Transcript The SuperB Detector Confronts New Physics

Overview
of the
Caltech HEP Program
David Hitlin
DOE Annual Program Review
June 29, 2009
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DOE Annual Review
June 29, 2009
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The Caltech HEP Program
 This is the final year of the three year grant cycle
 The Caltech program has vigorous theory groups (Tasks A, B)
These groups receive major support from Caltech
 HEP phenomenology and string theory –
Gukov, Kapustin, Ooguri, Preskill, Schwarz, Wise
 Particle astrophysics – Carroll, Hirata, Kamionkowski
 Our major experimental activities (Tasks C, D, E) are
 Electrons: ILC GDE, BABAR, SuperB – Barish, Hitlin, Porter
 Protons: MINOS, Nona, CMS – Newman, Spiropulu
 Non-accelerator: CDMS & SuperCDMS - Golwala
 We are proposing creation of a new infrastructure task for
Detector Development
 Our main concerns for FY09 are
 Ramping up support for Maria Spiropulu and the CMS effort
 Creation of an advanced crystal development laboratory
 Inflation adjustment
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Agenda
Agenda
DOE Review of Caltech High Energy Physics
Monday June 29, 2009
8:00 AM
20
Welcome + Overview
Hitlin
8:20 AM
60
MINOS + Nona
Newman
9:20 AM
90
Theoretical Particle Physics
Gukov/Kapustin/Ooguri/Preskill
/Schwarz/Wise
10:50 AM
20
11:10 AM
90
12:40 PM
80
2:00 PM
90
3:30 PM
20
3:50 PM
20
A Crystal Development Task
Zhu
4:10 PM
15
Computing
Porter
4:25 PM
30
Experimental Particle Astrophysics
Golwala
4:55 PM
30
Theoretical Particle Astrophysics
Kamionkowski/Hirata/Carroll
5:25 PM
30
Discussion
5:55 PM
Coffee Break
CMS
Newman/Spiropulu
Lunch - Athenaeum
BABAR + SuperB
Hitlin/Porter
Coffee Break
Adjourn
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Theory
Sergei Gukov
Anton Kapustin
Hirosi Ooguri
John Preskill
John Schwarz
Mark Wise
Marc Kamionkowski
Sean Carroll
Chris Hirata
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Experimental Groups – Proton Campaign
Harvey Newman
Maria Spiropulu
CMS line Includes $150K
added in FY09 for Maria
Spiropulu plus an additional
$175K described in the
proposal text
Also moves salary (including
benefits and overhead)
associated with proposed
Task F to that task
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Experimental Groups – Electron Campaign
David Hitlin
Frank Porter
Barry Barish
Moves salary (including
benefits and overhead)
associated with proposed
Task F to that task
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Experimental Groups – Non-accelerator campaign
Sunil Golwala
Requests redirection of
Task E towards SuperCDMS
work and an increment of
$71K/year, as described in
the text
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Experimental Groups – Detector Development
Ren-yuan Zhu
New task
Note that $231K of the
proposed $450K represents
salary (including benefits
and indirects) moved from
Task C to Task F
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Computing
 Our computing model is predicated on an adiabatic replacement cycle
 Non-CMS computing remains important for the
BABAR Intense Analysis phase and for MINOS and SuperB
 By replacing a fraction of farm CPU’s each year, we have avoided the need for
massive reworking of the system
 To stave off obsolescence, this approach requires us to replace ~1/4 to 1/3 of
computing capacity and storage each year
 In FY08 computing equipment funding fell far off this curve
 In FY09 we fell further off the curve
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Summary
 The Caltech program remains strong, with a good mix of experimental
opportunities and a powerful theory group
 We continue to play leadership roles in present and future experiments
 BABAR/SuperB, MINOS/Nona, CMS, SuperCDMS
 GDE for the ILC – separately funded
 In accord with the P5 report, we are looking in new directions
 Particle astrophysics – SuperCDMS (Golwala)
 Next generation neutrino physics – Nona (Newman)
 Next generation flavor physics - SuperB (Hitlin, Porter)
 LHC upgrades (Newman, Spiropulu)
 A future lepton collider
 We a actively engaged with the Division Staffing Committee,
pointing towards a new junior faculty appointment
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