SFU High Energy Physics

Simon Fraser University · Department of Physics

Engaging Fundamental Discovery

We study the fundamental particles of the universe in three of the world's most extreme environments:

  • ATLAS, deep underground at CERN's Large Hadron Collider
  • IceCube, in the ancient ice beneath the South Pole
  • P‑ONE, on the dark floor of the Pacific Ocean

Our research

At the Large Hadron Collider

ATLAS

We analyze proton collisions recorded by the ATLAS detector at CERN, measure the Higgs boson, search for long-lived particles, and build parts of the new ATLAS Inner Tracker.

About our ATLAS work →
At the South Pole

IceCube

IceCube detects neutrinos from deep space with sensors frozen into a cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice. SFU's Darren Grant is a former IceCube spokesperson.

About IceCube →
In the deep Pacific

P-ONE

SFU leads the science of the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment, a neutrino telescope being built on the seafloor off Vancouver Island.

About P-ONE →

High performance computing

Analyzing LHC data takes serious computing. SFU hosts the ATLAS-Canada Tier-1 data centre and national research supercomputing.

About computing →

Education

We train students as research scientists, with a path into high energy physics or big-data computing.

Meet our students →

Latest news

August 2026

First P-ONE detector line prepared for deep-sea deployment

Read the story → July 2026

SFU team builds the first petal for the new ATLAS tracker

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All news

Want to do research with us?

We welcome graduate and undergraduate students interested in particle and astroparticle physics.

How to join

Photos: ATLAS detector by CERN, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. P-ONE photos by Simon Fraser University. IceCube Lab by the U.S. Geological Survey, public domain, via USGS.