Outlook
The High Energy Physics program at LBNL, comprising the entirety of the Physics Division and a portion of the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division (AFRD), brings a unique combination of university and laboratory resources to the international high energy physics program. This document provides a brief summary of the current research program at LBNL, our relationship to other high-energy physics institutions, and our plans for future work.
The Berkeley HEP program makes essential contributions in four broad scientific areas: at the energy frontier through the search for the origins of mass; in the quark flavor mixing sector through the search for the mechanisms of CP violation; in the lepton flavor sector through the study of flavor oscillations of reactor and solar neutrinos; and in particle astrophysics through the study of dark matter and dark energy. These flagship science efforts are complemented by theoretical studies, and the activities of the Particle Data Group. AFRD provides a foundation for current and future accelerator programs. The priorities of the Berkeley effort are directly aligned with those of the national program.
In each of our five major efforts, SNAP, ATLAS, Advanced accelerator physics and technology, BaBar and CDF, we make significant and essential contributions. In addition, we lead the Particle Data Group, development of optical particle accelerators, the US KamLAND collaboration, oversee R&D for future neutrino factories, and participate in Linear Collider (LC) R&D. LBNL�s historical role has been one of physics from �start to finish�. We participate in the conception, design, construction, commissioning, operation, physics analysis and preparation of upgrades in our experiments. The support and facilities of the Laboratory allow us to carry these roles very effectively in a way not possible even in large university groups.
The future program at Berkeley can be reliably extrapolated from the natural development of the ongoing activities. Our physics program will increasingly focus on discovery of the origins of mass, and on determining the nature of the Dark Energy. SNAP and ATLAS have become the largest components of the Physics Division program. In AFRD the superconducting magnet program (including the National Conductor Development Program) and the accelerator physics and instrumentation programs will be supplemented with the LHC Accelerator Research Program (LHC-ARP). Neutrino experiments will be a joint effort with the Lab�s Physics, Nuclear Science and Accelerator divisions. R&D efforts for both instrumentation and computing will be ongoing. We anticipate technical contributions to the development of the Linear Collider physics case as the next major element of the International Accelerator Program. The Linear Collider accelerator efforts will grow commensurate with the national linear collider collaboration.
Berkeley has helped to shape high-energy physics in the US over the past decades and is making crucial contributions to the program today. This record of innovative and outstanding performance highlights our scientific achievements.
