High energy physics advisory panel`s composite subpanel for the assessment of the status of accelerator physics and technology

Technical Report · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/251397· OSTI ID:251397

In November 1994, Dr. Martha Krebs, Director of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Research (OER), initiated a broad assessment of the current status and promise of the field of accelerator physics and technology with respect to five OER programs -- High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Basic Energy Sciences, Fusion Energy, and Health and Environmental Research. Dr. Krebs asked the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) to establish a composite subpanel with representation from the five OER advisory committees and with a balance of membership drawn broadly from both the accelerator community and from those scientific disciplines associated with the OER programs. The Subpanel was also charged to provide recommendations and guidance on appropriate future research and development needs, management issues, and funding requirements. The Subpanel finds that accelerator science and technology is a vital and intellectually exciting field. It has provided essential capabilities for the DOE/OER research programs with an enormous impact on the nation`s scientific research, and it has significantly enhanced the nation`s biomedical and industrial capabilities. Further progress in this field promises to open new possibilities for the scientific goals of the OER programs and to further benefit the nation. Sustained support of forefront accelerator research and development by the DOE`s OER programs and the DOE`s predecessor agencies has been responsible for much of this impact on research. This report documents these contributions to the DOE energy research mission and to the nation.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States). High Energy Physics Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 251397
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER--0679; ON: DE96012033; NC: NONE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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