News

BIRP returns positive report

The NOAO independent panel review report, linked below, was received, and it is very encouraging.

SAGENAP says DES science program "truly excellent"

The SAGENAP report is out in draft form, and it says "The science program proposed by DES... is truly excellent." and that "A strength of this project is that it can combine the experience of a DOE high energy physics laboratory with the astronomical community at a major astronomical observatory. " The full description is below.

DES goes before NOAO BIRP review

The Blanco Independent Review Panel reviews the DES proposal.

DES goes before PPARC's PPRD

The Dark Energy Survey goes before the UK's PPARCs Project Peer Review Panel.

PPARC Council seeks participation in DES

The Council of PPARC has agreed to an investment strategy over 2006-2008 that includes a desire to seek participation in the Dark Energy Survey.

DOE gives CD-0 for ground based DE experiment

DOE gives CD-0 for ground based DE experiment, establishing a mission need for a "generic" experiment. The Mission Need statement is at http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/GroundBasedDarkEnergy.pdf

P5 recommends construction of DES

The P5 committee has recommended DES for construction.

DES in the 2008 US Congressional Budget Request

DES is in the 2008 Congressional Budget Request for the DOE Office of Science. This puts DES on the road to approval.

Penn joins DES

The University of Pennsylvania has joined the DES.

Brazil joins DES

The DES-Brazil Consortium has joined the DES.

Argonne joins DES

The Argonne National Laboratory has joined the DES.

OSU joins DES

The Ohio State University has joined the DES.