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BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES
Peter Bond Deputy Director for Science and Technology
October 29, 2005
New Frontiers at RHIC Workshop
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RHIC and BNL
In case there is any doubt – RHIC’s science and the facility
are crucial to BNL
Its future evolution is also very important
FY 2005 New Funds$471M as of August 31, 2005
Nuclear Physics
Arms Control & Non-Prolif.
Safeguards & Security
Other DOE Programs
A/R - Users & Services
Accounts Receivable - Intra-
Lab
WFO Programs
Accounts Receivable -
Research Capital Equipment
Environmental Restoration
Construction
High Energy Physics
Basic Energy Sciences
Biological & Environmental
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QCDLab is an elegant, exciting concept that also excites DOE
What do we need to do to make it real ?
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Making QCDLab real
First step is meetings like this one – experts make a convincing science case to themselves
BUT
Keep in mind the arguments for other audiences General NP community DOE, OMB, and CongressEach audience requires less detail, but a compelling
reason and each audience is vital to success
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What is the Lab Priority ?
Lab presented a “Business Plan” to DOE in May
There were four initiatives, two of them major NSLS II QCDLab
Staggered starts - NSLS first – why ?
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Scope: Evolve the RHIC complex to further the study of QCD experimentally and theoretically Luminosity, polarization, and experimental equipment upgrades Electron ring and associated new e+A/e+p detector High-end computing capability for next-generation lattice QCD simulations
Expectation: RHIC, eRHIC, and QCDOC as a “QCD Lab” will play a major role in determining: The nature of the quark-gluon plasma and the visible universe The origin of the spin of the proton The role of the color glass condensate in the structure and interaction of high energy hadrons
Benefit to DOE and Taxpayer: “The discovery and characterization of this new state of matter formed at extreme conditions
never before available in the laboratory will yield new insight into the early phases of the universe.” (from DOE Strategic Plan)
Taxpayers’ intellectual curiosity about the origin and structure of the universe Train next generation of scientists
Competition: LHC for heavy ions
Major Initiative: RHIC “QCD Lab”
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RHIC “QCD Lab”
Construction cost and schedule: Luminosity and detector upgrade; electron ring & new detector
Costs ~$500-680M; Schedule ~FY 09-15 Core competencies:
Extraordinary facilities Tera (peta)-scale computing Advanced concepts
Revenue, manpower, and space: Planned R&D, AIP, capital equipment for accelerators and detectors for next
five years: $18M/yr (in FY 05$) Laboratory discretionary investment No additional manpower and space needed in next five years
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RHIC “QCD Lab”
Develop AGS-based program
Catastrophic: loss of 1/3 of BNL’s revenue, international
leadership in Nuclear Physics, intellectual vitality,
large user baseRenege on international
and interagency commitments
Communicate the value of the program
Retain operating funding for RHIC
Concentrate on running RHIC
Much more difficult to get support
Convince the community
Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan process
Concentrate on stochastic cooling
Lower ultimate luminosity for RHIC and eRHICFund R&DTechnical - i.e., electron
cooling, ERL
Plan B Consequences of Lack of SuccessStrategyHurdles
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What are the hurdles to be overcome ?
The technical and science hurdles are the “easy” ones
Competition LHC for science TJLAB (12 GeV), RIA, other DOE offices for funding TJLAB for QCDLab
Cost
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Summary
RHIC has been a great success and has an exciting future
QCDLab is a compelling vision, but will require much collaborative work between the community and the Lab to make it real
Meetings like today set the vital science foundation – lab has been using and will use its resources (not just money) to help move it up the chain