High Energy Physics Research at Caltech
The Caltech High Energy Physics effort consists of several very
active groups in both theoretical and experimental physics.
The theory effort includes particle physics, particle
astrophysics, string theory and quantum computing.
The experimental effort includes Large Hadron Collider physics
and neutrino physics, heavy flavor physics, leadership of the
global design effort on the International Linear Collider,
particle astrophysics, and detector R&D.The experimental
particle physics group has six faculty and is involved in
several major experimental efforts: the high-energy-frontier CMS
experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (Newman, Spiropulu), the
neutrino physics experiments MINOS and NOνA (Newman, Patterson)
at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the heavy flavor
BABAR experiment at the SLAC National Accelerator Center, and
the proposed next generation SuperB project at the Laboratori
Nazionali di Frascati (Hitlin, Porter). Caltech is home base for
the director of the Global Design effort for the International
Linear Collider (Barish).
Newman’s computing group also develops grid computing and
networking for CMS and the other LHC experiments.
The experimental particle astrophysics group has one faculty
member (Golwala) who is engaged in the search for Weakly
Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter with the CDMS
experiment at the Soudan Mine in Minnesota and in R&D towards
the future SuperCDMS and GEODM experiments.
These efforts greatly benefit from the involvement of an
outstanding group of postdoctoral scholars and fellows, staff
scientists, technical and administrative personnel, and Caltech
graduate and undergraduate students.
California Institute of Technology - High Energy Physics
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