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The experimental high energy physics program at Caltech began with the construction of the Caltech Electron Synchrotron, built and used by R. Bacher, M. Sands, R. Walker and A. Tollestrup. Now Caltech, like other university groups, performs its research through participation in large experiments on major facilities away from the campus.
The Caltech administration has traditionally given strong support to our high energy program, and within physics, activities in astrophysics and fundamental particle physics have had the highest priority. Institutional support has been given in the form of faculty appointments, special grants for developing or purchasing equipment, start-up funds for new faculty, funds for visitors, flexible teaching arrangements, special support for postdoctoral fellows, substantial support for computing, an upgrade of our electronics shop, forward financing for equipment projects, etc.
Our HEP experimental program is made up of an active group of faculty, a strong post-doctoral research staff and a number of very bright graduate students. Our experimental activities consist of a mix of productive on-going physics, plus significant effort toward future upgrades or new projects. The on-going program is centered around de tectors at Beijing, CERN, Cornell, and the Gran Sasso. In addition, we are deeply involved in the SLAC B factory detector, plus other activities toward future experiments.
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