Physics Department Meeting

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Physics Department Meeting March 20, 2009

• Safety update Mike Zarcone
• Department news/ Budget update Tom L.
• Q A

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Welcome to our new Department members
Lattice Gauge Theory Group Oleksandr
Velytsky RHIC/ATLAS Computing Pedro De Castro
Faria Salgado Jason Katz RHIC Spin
Group Elke-Caroline Aschenauer
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Congratulations to our recent award winners
APS Fellowships T. Ludlam, Werner
Vogelsang AAAS Fellowship Howard Gordon, Serban
Protopopescu
DOE Presidential Early Career (PECASE) award
winners
Mickey Chiu
Hooman Davoudiasl
Craig Woody named President of IEEE Nuclear and
Plasma Physics Society January 2009
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And More
DOE Secretarys Award of Achievement for U.S.
ATLAS and U.S. CMS Projects, for successful
completion of these extraordinary
projects. Howard Gordon served as U.S. ATLAS
construction project manager, and is currently
Deputy Program Manager for the U.S. ATLAS
Research Program.
Hong Ma Awarded tenure in December
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A Change in RHIC Spin Leadership

• Gerry Bunce retired from BNL in September 2008
• BNL Spin Group Leader
• Leader of the global RHIC Spin Collaboration
• Experimental Head of Riken-BNL Research Center

• Elke Aschenauer joined BNL on March 1
• New BNL Spin Group Leader
• Former Spokesperson Hermes at HERA
• Recently JLab Hall D group leader
• A major participant in the Electron Ion
  Collider effort

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New Directions for the Heavy Ion Research group
(HIRG) Members

• BRAHMS and PHOBOS Wrapping up the analysis

• Members of the HIRG group have taken on
  significant roles in PHENIX and STAR upgrades, as
  well as in ATLAS HI

• Proposed growth in ATLAS Heavy Ion effort not
  supported by DOE.
• Continue a small effort on ATLAS Heavy ions

Former HIRG members joining PHENIX and STAR
M. Baker R. Nouicer P. Steinberg J. Jia F.
Videbaek R. Debbe J-H Lee C. Chasman D. Beavis
PHENIX group
STAR group
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On the Budget Front
The FY 2008 budget was not good for science. The
Presidents request for FY 2009 was good, but it
was not acted upon We have endured a 6-month
continuing resolution at the FY 2008 level.

• FY 2009 Omnibus appropriation bill has been
  enacted, ending the continuing resolution.
• Cautious optimism that our budgets will be
  close to the FY 09 Presidential guidance
• Doe will release new budget numbers in early
  April
• The Presidents FY 2010 budget should be
  presented soon.
• The Stimulus Package has been enacted we will
  see some (short-term) benefit.

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Taking a longer view
Despite the tempestuous budget struggles over the
past several years, the long-term funding for the
department has been relatively stable. It has
just not kept up with expectations (e.g. doubling
of science budgets)
Annual Physics Dept. funding
Particle Physics
Nuclear Physics
For the long-term future, our plans are based on
major programs and proposed projects that are
very well aligned with DOE priorities for Nuclear
and High Energy Physics.
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STAR Heavy Flavor Tracker CD-0 awarded 15M
project
PHENIX Si Vertex Trackers Advance funding from
stimulus
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Long-Term Vision for BNL HEP
2010-15 physics payoff with ATLAS, Daya Bay
LSST
Excavation
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Large new construction projects beyond 2015, well
aligned with DOE P5 priorities
DUSEL
ATLAS upgrades
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Moving toward the Electron Ion Collider eRHIC

• EIC International Advisory Committee initiated
  by BNL and JLab Directors
• Chaired by Walter Henning, Argonne
• First meeting Feb. 13, at SURA headquarters in
  Washington DC
• On-going series of collaboration meetings
  (Hampton VA Oct. 2008, LBL Dec. 2008, GSI May
  2009)
• Major workshop at INT, Summer 2010

• Essential issues that must be addressed e-A and
  polarized e-p
• Basic science questions and key measurements
  that will drive the mission need
• Simulations to demonstrate feasibility
• Staged approach? (initial low-energy stage)
• Machine performance requirements
• Detector design and development
• Design concepts and common software for physics
  and detector simulations
• Map out an RD program
• accelerator and detector aim for significant
  DOE funding

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BNL EIC Task Force
eRHIC Physics Working Group Participants
Participants matrixed from existing groups
E. Aschenauer/ T. Ullrich W. Vogelsang M.
Lamont J. Dunlop W. Guryn J.H. Lee R. Debbe P.
Nevski P. Steinberg E. Kistenev 2 Hires (PD)
Other key players A. Deshpande R. Venugopalan V.
Litvinenko V. Ptitsin
EIC Collaboration
BNL Accelerator group
The Task Force will have its own budget for
travel and visitors
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Current (evolving!) eRHIC designs
Detector Concept E. Aschenauer et al.
Four recirculation passes
10-20 GeV electrons/ 250 GeV protons/ 100 GeV/A Au
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Space News

• Internal moves and cleanup
• Office moves with group restructuring
• Several labs cleaned/refurbished
• Central Shop Satellite in Building 510 main
  shop area discontinued
• Unused and redundant machine tools discarded
• Machine tools and mechanical tech work stations
  to be re-located to main shop area
• Building renovations this year
• RACF addition (6000 sq. ft.) to be ready for
  occupancy in July
• Large Seminar Room upgrade
• DOE Initiative, Renovate Science Labs II
• Renovate/upgrade all labs in Building 510
  3-story wing
• Two new clean rooms
• Major refurbishment of Large Seminar Room
• Scheduled to begin in 2 years

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Upgrades and Renovation for the Physics Building
Renovate Science Labs II FY 2010 FY 2013
New clean room

• Large Sem. Rm. Now
• Roof repair
• New air handlers
• Electrical power to seats
• New, insulating glass in lobby and breezeways

Computing wing (515)
RACF addition
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Physics Department Diversity Committee
The Committee is now organized, and has had
initial meetings with the Labs Diversity office,
HR office, and Office of Educational Programs.