Statement by the

American Physical Society

Division of Physics of Beams Executive Committee

on the

DOE-NSF HEPAP Subpanel Report on

Long Range Planning for U.S. High Energy Physics

January 29, 2002

The Executive Committee of the American Physical Society’s Division of Physics of Beams (DPB) wishes to commend the DOE-NSF HEPAP Subpanel on Long Range Planning for U.S. High Energy Physics for its very thorough and thoughtful report. This report is based in significant part on input from the 2001 Snowmass Summer Study on the Future of Particle Physics, cosponsored by the Division of Physics of Beams and the Division of Particles and Fields.

The Subpanel Report emphasizes the critical role of accelerators that extend the limits of present technology in supporting future progress in high energy physics, and contains a strong endorsement of a vigorous long-term accelerator R&D program aimed toward future high energy accelerators. The DPB Executive Committee underscores the important role that extensive advances in fundamental accelerator technologies have played in laying the groundwork for the Subpanel’s vision of the future of U.S. high energy physics. If that vision comes to fruition, it will result in the most advanced accelerator facility ever built, utilizing technologies developed by members of the Division of Physics of Beams and constructed through the dedicated efforts of many members of the DPB community. The Division of Physics of Beams Executive Committee remains strongly committed to the tradition of active partnership in the development of major accelerator-based initiatives, for applications to high energy physics and other branches of scientific research.

Members of the DPB Executive Committee:

William Barletta, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Ilan Ben-Zvi, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Alex Chao, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Pat Colestock, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Ronald Davidson, Princeton University

Alex Dragt, University of Maryland, College Park

Gerald Dugan, Cornell University

Katherine Harkay, Argonne National Laboratory

Steve Holmes, Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory

Chan Joshi, University of California, Los Angeles

Nan Phinney, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Fulvia, Pilat, Brookhave National Laboratory

Ronald Ruth, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Helmut Wiedemann, Stanford University

Michael Zisman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory