Charges/Reports

Charge to Office of Science Advisory Committees - Facilities Construction Projects

• Charge letter (December 1, 2023)
• 2023 List of Facilities and Projects (December 12, 2023)

International Benchmarking Study

• Charge Letter given to HEPAP at the March 7, 2022, virtual meeting.
• International Benchmarking Report

2023 Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5)

• Charge Letter (November 2, 2022)
• DRAFT P5 Report (December 1, 2023)

HEPAP Assessment of Progress on 2014 P5 Report

• HEPAP Assessment of Progress on 2014 P5 Report (March 2020)

HEP Portfolio Review of Operating Experiments

• HEPAP Portfolio Review Charge (Oct 13, 2017)
  • Main Subpanel (Instructions for Proposers for the HEPAP Portfolio Review)
  • LHC Subpanel (Instructions for Proposers for the HEPAP Portfolio Review)
  • Frequently Asked Questions for HEPAP Portfolio Review
• HEP Portfolio Review: Report of the Main Subpanel Transmittal Letter
• HEP Portfolio Review: Report of the Main Subpanel
• HEP Portfolio Review: Report of the LHC Subpanel Transmittal Letter
• HEP Portfolio Review: Report of the LHC Subpanel  

Charge to Evaluate Effectiveness and Impact of the United States Particle Accelerator School (USPAS)

• USPAS Charge Letter
  (Feb 12, 2015)
• USPAS Subpanel Report (full version)
  (May, 2015)
   
• USPAS Subpanel Transmittal Letter
  (May 31, 2015)
• USPAS Subpanel Report (short verstion)

Assessment of workforce development needs in Office of Science research disciplines

• OHEP Workforce Charge
  (Feb 19, 2014)
• OHEP Workforce Report
  (June 30, 2014)

Accelerator R&D Subpanel

• Charge Letter
  (June 10, 2014)
• Accelerator R&D Transmittal Letter 
  (May 18, 2015)
• Accelerator R&D Subpanel Report 
  (April 2015)

Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5)

• P5 Charge Letter
  (September 2013)
• P5 Transmittal Letter
  (May 28, 2014)
• Building for Discovery: Strategic Plan for U.S. Particle Physics in the Global Context (interactive web version)
  (June 2014)
• Building for Discovery: Strategic Plan for U.S. Particle Physics in the Global Context (print quality version)
  (May 2014)
• Building for Discovery - Executive Summary
  (June 2014)

HEP Facilities Charge

• Charge Letter (December 20, 2012)
• Final Report (March 22, 2013)

Report on current policies and practices of the High Energy Physics program for disseminating research results

• Charge letter (February 25, 2011)
• Final Report (June 23, 2011)

Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5)

• Transmittal Letter (October 26, 2010)
• Final Report (October 26, 2010)

Particle Astrophysics Scientific Assessment Group (PASAG)

• Transmittal Letter (October 25, 2009)
• Final Report (October 23, 2009)

Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5)

• US Particle Physics: Scientific Opportunities. A Strategic Plan for the Next Ten Years (June 2, 2008)
• Final Report for Charge 1 of P5 Subpanel
• Transmittal Letter for Interim Report for Charge 2 of P5 Subpanel
• Interim Report for Charge 2 of P5 Subpanel
• P5 Roadmap Report (October 12, 2006)

Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) on FY09 Running of the Fermilab Tevatron Collider

• Tevatron Running, JDEM, and University Programs
• Transmittal Letter from Chair of HEPAP (December 20, 2007)
• Final Report (November 2007)

Report to HEPAP submitted by the Committee of Visitors to the Office of High Energy Physics

• Transmittal Letter from Chair of HEPAP (December 20, 2007)
• Final Report (June 2007)

University Grants Program Subpanel Report

• Transmittal Letter from Chair of HEPAP(July 23, 2007)
• Transmittal Letter from Chair of Subpanel (July 22, 2007)
• Final Report (July 22, 2007)
• Transmittal Letter (July 18, 2007)
• Final Report (June 18, 2007)

Neutrino Scientific Assessment Group (NuSAG)

• Third Report Submitted July 13, 2007
• Transmittal Letter from Chair of HEPAP (July 27, 2007)
• Final Report (dated July 13, 2007)
• Charge Letter
• Membership List
• First Reported submitted September 1, 2005
  • Transmittal Letter, Report on Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay
• Second Report of NuSAG submitted February 28, 2006
  • Transmittal Letter from Chair of HEPAP,
  • Transmittal Letter from Chairs of Subpanel,
  • Report on Reactor & Accelerator-based Neutrino Oscillation Experiments

Dark Matter Scientific Assessment Group (DMSAG)

• Transmittal Letter (July 18, 2007)
• Final Report (July 5, 2007)

Accelerator R&D Subpanel

• Charge Letter
• Membership List 
• Transmittal Letter (July 17, 2006) (July 17, 2006)
• Final Report (Amended August 21, 2006

Assessment of Progress towards HEP Long-term Goals Subpanel

• Transmittal Letter (December 25, 2006)
• Final Report (December 22, 2006)

Report to the Elementary Particle Physics 2010 Committee from HEPAP

• Final Report (April 26, 2006)
• Interim Transmittal Letter, dated July 27, 2005
• Interim Report
• Discovering the Quantum Universe
• Transmittal Letter (dated March 30, 2006)

Report on the Rare Symmetry Violating Processes (RSVP) Project

• Final Report (June 2, 2005)

Large Hadron Collider-Linear Collider (LHC-LC)

• Charge Letter
• Membership List (posted March 29, 2005)

Dark Energy Task Force (DETF) Subpanel

• Charge Letter
• Membership List (posted March 3, 2005)
• Transmittal Letter (July 17, 2006) and Final Report (June 30, 2006)
• HEPAP Task Force on Physicist Resources, February 2006

Task Force on Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Research (TFCR)

• Charge Letter
• Membership List
• Transmittal Letter, Final Report (July 11, 2005)

Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics, (SAGENAP)

• Final Report(December 13, 2004)

Quantum Universe: The Revolution in 21st Century Particle Physics

• Report  

Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) on BTeV Project

• Report (July 29, 2004)

Report to HEPAP submitted by the Committee of Visitors to the Office of High Energy Physics

• Transmittal letter (dated April 22, 2004)
• Report (dated April 7, 2004)
• Office of High Energy Physics response to the Committee of Visitors ReportTransmittal letter (dated June 4, 2004)

Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5)

• Report (September 29, 2003)

High-Energy Physics Facilities Recommended for the DOE Office of Science Twenty-Year Roadmap

• Report (March 2003)

Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics (SAGENAP)

• Reports Prior to 2003

"The Science Ahead, The Way to Discovery" The High-Energy Physics Advisory Panel long range plan for U.S. high-energy physics in the 21st century

• Report (approved by HEPAP, January 28, 2002)
• Report without graphics

"Interactions, the Science of Matter Space and Time" The HEPAP briefing book that gives an overview of the key questions of the field and new approaches to finding the answers.

• Report

HEPAP White Paper (October 2000 -DOE/SC-0027)Planning for U.S. High-Energy Physics

• Executive Summary
• Appendix A-I
• Report

Subpanel Report Planning for the Future of U.S. High-Energy Physics

• Report (February 1998 - DOE/ER-0718)

Composite Subpanel for the Assessment of the Status of Accelerator Physics and Technology

• Report( May 1996 - DOE/ER-0679)

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