Report of PAC for Particle Physics

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Report of PAC for Particle Physics

• T. Hallman
• Presented by P. Spillantini
• JINR Scientific Council Meeting
• June 5-6, 2003
• Dubna, Russia

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Programme Advisory Committee for Particle
Physics 19th meeting, 10-11 April 2003

• ? New draft of the Programme of the JINRs
  Scientific
• Research and Development for 2003-2009.
• The Nuclotron and its technical and scientific
  programme.
• JINRs networking and computing infrastructure.
• ? New Projects DELTA-2, SAD, SANC, DDT.
• Status reports of CMS, ATLAS, ALICE and COMPASS.
• Proposal of continuation of NA48, H1,
  PP-singlet,
• STRELA, BES and Movable polarized target.

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With Respect to the Draft JINR Long Range Plan --

• The final document substantially address the
  comments
• and concerns expressed by the PAC
• The PAC endorses the general lines of the
  proposed Programme
• Asks JINR directorate to take into account
  programmatic
• remarks made by PAC in the final text,
  especially
• ? visionary concepts intended to promote
  internationally
• outstanding large-scale facilities and
  infrastructures at JINR
• in the future to be presented at a session of
  the SC.

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New projects considered at April Meeting

•  Studies of charged and neutral mesons with
  VBLHE beams (DELTA-2)
• Recommendation approval with first
  priority until 2006.
•  Construction of the sub-critical assembly with
  combined neutron
• spectra driven by a proton accelerator
  at proton energy 600 MeV
• for experiments on transmutation of
  long-lived fission products and
• actinides (SAD)
• Recommendation referral to an expert
  panel (techn. Detail and competitoveness)
•  Support of analytical and numerical
  calculations for collider
• experiments (SANC)
• Recommendation approval with first
  priority until 2006 provided dedicated

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Recommendations for Ongoing Projects

• The following ongoing projects are recommended
  for continuation

Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
ATLAS
COMPASS
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Projects Previously Approved up to 2003

• NA48 recommended for extension to 2006
  with first priority
• H1 recommended for extension to
  2006 with first priority
• PP-singlet recommended for extension to 2006
  with first priority
• STRELA recommended for extension to 2006
  with first priority
• BES recommended for extension to
  2006 with first priority
• Movable Polarized Target should be made
  operational in less than
• 1 year recommended for extension to
  2006 with first priority

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Additional Considerations --

• The PAC strongly supports the steps taken to
  establish scientific
• and technical advisory committees for the
  programme of the
• Nuclotron
• The PAC recommends that Information Technology
  (LIT) infrastructure
• be given stable financing as a basic facility of
  JINR
• The PAC reiterates its previous recommendation
  on the need to
• continue to improve JINRs networking and
  computing infrastructure
• in close contact with the leaders of JINRs
  major experiments