Neutrinos and Beyond: New Windows on Nature

Neutrino Facilities Assessment Committee

Barry Barish, California Institute of Technology, Chair

Neutrinos and Beyond: New Windows on Nature This project was commissioned by the Executive Offive of the President in the FY03 budget request and tasked the NRC with putting together a review of the scientific merit of the IceCube project and neutrino detectors suitable in a deep underground laboratory. The committee found that the planned IceCube experiment can open a new window on the Universe by detecting very high-energy neutrinos from objects across the Universe. The science is well motivated and exciting, the detection technique is proven, and the experiment appears ready for construction. A deep underground laboratory can house a new generation of experiments that will advance our understanding of the fundamental properties of neutrinos and the forces that govern elementary particles, as well as shedding light on the nature of the dark matter that holds the Universe together. Recent discoveries about neutrinos, new ideas and technologies, and the scientific leadership that exists in the U.S., make the time ripe to build such a unique facility. The primary scientific programs intended for the two facilities are distinct, and essentially no overlap or redundancy in either these goals or facility capabilities exist.

Committee and Staff Rosters
Committee Membership	Barry C. Barish, California Institute of Technology, Chair Daniel S. Akerib, Case Western Reserve University Steven R. Elliott, Los Alamos National Laboratory Patrick D. Gallagher, National Institute of Standards and Technology Robert E. Lanou, Jr., Brown University Peter Meszaros, Pennsylvania State University Hitoshi Murayama, University of California, Berkeley Angela V. Olinto, University of Chicago Rene A. Ong, University of California, Los Angeles R. G. Hamish Robertson, University of Washington Nicholas P. Samios, Brookhaven National Laboratory John P. Schiffer, Argonne National Laboratory Frank J. Sciulli, Columbia University Michael S. Turner, University of Chicago
NRC Staff	Donald C. Shapero, Board Director Timothy I. Meyer, Program Officer Joel R. Parriott, Program Officer

Meetings		Products
June 24-25, 2002 July 25-26, 2002 September 19-21, 2002 (NeSS Workshop) September 30-October 1, 2002 Public Release		Neutrinos and Beyond: New Windows on Nature

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