A colossal experiment unfolds within these walls. Welcome to the North Physics Laboratory. This isn’t just any building. It’s a 53500 square foot testament to human curiosity. Here at the University of Washington Seattle campus stands the Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics CENPA. A DOE-funded Center of Excellence. It supports a remarkable array of research. Think fundamental symmetries neutrinos muons axions. Even non-Newtonian gravitation.
CENPA houses the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment ADMX. Intriguing right? It also boasts the Eot-Wash suite of precision tabletop experiments. Project-8 a unique measurement of the neutrino mass resides here. A precision measurement of the He-6 beta decay spectrum uses their 9-MV Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator. The latter two experiments use cyclotron resonance emission spectroscopy CRES. A truly unique technique.
But the reach of CENPA extends far beyond this building. Their work takes them to accelerator and underground facilities worldwide. They are involved in the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab. The PIONEER rare pion decay program is at the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute. The DAMIC dark matter experiment is in Modane France. The LEGEND neutrinoless double beta decay experiment is at the LNGS underground lab in Italy. Finally the KATRIN direct measurement of the neutrino mass is at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. The North Physics Laboratory is a central hub for a global network of scientific discovery.
Imagine the minds that have walked these halls. The discoveries made within these walls. The relentless pursuit of knowledge. This building is more than bricks and mortar. It’s a living breathing organism of scientific exploration. It’s a place where the mysteries of the universe are tackled head-on. The North Physics Laboratory isn’t just a building. It’s a portal to the unknown. A testament to the power of human ingenuity and collaboration. A place where the future of physics is being written one experiment at a time.