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“The US will have to provide leadership in some areas in the field of physics,” said Karsten Heeger, a doctor at Yale University who is the deputy director of P5. “That’s an impact that will be felt in the field, and beyond.”
Failing all that, the draft report urges the federal government to stick to the projects that have already been done, including the installation of the light, or emergency, of the Large Hadron Collider for deep research of the Higgs and other unusual objects. ; continued construction of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a telescope in Chile designed to create space movies; and DUNE limitation.
Since the life of these projects is ten years, the committee emphasized the support for the beginning scientists who will later manage the projects. “They are the future,” said Dr. Murayama.
The Advisory Committee of the Department of Energy Physics will vote on the draft of the report on Friday afternoon. If the report is accepted, the committee will focus on gaining support for the plan, both inside and outside the physics community. In particular, Dr. Murayama hoped that the attention of the staff who are in contact with members of Congress in the ways to vote on the department’s budget.
“Basic research is a tough sell,” said Dr. Murayama. “It’s not a quick win for society.” But the payoff is well worth it, he added: Physics innovations have led to changes in medical applications, scientific devices, and even the creation of iPhones and the World Wide Web.
But according to Dr. Murayama, the benefits go beyond the land’s impact on society. “The field of physics is at the heart of who we are, who we are,” he said, adding that all of us, physicists or not, “want to understand why we are there, where we come from and where we are.