LHC Theory Initiative

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LHC Theory Initiative

• Graduate Student Support
• Talk presented at the Organizational Meeting at
  Madison, May 4, 2005
• S. Nandi
• Oklahoma State University
• and
• Oklahoma Center for High Energy Physics
• (OCHEP)
• http//ochep.phy.okstate.edu

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• Recruitment an training of graduate students are
  vital for the long-term
• survival of the field
• Graduate students are a very important
  ingredient for our research
• productivity

Graduate students must be heavily involved in LHC
physics research
Need financial support for graduate students
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Current Research Support for Theory Graduate
Students in HEP

• Mainly two agencies DOE and NSF

DOE NSF Total
Faculty 212 119 331
Postdoc. 97 50 147
Grad. Students 120 44 164
Total Theory HEP Graduate Students in US
384 supported by research funding
164 DOE Website ,NSF data
2003,DOE-NSF Census2003
The rest working as TA
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Problems

• Physics departments are under pressure for TA
  positions
• Departments are reluctant to support so many
  TAs in a
• particular area
• TA duty 20 hrs/week cuts down the vital
  research time for
• the graduate students, especially for the
  advanced students
• TA support are not available during the three
  summer months.

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• How LHC Theory Initiative can help ?
• Support graduate students in HEP Theory
• Commit substantial fund in the budget
• Encourage graduate students to get involved in
  LHC physics research by
• providing financial support
• Level of support
• Support 40 students/yr
• 25k/yr/student
• Total budget 1 million/yr
• Given as a competitive fellowship

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• Logistics
• Graduate students, together with their faculty
  advisor, submit a two page
• proposal for their proposed LHC research project
• A graduate student support committee be formed
  from the faculty members
• of the LHC physics Center
• The Committee choose 40 top applicants per year
• Each awardees submit a progress report at the end
  of the year
• 20 top producers be renewed along with 20 new
  awards

Students preferably will be in 3rd year or higher
and must have advanced to the Ph.D. program.
Supported students will spend 1 summer month at
CERN. A workshop will be organized where
students will report their findings. Two faculty
members will supervise this activity.
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Impact

• A new mechanism for supporting graduate students
  in HEP theory research
• Fills a significant void in the current support
  structure
• of graduate students support in HEP theory
  research increases by 25
• Will attract top-notch HEP theory graduate
  students to LHC physics
• Such a major item in the LHC Theory Initiative
  proposal will be attractive to the funding
  agencies.

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