Cosmic Physics

News
Read the latest news about Dark Matter, String Theory, Super Symmetry and more cosmic physics related topics in the Interactions.org news archive


The Cosmos Committee
A Committee of the U.S. High Energy Physics Advisory Panel charged with reporting on the role of particle physics in exploring the revolutionary new questions about the nature of the universe. What is dark matter? What is dark energy? Are there extra dimensions? What happened to the antimatter? And more....

HEPAP Cosmos Committee Members

Charge letter to Professor Frederick Gilman, Chair, HEPAP Subcommittee

Cosmos Committee Workspace (password required)

Background Materials

The Physics of the Universe
A Strategic Plan for Federal Research at the Intersection of Physics and Astronomy
A Report of the Interagency Working Group on the Physics of the Universe
National Science and Technology Council Committee on Science
February 2004

Quantum Universe
The Web site
Download the report

Accelerators and Cosmology
Talk by Michael Turner, Fermilab, October, 2003

The Next Twenty Years in Particle Physics
Talk by Hitoshi Murayama (IAS/Berkeley), Penn State Colloquium, October, 2003

Future Accelerators?
Talk by John Womersley (pdf file)

Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos
Eleven Science Questions for the New Century

Tom Siegfried story from Dallas Morning News, October 19, 2003

What’s It For?  
Talk by Neil Calder

What’s Happening at OSTP?
Talk to HEPAP by Patrick Looney, July 2003 (Powerpoint file)

Why Accelerators Matter
Article from FermiNews, issue of June 27, 2003, by Michael Turner

Accelerators and Dinosaurs
Physics Today article by Michael Turner

NOVA: The Elegant Universe
(October 28 and November 4)

John Marburger speech on the future of high-energy physics at Fermilab Users’ Meeting June 2003 (pdf file)

"Interactions” briefing book (pdf file)

Atoms for Peace (pdf file)
John Bagger talk

John Marburger address at SLAC's 40th anniversary (pdf file)

Beyond Einstein