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Report of PAC for Particle Physics

T. HallmanPresented by P. Spillantini

JINR Scientific Council MeetingJanuary 15-16, 2004

Dubna, Russia

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General recommendation on the programme of Particle and Relativistic Nuclear Physics Research for 2004-2006

The PAC endorses the main lines of the JINR Programme of Particle and Relativistic Nuclear Physics Research proposed for the period 2004-2006.

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Recommendation on the report of the evaluationcommittee for the scientific programme of the Nuclotron

The PAC endorses the main conclusions of the Committee concerning the core scientific programme of the Nuclotron

The PAC recommends continuation of this activity with the addition of experimentalists and machine physicists to further define the essential measurements to be made as well as the requirements they place on machine performance and whether the requirements can be achieved

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New projects considered at November Meeting

“Dubna International Advanced School of Theoretical Physics” Recommendation: approval with first priority until the end of 2008; close cooperation with Dubna University Center encouraged.

“Project OPERA –neutrino oscillation experiment” (JINR’s participation) Recommendation: approval with first priority until the end of 2006 with the opening of a corresponding theme

“Clusters of the JINR distributed computer infrastructure for current particle physics experiments (LPP’s basic facility) (Project -Cluster) Recommendation: A proposal for a complete project is invited for the next session. In the long term, this project should be integrated into an overall strategic plan by LIT to meet the future needs of the experimental program.

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New projects considered at November Meeting

“Project NIS: Search and investigation of exotic baryons with positive strangeness in nucleon-nucleon interactions at the Nuclotron” Recommendation: approval with first priority until end of 2005

“Search for glueballs and effects of nucleon polarized strangeness in anti-proton annihilation with PANDA spectrometer at HESR (GSI)” Recommendation: a full proposal is invited at a future meeting

“Project Med-Nuclotron of JINR” Recommendation: The authors are invited to present a complete project at the next session including a perspective of ongoing and planned activities world-wide

6 Recommendation: Continuation of the project;+- atom lifetime expected to be published in 2004-2006

Recommendation of current experiment DIRAC:

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Recommendations on experiments previously approved for completion in 2003

Fields and Particles: recommend extension to 2008 with first priority

Development of the Nuclotron Accelerator Complex: recommend extension to 2005 with first priority

HERMES: recommend extension to 2006 with first priority

DELTA-SIGMA: recommed extension to 2006 with first priority

LNS: recommend extension to 2006 with first priority

Particle accelerator physics and engineering: recommend extension to 2006 with first priority

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Recommendations on experiments previously approved for completion in 2003

Borexino (JINRs pariticpation): recommend extension to 2006 with first priority

Project KAPPA: recommend extension to 2004 with first priority; a report on this project invited for the next meeting

Project ALPOM: recommend extension to 2004 with first priority; a report on this project invited for the next meeting

Excharm II: recommend continuation to 2005 with second priority to

complete data analysis

LHC Damper Project: recommend extension to 2007 with first priority

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Recommendations on experiments previously approved for completion in 2003

TESLA: recommend extension to 2006 with first priority

CLIC: recommend extension to 2006 with second priority;

Organization, Maintenance, and Development of University-type

Educational Process at JINR: recommend extension to 2008 with first priority

Project Spin: recommend continuation to 2006 with second priority

SCAN-II: recommend extension to 2004 with first priority

Gamma II: recommend extension to 2005 with first priority

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Recommendations on experiments previously approved for completion in 2003

Energy Plus Transmutation: recommend extension to 2006 with second

priority

NOMAD: recommend closing this activity MRS: recommend closing this activity