The Fermilab Particle Astrophysics Center

Title: The Fermilab Particle Astrophysics Center

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The Particle Astrophysics Center was established in fall of 2004. Fermilab director Michael S. Witherell has named Fermilab cosmologist Edward ''Rocky'' Kolb as its first director. The Center will function as an intellectual focus for particle astrophysics at Fermilab, bringing together the Theoretical and Experimental Astrophysics Groups. It also encompasses existing astrophysics projects, including the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search, and the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory, as well as proposed projects, including the SuperNova Acceleration Probe to study dark energy as part of the Joint Dark Energy Mission, and the ground-based Dark Energy Survey aimed at measuring the dark energy equation of state.

Publication Date:: 2004-11-01

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 15017024

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-04-319-A-CD-E
TRN: US200621%%538

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76CH03000

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ACCELERATION; ASTROPHYSICS; CRYOGENICS; FERMILAB; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PROBES; SKY; Astrophysics

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