Proponent: rufinus@vxaluw.cern.ch (Jeff Rufinus) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.physics,sci.physics.accelerators,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,sci.physics.research Newsgroups line: sci.physics.particle Particle physics discussions. CHARTER The sci.physics.particle newsgroup provides a common forum to discuss all aspects of particle physics, theories and experiments. Topics of discussions are, but not limited to: - Pre Standard Model - Standard Model - Beyond Standard Model RATIONALE Particle physics is a very active region of physics, theoretically as well as experimentally. However, there is no general forum to discuss this field. Sci.physics is a too general forum while sci. physics.accelerators is mainly discussing particle accelerators and the physics of beams. Some laboratories in the world do have their own newsgroups but are not generally carried by many sites. unmoderated group sci.physics.particle passes 204:11