Glossary

A significant amount of jargon and acronyms are used in presentations and discussions about High Energy Physics, including in the software and computing area. A list of general acronyms in that category can be found on the IRIS-HEP Glossary page and the IRIS-HEP Collaborations and Related Projects page. On this page we include various acronyms specifically relevant to the HSF-India project.

• DAE - In India, the Department of Atomic Energy

• DOE - In the US, the Department of Energy, which funds (through the Office of Science) fundamental research in the physical sciences. The DOE funds a number of national labs, including Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL or Fermilab) and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). It also supports many (but not all) nuclear and particle physics research groups in the US universities.

• DST - In India, the Department of Science and Technology

• IIT - Indian Institutes of Technology, a set of 23 public technical universities - Wikipedia

• IISER - Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, a set of 7 institutes in India established from 2010 onwards - Wikipedia

• NSF - In the US, the National Science Foundation, which funds a wide spectrum of basic science research in the US universities, including the HSF-India project.

• SINP - The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

• TIFR - The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research