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STFC Science Challenges
highlight our key scientific challenges.
The
STFC Science Roadmap
is built around these questions and is intended to set future scientific opportunities and options out in a structured way.
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A: How did the universe begin and how is it evolving?
A:1. What is the physics of the early universe?
ALICE
Cosmic Microwave Background Polarisation
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
Heavy ion quark gluon plasma experiments
High Performance Computing
Planck
Theory - Nuclear Physics
Theory - Particle Physics
A:2. How did structure first form?
DES
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
E-ELT
e-MERLIN
High Performance Computing
James Webb Space Telescope
KMOS
LOFAR
Planck
Radio surveys
Simulations
SKA
Theory - Particle Physics
VISTA
A:3. What are the roles of dark matter and dark energy?
ALMA
DES
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
E-ELT
e-MERLIN
High energy gamma and cosmic ray astronomy
High Performance Computing
LOFAR
Radio surveys
SKA
Theory - Nuclear Physics
VISTA
Zeplin III
A:4. When were the first stars, black holes and galaxies born?
ALMA
APEX
Dark Energy measurements
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
E-ELT
e-MERLIN
Future Multi-Object Spectrometer instruments
Gaia
Gemini Observatory
Herschel
High Performance Computing
James Webb Space Telescope
JCMT
Astronomy contacts
JCMT Board
Professor Matt Griffin
KMOS
Liverpool Telescope
LOFAR
New Technology Telescope (ESO)
Optical
Planck
Radio surveys
SKA
Swift
UKIRT
Astronomy contacts
UKIRT Board
VLT
VLT Survey Telescope (ESO)
A:5. How do galaxies evolve?
ALMA
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
E-ELT
e-MERLIN
Gemini Observatory
High Performance Computing
James Webb Space Telescope
JCMT
Astronomy contacts
JCMT Board
Professor Matt Griffin
Liverpool Telescope
LOFAR
Radio surveys
SKA
William Herschel Telescope
XMM-Newton - X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton
A:6. How are stars born and how do they evolve?
AGATA
ALMA
APEX
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
E-ELT
e-MERLIN
Gaia
Gemini Observatory
Herschel
High Performance Computing
Hinode
James Webb Space Telescope
JCMT
Astronomy contacts
JCMT Board
Professor Matt Griffin
KMOS
Liverpool Telescope
LOFAR
Low Background Studies for Nuclear Astrophysics
New Technology Telescope (ESO)
NuSTAR - Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions
Radio surveys
Radioactive Beam Facilities and Experiments
SKA
SOHO - Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
STEREO
Studies of solar atmospheric structures and magnetic fields
Superconducting linear accelerator experiments
UKIRT
Astronomy contacts
UKIRT Board
VISTA
VLT
VLT Survey Telescope (ESO)
William Herschel Telescope
Direct Dark Matter searches
E-ELT
e-MERLIN
Heavy ion quark gluon plasma experiments
High energy gamma and cosmic ray astronomy
High Performance Computing
LOFAR
Planck
Theory - Astronomy
UKIRT
Astronomy contacts
UKIRT Board
VISTA
VLT Survey Telescope (ESO)
William Herschel Telescope
XMM-Newton - X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton
B: How do stars and planetary systems develop and is life unique to our planet?
B:1. How common are planetary systems and is ours typical?
Asteroid sample return missions
Cassini
DES
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
E-ELT
e-MERLIN
Gaia
Gemini Observatory
Herschel
High Performance Computing
James Webb Space Telescope
JCMT
Astronomy contacts
JCMT Board
Professor Matt Griffin
Science missions to Jupiter
Science missions to Mars
Science missions to understand the processes of planetary formation
SuperWASP
Venus Express
XMM-Newton - X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton
B:2. How does the Sun influence the environment of the Earth and the rest of the Solar System?
Cluster
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
E-ELT
High Performance Computing
LOFAR
Science missions to Jupiter
Science missions to understand the processes of planetary formation
STEREO
B:3. Is there life elsewhere in the universe?
