Particle Physics / High Energy Physics Resources

Modern particle physics research focuses on subatomic particles including electrons, protons, and neutrons, photons, neutrinos, muons, and exotic particles.


Argonne National Laboratory

High Energy Physics Division - includes information on research, publications, and activities.

ATLAS Experiment

A particle physics experiment that explores the fundamental nature of matter and the basic forces that shape our universe. The site includes news, animations, webcams, movies, information, and links.

Caltech Particle Theory Group

Conducts research in superstring theory, quantum gravity, quantum field theory, cosmology, particle phenomenology, and quantum information theory.

CERN
+41 22 76 761 11 / Switzerland

European Organization for Nuclear Research, the world's largest particle physics centre.

Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP)

A non-profit organization of teachers, educators, and physicists whose materials present the current understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy, incorporating the major research findings of recent years.

Department of Particle Physics

Engaged in both experimental and theoretical research, in various directions. These include elementary particle physics, relativistic heavy ion physics, field theory, string theory, molecular physics, nuclear physics, plasma physics, and radiation detection physics, from the Weizmann Institute of Science.

European Particle Physics Outreach Group

Promotes the outreach activities of particle physics institutes and laboratories in the CERN Member States and acts as a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences related to particle physics outreach.

Fermilabyrinth

A collection of Web-based games and activities to develop an understanding of the operations and experiments that take place in the Fermilab accelerator and detector halls and the scientific ideas they explore.

High Energy Physics Group at Brown University

High Energy Physics information & resources.

 

High-Energy Physics Literature Database

The SPIRES-HEP database has been run by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center(SLAC) since the late 1960's as a database of particle physics literature.

Interactions.org
+ 31 6 41512999 / The Netherlands

Particle physics news & resources, from the world's particle physics laboratories.

Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP)

An international, peer-reviewed, scientific journal owned by the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA - Trieste, Italy) and published by Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP).

Manchester Particle Physics Group

Active in many areas of physics research (both theoretical and experimental), detector development and e-science.

Office of High Energy Physics (OHEP)
Washington, DC

Provides policy, overall planning and funding of U.S. research in high energy physics (also called particle physics). This involves experimental and theoretical research as well as research in particle acceleration technology.

OPAL Experiment

Major particle physics experiments at CERN. OPAL studied particles and their interactions by collecting and analysing electron-positron collision events at LEP, the Large Electron-Positron collider.

Oxford Particle Physics
(01865) 273333 / Oxford, UK

Conducts research covering a wide range of topics in particle physics & particle astrophysics.

Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
UK

Directs, coordinates and funds research in particle physics and astronomy, delivering world-leading science, technologies and people for the UK.

Particle Physics Data Grid Collaboratory Pilot (PPDG)

The PPDG collaboration takes an active role in iVDGL and together with GriPhyN forms a collaboration of 3 US Grid projects for physics

Particle Physics Department CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Responsible for co-ordinating the UK experimental programme in particle physics. It provides general infrastructure for the UK particle physics community and support to groups at UK universities.

Particle Physics Education and Outreach

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation in association with The US Department of Energy and The American Physical Society, Division of Particles and Fields. With assistance from the Particle Data Group, Fermilab and Friends of Fermilab.

Particle Physics UK

News, links, information and resources on particle physics.

Particle Theory Group
Chicago, IL

Our research covers a wide variety of topics, including string theory, field theory, particle phenomenology, mathematical physics, gravitation, and cosmology, at the Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago.

Science and Technology Facilities Council
An independent, non-departmental public body of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), focusing on astronomy, particle physics, space science and nuclear physics.

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Research Library

650-926-2411

A highly selective set of online resources that are useful to the particle physics community.

Super-Kamiokande at Irvine

Information on the Super-Kamiokande detector.

The Particle Adventure

An interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter, extra dimensions, dark matter, accelerators, and particle detectors, from The Particle Data Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.