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The second experiment is the Heavy Photon Search experiment (HPS). Our SLAC group, in collaboration with others, has just submitted a proposal to Jefferson Laboratory and hopes for approval this fall. The experiment will use LHC style readout of silicon microstrip detectors and a PbWO4 crystal calorimeter to deal with the extremely high trigger rates expected. There are many opportunities for rotation students. Experiment design and simulation studies will continue, tracking pattern recognition and vertexing code is being developed, the data acquisition system for the experiment will be designed and tested, and a silicon tracker/vertexer will be built, and the physics analysis and Monte Carlo will be developed. This experiment is very small by modern standards, but exploits the latest high tech detection and readout technologies to address a very fascinating piece of physics. It provides a perfect opportunity for a thesis student, offering all aspects of experimental work, from design to hardware implementation to data analysis. Specific proposals for HPS rotation projects are listed below.