HEPL Research
The development and application of advanced technology to science is a central element of HEPL and the source of its uniqueness . Over the last three decades, HEPL has developed a base of advanced technology in cryogenics and metrology. The technical investment has positioned scientists in HEPL to be at the forefront of important areas in science which could not even be considered at other institutions lacking the technical base. Stanford is fortunate in having a group of scientists associated with HEPL who both are willing to make the technical investment and have the vision to apply it to leading scientific problems.
1990 external HEPL visiting committee report
Representative Ongoing Research Areas
Astrophysics & General Relativity:
- Gravity Probe B (GPB) - F. Everitt, S. Buchman
- Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle (STEP) - F. Everitt
- Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) - Sarah Church
- Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) Caltech LIGO website - R. L. Byer, D. DeBra, M. Fejer, J. Harris, R. Wagoner
- Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) - Giorgio Gratta
- Laser in Space Antenna (LISA) (ST-7) (NASA's LISA website) - R. Byer, S. Buchman, D. DeBra
- Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) - Peter Michelson (HEPL & SLAC)
- Solar Physics (HMI) - Philip Scherrer
- SUperconducting Microwave Oscillator (SUMO) - J. A. Lipa, J. P. Turneaure, S. Buchman
- Crygenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) - Blas Cabrera
- Measuring Gravity at Small Distances - A. Kapitulnik
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) - Roger Blandford, Steven Kahn
- Large-Area Balloon-Borne Polarized Gamma Ray Observer (PoGO Lite) - Tune Kamae
Satellite Based Engineering Science:
- Advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) - Brad Parkinson, Per Enge
Condensed Matter Physics:
- The Confined Helium Experiment (CHEX) - John Lipa
Cold Atoms and Applications:
- Gravity Gradient Experiments Using Cold Atoms - Mark Kasevich
FEL Center & Accelerator Physics:
- Free Electron Laser Center - Alan Schwettman, Todd Smith
- Biomedical Physics - Daniel Palanker