Research in HEPL Facilities
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Research Projects
Advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) - Brad Parkinson, Per Enge
Biomedical Physics: Photovoltaic Retinal Prosthesis, Laser-Tissue Interactions, Retinal Plasticity and Electronic Control of Vasculature - Daniel Palanker
Confined Helium Experiment (CHEX) - John Lipa
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
- Searching for the polarization of the CMB, a virtually pristine relic of conditions in the universe at approximately 400,000 years after the Big Bang - Sarah Church
- Stanford/KIPAC Q/U Imaging Experiment (QUIET II) - Sarah Church and Chao-Lin Kuo
- Cosmic Microwave Background, and the Evolution of Structure and Disposition of Baryonic Matter in the Universe - Kent Irwin
- Keck Array Telescope: Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP2) - Chao-Lin Kuo
- Keck Array Telescope: Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) on Degree Angular Scales - Chao-Lin Kuo
Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) - Blas Cabrera
Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope (formerly GLAST) - Peter Michelson (HEPL, SLAC and KIPAC)
- Robert Byer
- Blas Cabrera
- Savas Dimopoulos
- Peter Graham
- Giorgio Gratta
- Jason Hogan
- Leo Hollberg
- Kent Irwin
- Aharon Kapitulnik
- Mark Kasevich
- Chao-Lin Kuo
- Monika Schleier-Smith
Gravity Gradient Experiments Using Cold Atoms - Mark Kasevich
Gravity Probe B (GPB) -Francis. Everitt, Sasha Buchman
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) - Tom Abel, Director
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) - Steven Kahn
Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO — Primary Research Centers: Caltech and MIT
- Caltech LIGO website
- Stanford LIGO Research — HEPL and Ginzton Lab: Robert. Byer, Daniel DeBra, Martin Fejer, James Harris, Robert Wagoner
Measuring Gravity at Small Distances - Aharon Kapitulnik
Modular Gravitational Reference Sensor (MGRS) — A future core instrument for both space gravitational wave detection and an array of other precision time-positioning experiments Robert Byer, Daniel DeBra
Neuroscience & Physics: Understanding How the Retina Encodes, Processes and Transmits Visual Iinformation to the Brain, and the Consequences for Visual Perception - EJ Chichilnisky
Particle, nuclear and gravitational physics - Giorgio Gratta
Precision Experimental Measurements in Laser Atomic Physics with Applications to Fundamental Physics, Time and Spacetime - Leo Hollberg
Solar Observatories Group (Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager—HMI) - Philip Scherrer
Related Departments & Centers
HEPL experimenters are based in a number of Stanford departments. In addition, cross-departmental collaboration is a focus of many experiments. Departments affiliated with work at HEPL include:
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC)
Stanford Center for Position, Navigation and Time (SCPNT)
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center