• Number 415  |
• June 9, 2014

P5 panel specifies roadmap, sets priorities

On May 22, the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel unveiled its roadmap for the next two decades of particle physics research. The result of a year-long process that sought input from the national and international particle physics community, the P5 report identifies the five science drivers in particle physics research: the Higgs boson as a new tool for discovery; the physics associated with neutrino mass; the new physics of dark matter; understanding dark energy and cosmic inflation; and the exploration of the unknown.

The P5 report calls for further U.S. investment in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the construction of a world-leading, international neutrino facility at Fermilab, and new probes into the nature of dark matter and dark energy. The P5 report was presented to and approved by the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, which advises both DOE and NSF.

[Kurt Riesselmann, 630-840-3351,
fermilab@fnal.gov]