Department of Energy FY95 Budget Request: High Energy Physics
The Department of Energy has requested $621,890,000 for High Energy Physics, to be distributed as follows:
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS: FY 1994 Approp. FY 1995 Percent (dollars in thousands) (Adjusted) Request Change
Total |
617,499 |
621,890 |
0.71 |
Physics Research |
147,365 |
139,940 |
-5.04 |
Facility Operations |
264,365 |
254,399 |
-3.77 |
High Energy Technology |
59,415 |
58,190 |
-2.06 |
Capital Equipment |
60,100 |
57,700 |
-3.99 |
Construction |
86,254 |
111,661 |
29.46 |
According to the budget document provided to Congress, “The strategy for the overall High Energy Physics program for FY 1995 revolves around the following key factors:
"-Careful planning to optimize the physics output of the program. The report of the 1994 Subpanel on the Future Vision for High Energy Physics will be available before the beginning of FY 1995. This report will provide recommendations for structuring the program to optimize current assets and opportunities for international cooperation.
"-Tevatron collider operations in FY 1995 will utilize both the mature Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) and the complementary new D-Zero detector facility. The SLAC linac will be operated for fixed target experiments in End Station A, for high energy linear collider R&D, and for physics research with the SLC. With its new booster, research at BNL’s Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) will improve direct tests of the Standard Model via detailed study of rare decay modes of kaons.
"-Construction of the Main Injector at Fermilab will be continued. This project will greatly enhance the physics capabilities of the existing Tevatron accelerator and its detector facilities by the end of the decade....
"-Construction of a B-Factory will be continued at SLAC. The B-Factory will be an asymmetric, very high intensity electron-positron colliding beam facility optimized for the study of charge parity violation in the B meson system. This will provide for a significant series of tests of the Standard Model and will advance our knowledge of why matter dominated over anti-matter in the early moments of the big bang. This project is part of the President’s FY 1994 Investment Package.
"-Continued effective participation of university scientists is critical to the ongoing vitality of High Energy Physics....
"-Long-range accelerator and detector R&D studies to develop advanced concepts and technologies is critical to the long-range vitality of High Energy Physics. Priority will be given to advancing the most promising concepts.”
