Department of Energy FY94 Budget: High Energy Physics
The Department of Energy has requested $627.8 million for High Energy Physics in fiscal year 1994. The request is an increase of $14.4 million, or 2.4 percent, from the 1993 appropriation.
DOE’s budget submission to Congress states that “High Energy Physics research is aimed at understanding the nature of matter and energy at the most fundamental level and the basic forces which govern all processes in nature. The ability to carry out research at the forefront of knowledge is critically dependent on the experimental capabilities of large particle accelerators, colliding beam devices, and large particle detectors. These devices require state-of-the-art technology in such areas as high-speed computing, fast electronics, superconducting magnets, and other high technology areas. Moreover, high energy physics has been the basis for many advances in applying accelerator technology to such important areas as medical diagnostics.
“Funding for FY 1994 High Energy Physics programs is $627.8 million. Of this, $148.6 million is provided to support research for university and laboratory based groups conducting experimental and theoretical research; $268.4 million is provided for facility operations; and $59.4 million is provided for High Energy Physics technology which will provide the technological base for maintaining and improving the scientific effectiveness, reliability and efficiency of existing and future facilities. Capital equipment is funded at $65.1 million. Construction projects are included at $86.3 million and provide $12.2 million for general plant projects, $13.1 million for accelerator improvements, $25.0 million for continuing construction of the Fermilab Main Injector (total estimated cost of $229.6 million) and $36.0 million for the B-Factory, which is a Departmental investment initiative. The B-Factory is a high energy physics initiative that funds the design and construction of a high luminosity electron-positron colliding beam machine for the purpose of studying the fundamental aspects of the structure of matter. Competing proposals from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and from Cornell University will be evaluated jointly with the National Science Foundation before site selection is made.”
Future FYIs will cover other DOE program budgets, including Nuclear Physics, the SSC, Basic Energy Sciences, and Fusion Energy.
