The Australian Institute for High Energy Physics (AUSHEP)
The Institute was founded in 1989 on the initiative of the High Energy Physics groups from the Universities of Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the University of Wollongong later joined AUSHEP as full members while the University of NSW and the ANU joined as Associate Members.
The Australian Institute for High Energy Physics (AUSHEP) was founded in 1989 on the initiative of the High Energy Physics groups from the Universities of Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the University of Wollongong later joined AUSHEP as full members while the University of NSW and the ANU joined as Associate Members.
AUSHEP Objectives
- To promote and coordinate research in HEP in Australia
- To encourage theoretical HEP, and in particular the symbiosis between theory and experiment
- With the consent of the members to act as the representative body in Australia in a large number of areas, both domestic and international
- The promotion and coordination of cooperation in the sharing of resources
- The coordination of courses, specialised schools and workshops, and the organisation of public lectures