National science foundation vision in particle and nuclear astrophysics

摘要

The NSF has made investments in searches for dark matter, in ultrahigh energy cosmic rays and gamma rays, in neutrino physics and astrophysics, and in nuclear astrophysics. We expect the future to witness the expansion of these efforts, along with efforts to re. ne the measurements of the cosmic microwave background. In some of these efforts the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory is expected to play a major role.