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Physics Advisory Committee (PAC)
Physics; Particle physics
Each accelerator laboratory has a PAC to conduct rigorous reviews on proposed experiments and advise the laboratory director on the laboratory's program.
Picobarn (pb)
Physics; Particle physics
10 -12 barns. A unit used to measure cross-section. The inverse of this unit is used to measure integrated luminosity.
Underground Nucleon decay and Neutrino Observatory (UNO)
Physics; Particle physics
A proposed Cherenkov detector experiment to search for proton decay, and neutrino oscillations.
Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)
Physics; Particle physics
A proposed experiment, based in the Arizona desert, that will study gamma rays of slightly higher energy than the GLAST experiment.
Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP)
Physics; Particle physics
These as yet undiscovered particles are a leading candidate for dark matter.
Waste Isolation Pilot programme (WIPP)
Physics; Particle physics
This underground cavern, located in Carlsbad, New Mexico, is a storage site for nuclear waste. It is also a proposed location for a National Underground Sciences Laboratory.
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)
Physics; Particle physics
This experiment, located 2 km beneath the surface in an active nickel mine in Sudbury, Ontario, is currently searching for neutrino oscillations in an attempt to disentangle the Solar Neutrino ...
