DES Plone

The Ohio State University has joined the DES.

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2007-06-21

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The Argonne National Laboratory has joined the DES.

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2007-06-21

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

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2007-02-09

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The DES-Brazil Consortium has joined the DES.

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2007-01-23

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The University of Pennsylvania has joined the DES.

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2006-11-01

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The P5 committee has recommended DES for construction.

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2006-07-13

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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.

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2006-03-13

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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

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2005-12-13

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

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2005-04-18

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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.

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2004-09-29

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

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2004-09-29

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The Blanco Independent Review Panel reviews the DES proposal.

• Posted by annis
• Published: 2004-08-30

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