Canadian Subatomic Physics - Long Range Plan Reference Documents

The Canadian long range plan for subatomic physics 2006-2016

• NEW - FINAL ENGLISH VERSION Final English version of the Long Range Plan "Perspectives on Subatomic Physics in Canada for 2006-2011". Posted November 15, 2006.
• Final French version will be posted soon.
• Presentation to the community at the 2006 CAP Congress (June 12, 2006).
• Letter to the community with preliminary guidance to GSC-19 from the long-range planning committee (January 24, 2006).
• Charge to the long range planning committee (LRPC)
• Information on the Subatomic Physics Town Hall Meeting in Montreal December 5-6, 2005
• Overview presented by LRPC Chair, Ken Ragan
• Computing Brief
• DNP Brief for Nuclear Physics
• DNP Brief presented by Garth Huber
• IPP Brief for Particle Physics
• IPP Brief presented by William Trischuk
• Response from ALPHA collaboration to the IPP brief
• SNOLAB Brief for Underground Physics
• Theory Brief
• Theory Brief presented by Guy Moore
• Contribution presented by Robert Brandenberger

Websites for Canadian subatomic physics communities

• DNP
  • Nuclear Physics Town Hall presentations (Password protected)
• IPP
• PPD

Other (ongoing) long-range planning exercises

• EPS: ECFA-EPS session on the future of high-energy physics.
• Physics 2010: Physics 2010: An assessment of and outlook for physics.
  • EPP2010: Elementary Particle Physics in the 21^st Century.

Documents of interest

• ECFA: Report of the working group on the future of accelerator-based particle physics in Europe (PDF, 188Kb)
• HEPAP: The Science Ahead, The Way to Discovery (PDF, 4.1 Mb) The High-Energy Physics Advisory Panel long range plan for U.S. high-energy physics in the 21st century.
• HEPAP: The Quantum Universe (PDF, 3.6Mb). The revolution in 21^st century particle physics.
• NSAC: Opportunities in Nuclear Science (PDF, 4.3Mb). A long-range plan for the next decade.
• NSAC-Theory: A Vision for Nuclear Theory: Report to NSAC.
• NSERC-AST: (Also available from CASCA)
  • LRP: The Origins of Structure in the Universe (PDF, 21.8Mb).
  • Mid-term Review
• NSERC-SAP: The Heart of Matter (PDF, 20.9Mb). Report of the Canadian subatomic physics five-year planning committee (2001).
       Related sites:
  • Website for last LRP process
  • Website for last NSERC reallocation process
  • Outcome of last reallocation
• NuPECC: Long Range Plan 2004 (PDF, 7Mb). Perspectives for nuclear physics research in Europe in the coming decade and beyond.