The Department of Energy (DOE) is earmarking $1.89 million for 14 research projects in high energy physics (HEP) as part of a collaboration with Japanese investigators, a recent DOE press release said. The funding is for projects lasting up to three years.
The DOE’s Office of Science noted that investigators from the United States and Japan have worked together in high energy physics for more than four decades, and the latest effort will highlight research in quantum sensing, superconducting magnets, machine learning, neutrinos, and the development of particle accelerator- and detector technologies; the release said.
“Our office welcomes the continuation of the fruitful collaboration with our scientific colleagues in Japan,” Dr. Harriet Kung, DOE deputy director for Science Programs for the Office of Science and acting associate director of Science for High Energy Physics, said in the release. “We are confident that this endeavor will continue to produce world-leading discovery science that also will benefit society at large.”
Dr. Harriet Kung, DOE deputy director for Science Programs for the Office of Science, acting associate director of Science for High Energy Physics
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The DOE’s Office of Science said in a Twitter post that collaboration is key to research, and the U.S.-Japan collaboration has “helped us move forward on some of the most challenging areas in high energy physics.”
The projects that were submitted received a peer review under the DOE National Laboratory Announcement for the High Energy Physics Program, the release said.
