Particle Physics — Perspectives and Opportunities

Report of the DPF Committee on Long-Term Planning

Proceeding of Meetings and Workshops

Meetings and Workshops

, USA

, 1 Jan 1994

https://doi.org/10.1142/2758 | November 1995

Pages: 316

Edited by:
R Peccei (UCLA, USA),
M E Zeller (Yale University, USA),
D G Cassel (Cornell University, USA),
J A Bagger (Johns Hopkins University, USA),
R N Cahn (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA),
P D Grannis (State University of New York, USA), and
F J Sciulli (Columbia University, USA)

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This book is the result of a broad-based and in-depth study of high energy physics commissioned by the Executive Committee of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society. This year-long study was initiated in the early 1994, in the wake of the cancellation of the SSC, and is meant to complement the report of the Drell HEPAP subpanel, charged with providing a vision for the future of the field. The DPF study of high energy physics was organized on the basis of the working groups, each led by a number of co-conveners chosen among established leaders in the various subspecialties in the field. These conveners, in turn, organized their working groups by inviting other active workers in the discipline to participate and gathered further input from the community by holding a variety of specialized meetings and workshops. This book contains the final reports of the 11 working groups assembled for the study, along with an extended overview and executive summary by the editors.

Contents:

The Character of Particle Physics (R Peccei et al.)
Executive Summary (R Peccei et al.)
Precision Tests of Electroweak Physics: Current Status and Prospects for the Next Two Decades (F S Merritt et al.)
Quantum Chromodynamics (A H Mueller et al.)
Heavy Flavor Physics and CP Violation (J P Cumulat et al.)
Neutrino Mass and Mixing (P Langacker et al.)
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and New Physics at the TeV Scale (T Barklow et al.)
Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Unification of Forces (B C Barish et al.)
The State of Exploratory Theory Beyond the Standard Model (D J Gross et al.)
Accelerator Physics, Technologies, and Facilities (D L Hartill et al.)
Detectors (J R Bensinger et al.)
Computing (K McFarlane)
Structural Issues in High-Energy Physics (R L Brock et al.)

Readership: Researchers in high energy physics.

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The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

Preface
The Character of Particle Physics
Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Precision Tests of Electroweak Theory
- Quantum Chromodynamics
- Heavy Flavor Physics and CP Violation
- Neutrino Mass and Mixing
- Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and New Physics at the TeV Scale
- Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Unification of Forces
- Exploratory Theory
- Accelerator Physics, Technology, and Facilities
- Detectors
- Computing
- Structural Issues in High-Energy Physics
- Conclusions
Precision Tests of Electroweak Physics: Current Status and Prospects for the Next Two Decades
- Introduction
- Standard Electroweak Model
- Expected Schedule of Future Measurements
- Measurements of Electroweak Couplings Near the Z Pole
- Measurements of Electroweak Couplings at low Q²
- Measurements of the W-boson Mass
- The Top Quark
- Global Analysis of Electroweak Data
- Direct Searches for the Higgs Boson
- Couplings of the Gauge Bosons
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
Quantum Chromodynamics
- Preface
- Introduction and Executive Summary
- Experimental Studies of QCD
- Theoretical Studies of QCD
- QCD and Dense Matter
- Lattice QCD
- References
Heavy Flavor Physics and CP Violation
- Overview
- Standard Model Parameters and Tests
- CP Violation and T Violation
- Rare and Forbidden Decays
- Strong Interaction Effects in Heavy Flavor Physics
- Facilities
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
Neutrino Mass and Mixing
- Introduction
- Basic Properties of Neutrinos
- Neutrino Counting
- Cosmology and Astrophysics
- Supernova Constraints on Neutrino Masses
- Direct Mass Measurements
- Double Beta Decay
- Neutrino Oscillations
- Masses Below 10^-2 eV (Solar Neutrinos)
- Atmospheric Neutrinos
- Reactor Neutrinos
- Accelerator Neutrinos
- Summary
- References
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and New Physics at the TeV Scale
- Introduction
- Weakly-Coupled Higgs Bosons
- Low Energy Supersymmetry: Implications of Models
- Low Energy Supersymmetry: Phenomenology
- Strongly Coupled ESB Sector: Model-Independent Approaches
- Strongly Coupled ESB Sector: Implications of Models
- New Gauge Bosons
- New Particles and Interactions
- Anomalous Gauge Boson Couplings
- Top Quarks as a Window to Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
- Virtual Effects of New Physics
- Experimental Issues at Hadron Colliders
- Experimental Issues at e⁺e^- Linear Colliders
- Conclusions
- References
Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Unification of Forces
- Executive Summary
- Cosmology
- Unification
- Gravity
- Interface with Cosmic Rays, Nuclear Physics, and Astrophysics
- Experiment
- Structural Issues
- Selected Bibliography
The State of Exploratory Theory Beyond the Standard Model
- Introduction
- Experimental Opportunities to Detect Supersymmetric Physics
- Recent Theoretical Progress
- Theoretical Challenges
Accelerator Physics, Technologies, and Facilities
- Introduction
- Hadron Facilities
- Electron Linear Collider Facilities
- Electron–Positron Circular Collider Facilities
- Advanced Accelerators
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
Detectors
- Introduction
- Tracking
- Calorimetry
- Muon Detectors
- Particle Identification
- Large-Area Detectors for Non-Accelerator Physics
- Electronics
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- References
Computing
- Introduction
- Past Progress and Current Status
- Mode of Operation
- Technology Needs
- Recommendations
Structural Issues in High-Energy Physics
- Introduction
- Governance and Advising
- Career Issues
- Education and Outreach
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- References