Grant: Subatomic Physics Envelope - Major Resources Support Program

The Experimental Subatomic Physics Group at the University of British Columbia investigates key questions in fundamental physics: The origin of mass and physics beyond the Standard Model at the Large Hadron Collider, neutrino mass and mixing at Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and the T2K experiment in Japan, matter-antimatter asymmetry and heavy quark physics with the BaBar Detector at SLAC, fundamental symmetries with the TWIST experiment at TRIUMF and rare kaon decays at Brookhaven, and accelerator development for the International Linear Collider. In addition, working on these experiments constitutes high-technology training for students and young scientists. They require state-of-the-art detectors and electronics, advanced software development, and other technical skills. The experience is obtained in the context of large, long-term projects, and in international collaborations. The tools developed for subatomic physics also have down-to-earth uses, like medical diagnosis, treatment, and research. This proposal requests funds to support the staff who help design and build the detectors, and common infrastructure support costs.