HEPnet or the High-Energy Physics Network is a
telecommunications network
A telecommunications network is a group of Node (networking), nodes interconnected by telecommunications links that are used to exchange messages between the nodes. The links may use a variety of technologies based on the methodologies of circuit ...
for researchers in
high-energy physics
Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies combinations of elementary particles up to the scale of protons and neutrons, while the stu ...
. It originated in the United States, but has spread to - or been connected with - most places involved in such research, including Japan, Europe, and Canada,
amongst other places. Well-known mainland US sites include
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory is a Federally funded research and development centers, federally funded research and development center in Lemont, Illinois, Lemont, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1946, the laboratory is owned by the United Sta ...
,
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratories, United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Upton, New York, a hamlet of the Brookhaven, New York, Town of Brookhaven. It w ...
and
Lawrence Berkeley.
See also
*
Energy Sciences Network
References
External links
HEPnet site
Computational particle physics
United States Department of Energy
Academic computer network organizations
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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