DOE boosts particle‐physics funds Available to Purchase

Particle physics has fared reasonably well in the Administration's proposed budget for FY 1983. The total amount in the Department of Energy budget (see page 55)—$429 million—is below the figure at which the Trilling report said the US should build Isabelle. Indeed construction funds for Isabelle in FY 1983 would drop to zero. But Brookhaven would get $23 million for research and development on superconducting magnets and alternative accelerator designs. For several months some insiders have proclaimed Isabelle dead. However, one noted particle discoverer has predicted that in a couple of years, a new accelerator will be built in the empty tunnel at Brookhaven. The machine will have 399‐GeV protons colliding with 399‐GeV protons. Its name—Maybelle.