ALMA
Asteroid sample return missions
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
e-MERLIN
Gaia
High Performance Computing
James Webb Space Telescope
Science missions to Jupiter
Science missions to Mars
Science missions to understand the processes of planetary formation
SKA
E-ELT
e-MERLIN
High Performance Computing
LOFAR
C: What are the fundamental constituents and fabric of the universe and how do they interact?
ATLAS - upgrade
C:1. What are the fundamental particles?
ATLAS
ATLAS - upgrade
ATLAS - upgrade
CDF
CMS
CMS - upgrade
D0
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
Future Flavour Physics
Gravitational Waves Review Panel
GridPP
High Performance Computing
IPPP
LHC Detector Luminosity Upgrade
SNO+ - Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
SuperNEMO - Super Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory demonstrator
Theory - Astronomy
Theory - Particle Physics
C:2. What is the nature of space - time?
Advanced LIGO
ATLAS
ATLAS - upgrade
CMS
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
Gravitational Wave Observatories - Future Generation
Ground-based Gravitational Wave Detectors - Current Generation
High Performance Computing
Inverse Square Law project
LHC Detector Luminosity Upgrade
Quantum gravity
Radio surveys
Searches for extra dimensions
Theory - Particle Physics
C:3. Is there a unified framework?
ATLAS
ATLAS - upgrade
ATLAS - upgrade
CDF
CMS
D0
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
eEDM
GridPP
High energy gamma and cosmic ray astronomy
High Performance Computing
IPPP
nEDM
Theory - Nuclear Physics
Theory - Particle Physics
C:4. What is the nature of dark matter?
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
High Performance Computing
LOFAR
Radio surveys
SKA
Zeplin III
C:5. What is the nature of dark energy?
DES
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
High Performance Computing
Radio surveys
Zeplin III
C:6. What is the nature of nuclear and hadronic matter?
AGATA
ALICE
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
Facilities and Experiments for Hadronic Physics
High Performance Computing
NuSTAR - Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions
C:7. What is the origin of the matter - antimatter asymmetry?
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
eEDM
High Performance Computing
High precision dedicated muon experiments
High precision kaon experiments
LHC Detector Luminosity Upgrade
LHCb
Long baseline neutrino experiments
MICE - Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
MINOS
Professor Alfons Weber
nEDM
Planck
T2K
Direct Dark Matter searches
eEDM
Facilities and Experiments for Hadronic Physics
Future Flavour Physics
High energy gamma and cosmic ray astronomy
High Performance Computing
LOFAR
Quantum gravity
SNO+ - Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Theory - Astronomy
D: How can we explore and understand the extremes of the universe?
D:1. How do the laws of physics work when driven to the extremes?
AGATA
ALICE
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
E-ELT
e-MERLIN
Gravitational Wave Observatories - Future Generation
Ground-based Gravitational Wave Detectors - Current Generation
High Performance Computing
INTEGRAL
Inverse Square Law project
LOFAR
Neutrino experiments
Nuclei at extremes of density and stability
NuSTAR - Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions
SKA
Swift
Theory - Particle Physics
XMM-Newton - X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton
D:2. How can high energy particles and gravitational waves tell us about the extreme universe?
Advanced LIGO
Auger
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
Ground-based Gravitational Wave Detectors - Current Generation
High Energy Colliders
High energy gamma and cosmic ray astronomy
High Performance Computing
D:3. How do ultra-compact objects form, what is their nature and how does extreme gravity impact on their surroundings?
DiRAC
Direct Dark Matter searches
e-MERLIN
High energy gamma and cosmic ray astronomy
High Performance Computing
INTEGRAL
Swift
XMM-Newton - X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton
Direct Dark Matter searches
E-ELT
e-MERLIN
High energy gamma and cosmic ray astronomy
High Performance Computing
LOFAR
XMM-Newton - X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton