David Hitlin DOE Annual Review June 29, 2009 1

David HitlinDOE Annual Program Review

June 29, 2009

Overviewof the

Caltech HEP Program

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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 CaltechHEP phenomenology and string theory –

Gukov, Kapustin, Ooguri, Preskill, Schwarz, WiseParticle astrophysics – Carroll, Hirata, Kamionkowski

Our major experimental activities (Tasks C, D, E) areElectrons: ILC GDE, BABAR, SuperB – Barish, Hitlin, PorterProtons: MINOS, Noa, CMS – Newman, SpiropuluNon-accelerator: CDMS & SuperCDMS - Golwala

We are proposing creation of a new infrastructure task for Detector Development

Our main concerns for FY09 areRamping up support for Maria Spiropulu and the CMS effortCreation 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 + Noa Newman  

9:20 AM 90 Theoretical Particle PhysicsGukov/Kapustin/Ooguri/Preskill/Schwarz/Wise  

10:50 AM 20 Coffee Break    

11:10 AM 90 CMS Newman/Spiropulu  

12:40 PM 80 Lunch - Athenaeum  

2:00 PM 90 BABAR + SuperB Hitlin/Porter  

3:30 PM 20 Coffee Break    

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 Adjourn  

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Theory

Sergei GukovAnton KapustinHirosi OoguriJohn PreskillJohn SchwarzMark Wise

Marc KamionkowskiSean CarrollChris Hirata

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Experimental Groups – Proton Campaign

Harvey NewmanMaria Spiropulu

CMS line Includes $150K added in FY09 for Maria Spiropulu plus an additional $175K described in the proposal textAlso moves salary (including benefits and overhead) associated with proposed Task F to that task

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Experimental Groups – Electron Campaign

David HitlinFrank PorterBarry 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 inthe text

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Experimental Groups – Detector Development

Ren-yuan Zhu

New taskNote that $231K of theproposed $450K representssalary (including benefitsand indirects) moved fromTask 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/Noa, 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 – Noa (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