector that will collect cosmic ray data on the International Space Station (ISS) in search of primordial antimatter, dark matter, and other new physics, is scheduled to be launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavor (STS-134) on April 29, 2011. (more . . .)
January 31, 2011
The Office of High Energy Physics announces a new research solictation for the Collider Detector Research and Development Program. Details can be found by going to Fedconnect.gov.
October 26, 2010
The report of the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) on the Extended Tevatron Run was approved by the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel.
September 22, 2010
White Paper on Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS) (549KB).
June 25, 2010
The final report of the Symposium on Accelerators for America's Future. (8.5MB)
Announcements Archive
Research Areas
In the news . . .
At Old Mine, Hopes Of Striking Gold With Dark Matter
August 1, 2012
by Charles Michael Ray
In Lead, S.D., a steel cage drops almost a mile below ground into the Sanford Underground Laboratory. It's formerly the deepest underground gold mine in North America, and when it closed a decade ago, state officials hoped that an underground science laboratory along with on-site university classes could spur economic development. (Read more . . .) |
BELLA Laser Achieves World Record Power at One Pulse Per Second
July 27, 2012
By Paul Preuss
As Berkeley Lab’s laser plasma accelerator project BELLA nears completion, its drive laser has delivered one petawatt – a quadrillion watts – of peak power once each second, a world record for laser performance (Read more . . .) |
FACET’s Accelerator Revolution
July 2012
By Lori Ann White
A new test bed for accelerator technology has thrown open its doors, with the goals of making particle accelerators smaller, cheaper and more efficient—and of expanding their role in society. (Read more . ..) |
To read press releases from the Office of High Energy Physics national laboratories, click here. |
Features
Accelerator Applications:
Food Packaging
Low-energy electron beams from particle accelerators are an environmentally friendly way to sterilize food packaging—one that uses less material and energy, produces less waste and leaves no chemical residues.
Sponsored by the International Committee for Future Accelerators, Beacons of Discovery presents a vision of the global science of particle physics at the dawn of a new light on the mystery and beauty of the universe.