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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Statistical Information on Elementary-Particle Physics Research in the United States." National Research Council. 1986. Elementary-Particle Physics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/629.
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CStatistical Information on Elementar~r-Particle Physics Research in the United States PHYSICISTS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY-PARTICLE PHYSICS Table C. 1 gives the number of Ph.D.-level physicists doing elemen- tary-particle physics research in the United States. The total increases to about 2400 when the number of graduate students doing doctoral research in elementary particles is added in. Figure C.l shows where the Ph.D.-level physicists work. Table C.2 gives the number of doctorates in elementary-particle physics granted per year in the United States. The number of elemen- tary-particle physics doctorates is compared in Figure C.2 with all physics doctorates and with all physical science doctorates. These personnel data come from the Report of the Technical Assessment Committee on University Programs, DOE Report DOE/ER-0182 (1983~. FUNDING FOR ELEMENTARY-PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH Elementary-particle physics research is supported by the Depart- ment of Energy and by the National Science Foundation in the United States. Figure C.3 shows the total funding for elementary-particle physics in the United States since 1967. The funding is corrected for inflation and expressed in equivalent 1984 dollars. 209

210 APPENDIX C TABLE C.1 Ph.D.-Level Research Personnel in U.S. Elementary-Particle Physicsa Universities Laboratories Subtotal Date Theor. Exptl. Theor. Exptl. Theor. Exptl. Total 5/27/68 498 563 29 399 527 962 1489 10/22/70 S76 693 60 391 636 1084 1720 1/01/73 501 704 84 391 S85 1095 1680 ItOl/75 528 741 76 379 604 1120 1724 1/01/78 562 731 89 448 651 1179 1830 1/01/81 631 798 108 534 739 1332 2071 a AEC/ERD/DOE Census Data. TABLE C.2 Doctorates Granted in the United States in Elementary-Particle Physics Academic Ph.D.s in Fraction of Year Particle Physicsa Experimentalistsb 1969-1970 256 0.47 + 0.04 1970-1971 277 0.47 + 0.05 1971-1972 198 0.47 + 0.04 1972-1973 222 0.55 + 0.05 1973-1974 146 0.43 + 0.05 197~1975 126 0.47 + 0.06 1975-1976 130 0.52 + 0.06 197~1977 138 0.50 + 0.06 1977-1978 135 0.58 + 0.07 1978-1979 121 0.59 + 0.06 1979-1980 117 0.59 + 0.06 198~1981 117 0.48 + O.OS a NRC, Doctoral Records File. b A1P, Graduate Student Survey.

. ~ - o o o 800 D C) J o o . _ - Z 600 \ _o~ LO - - ' 200 . _ ~n o - ~n ~n 1500 Q - o 1000 o 500 T I I I o (o) Theor i sts ot Universities ( Not. ~ obs ) ·(~) Exper~menters ot Universities (Not. lobs) . Source: AEC/ERDA/DOE Census O 1~° - - 1 68 72 Yeor 76 80 2500 r soo ~ ~ i ~ 1 1 5000 2000 - `,, 400 J Ct ~ 300 z LL ~ 200 ~ - o o 100 ~ ~t '~1 NRC, Source: ~ Doctorol Records file o 1 , 1 , 1 59/60 69/70 79780 ACADEMIC YEAR x _ 4000 `_, x 3000 `,, z ~n 2000 ~' - ~n ~: 1000 0 o o APPENDIX C 2 11 FIGURE C.1 Locations of Ph.D.-level elementary- particle physicists in the United States. FIGURE C.2 Number of doctorates per year granted in elementary-particle physics, in all of physics, and in the physical sciences in the United States.

212 APPENDIX C 800 . \\ `,, 600 CS J o C) o 400 ~n z o J - ._ - 200 o /~\ Constru cl i on l Totol funding ot United Stotes Elementory Porticle Physics ~< (Equivolent FY1984 Dollots) Equ~pment ~~ ^-~ ~ `. j' WN\ ~ ~ DOE TOtol _ Operoting',',',~ · 4 4 ~ · e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e ~ ~_ _ 4 4 ~ ~ · · · · · · · · ~ ~ ~ 4 4 4 4 · 4 ~ 4 ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ · · ~ · ~ ~ ~ ~ `~~4 4 · · ~ · · · ~ 4 · ~ ~ · `~ · · · ~ `4 ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ · 4 ~ ~ · 1 ~ ~ ~ · ~ · ~ · ~ ~ · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ J ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 · l ~ 4 1 4 ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ d. 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .~ d~ ~ ~ · ~ ~ · ~ ~ 1~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ d · · 4 4 · 1, · · · · · · · · ~ · · · · · · · · 1 ~ · · · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · · · ~ ~ 4 · ~ · · · · i ~ ~ · · ~ ~ · · 4 · ~ · · · · ~ · · ~ · · · · · · · 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 1 ~ ~ · ~ ~ · 4 · $ · · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 · · · ~ · ~ · ~ 4 · 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ 4 ~ · 4 ~ 4 ~ · · 4 ~ · 4 4 ~ · ~ ~ 4 · · · 4 4 · · · · · · · · 4 · · 4 · ~ ~ · ~ · · · ~ · ~ ~ · ~ · · ~ ~ ~ · ~ ~ 4 ~ · ~ · · · ~ ~ · ~ · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ 4 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 · ~ · · · 4 · · · ~ ~ ~ · · · · · · · · · · · ~ · · · ~ · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · · ~ ~ ~ ~ · 4 · · · ~ · · · 4 ~ ~ ~ · $ ~ ~ 4 4 ~ 4 ~ 4 4 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ 4 ~ 4 ~ ~ 4 ~ 4 ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ ~ 4 4 4 · · ~ 4 · ~ ~ ~ ~ · · ~ 4 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 46 4 ~ ~ 4 ~ 4 ~ 4 ~ 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ ~ · 4 · 1 ~ · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ 4 ~ · · ~ · ~ · · ~ · ~ · ~ ~ ~ · · · · · ~ · ~e 1, ~ ~ · · · ~ · e e' ~ · · · 4 ~ · · e ~ ~ ~ e e · · e~ ~ ~ ~ · · 4 ~ · e · · · · · · 4 4 ~ ~ ~ 4 · · ~ ~ e ~ 1 4 ~ · · 4 e e · ~ 4 · · · ~ ~ e ~ 4 · · · · · · · ~ ~ · · · · ~ j ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ · ~ 14 · ~ ~ ~ 41 ~ e · · ~ 16 ~ · · · ~ · · · ~ ~ I · ~ · ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ lt 6B 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 72 74 76 FISCAL YEAR FlGURE C.3 Funding per year for elementarv-particle physics in the United States in terms of equivalent FY 1984 dollars.

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