physics department meeting june 19, 2008 safety items: mike zarcone doe emergency management audit...
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Physics Department MeetingJune 19, 2008
Safety items: Mike Zarcone DOE Emergency Management Audit next week
Department news
Budget update
Looking ahead
Q & A
Welcome to our new Department members
RHIC/ATLAS Computing: Kunal Shroff
Lattice Gauge Theory: Chuan Miao
RBRC Spin Group: Kieran Boyle
STAR computing group: Matthew Ahrenstein
Congratulations!
Bob Palmer elected to National Academy of Sciences
Daya Bay ExperimentSuccessful review for DOE “Critical Decision 3”
Construction Begins
U.S. ATLAS Construction ProjectCritical Decision 4b achieved
Construction is complete; operations begun
Analysis Jamboree, 12/07
Waiting for beam!
Final FY 07 Budget
Authorization
June FY 08 Budget
Authorization
Pres FY 09 Budget
Guidance
ALL New BA Funds Nuclear Physics 40.0 37.8 43.4 Particle Physics - Core 16.0 17.5 19.0 Particle Physics - US ATLAS 18.5 17.5 19.7
Total New BA Funding 74.5 72.8 82.1
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On the Budget Front…The FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill was not good for science.The President’s Request for FY 2009 is very good, but will almost certainly not be realized.
We have fared better than other labs in this very difficult budget year:BNL has avoided the layoffs and furloughs seen elsewhere, but the squeeze is on…
Every effort made to maximize the RHIC run A critical time for ATLAS (LHC start-up this year) and Daya Bay (construction starting)
Travel costs are a particular issueOur Department is in a mode of fiscal austerity.
Physics Dept. funds
Budget projections for the remainder of this fiscal year (through September) are in the RED.
You can help: Please try to reduce your vacation carry-over as much as possible.
eRHIC ~$750M [FY 07$]RHIC II $10M
A Long Term (Evolving) Strategic View for RHIC
2008 2015 20202010
RHIC physics runs RHIC II physics runs
eRHIC physics Detector Upgrades $35M
EBIS $20M
CD0 e beam + new detector
stoch. cooling of ion beams
Nuclear Physics
RHIC has high priority in DOE/NSF NSAC 2007Long Range Plan: ~40% of DOE investment in Nuclear Physics
BNL’s Goals: Complete the upgrades of PHENIX, STAR, RCF for RHIC II science capability.
Maintain BNL’s forefront role in heavy ion and spin research.
Maintain the BNL research groups’s successful host roles in experimental operations at RHIC.
Establish an intellectual base at RHIC for the development of eRHIC science.
Long Term Vision for BNL High Energy Physics
BNL’s plans are very well aligned with the priorities of the new DOE “P5” Long Range Plan.
The Energy Frontier: Host Laboratory for U.S. ATLAS collaboration Unique national role for advanced accelerator development
The Intensity Frontier: Leading role in U.S.-China Daya Bay Neutrino experiment
R&D and planning for future Long Baseline neutrino expt.
The Cosmic Frontier: Initiating a new effort in astrophysics: cosmology & dark energy
In concert with Instrumentation Div. work on LSST
Space News
In the near term:• Cleaning and refurbishing several labs.• Consolidating machine shop facilities.
There are longer term plans taking shape for major renovation of building 510.
High on our priorities: Refurbish the Large Seminar room Repair our dismal front entrance
RACF Expansion: in progress
New: Department SafetyHeadquarters
DOE Strategic Laboratory Infrastructure Initiative
• A $1.5B investment to modernize DOE Labs (10 involved)• The Labs are making competitive proposals• BNL is proposing projects amounting to $350M
BNL’s proposals include:
Interdisciplinary Science Building IFY09 – FY12 Labs and office space for CMPMS, EENS, Biology $66M
Renovate Science Labs IIFY10 – FY13 Renovate lab space in Buildings 510, 555$50M
Interdisciplinary Science Building IIFY12 – FY15 Office space and labs for Bio-energy, Instrum. $70M
Central Computing BuildingFY17 – FY18 Accommodate growth in computing capacity $27M
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