NSD Update

James Symons 9/14/09

88-Inch Cyclotron / Accelerator Based Nuclear Science News Element 114 Confirmation Fixed Vacuum Leak in “D” - July 2009 $1.88m ARRA Funding

Move to different RF Tube Intensity Upgrade with new Injection System

Signature of Extension of MOA through 2015 Imminent GRETINA Installation has started in Cave 4C Capital equipment ($900k) DOE and MSU signed cooperative agreement to build FRIB

(completion around 2017/18) Two meetings: Rare Isotope Summer School, JUSEIPEN

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Historic Repair of 88-Inch Cyclotron’s Suspended Two-Ton Cover Plate

By Jim Morel 7/31/09

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88-Inch Cyclotron / Accelerator Based Nuclear Science News Element 114 Confirmation Fixed Vacuum Leak in “D” - July 2009 $1.88m ARRA Funding

Move to different RF Tube Intensity Upgrade with new Injection System

Signature of Extension of MOA through 2015 Imminent GRETINA Installation has started in Cave 4C Capital equipment ($900k) DOE and MSU signed cooperative agreement to build FRIB

(completion around 2017/18) Two meetings: Rare Isotope Summer School, JUSEIPEN

August 10-11, 2009 NSCL User Workshop

Started at the 88” Cyclotron

System Assembly

Support structure in Cave 4C

88-Inch Cyclotron / Accelerator Based Nuclear Science News Element 114 Confirmation Fixed Vacuum Leak in “D” - July 2009 $1.88m ARRA Funding

Move to different RF Tube Intensity Upgrade with new Injection System

Signature of Extension of MOA through 2015 Imminent GRETINA Installation has started in Cave 4C Capital equipment ($900k) DOE and MSU signed cooperative agreement to build FRIB

(completion around 2017/18) Two meetings: Rare Isotope Summer School, JUSEIPEN

Challenges

Short term Get VENUS Running Prepare for GRETINA RUN in 2011 Reinvigorate Trapping Program

Medium term “Heavy Element Upgrade”

Injection AIP Project BGS Focal plane: gas stopper Detector Upgrades

Long Term Replacement of the 88

Small Digression

Sometimes you get what you ask for, although it may take a little longer than expected;

2001 NSAC Long range plan laid out a broad vision for the field: important questions, big plans 2001 RIA $1BN 2012 Jlab 12GeV Upgrade $160M 2008 DUSEL $130M 2009 RHIC II $100M 2010 (eRHIC) circa 2015

Small Digression

Sometimes you get what you ask for, although it may take a little longer than expected;

2001 NSAC Long range plan laid out a broad vision for the field: important questions, big plans 2001 2009 FRIB $1BN 2012 $550M 2018 Jlab 12GeV Upgrade $160M 2008 $350M 2014 DUSEL $130M 2009 >$1B 2017 RHIC II $100M 2010 $80M 2014 (eRHIC) circa 2015 After 2020

Drivers for Accelerator-based LENP program in next 8 years FRIB Construction FRIB Instrumentation Isotope Production Program

Neutrinos, etc.

DUSEL Progress Project Office on Campus NSF S4 Awards

DIANA Majorana

CUORE Prototype Crystals look great CD2/3 imminent

KamLAND Purification for Solar Neutrino Phase going well

DUSEL Science Report

Solving the Solar Neutrino Problem

SNO~1 kton D2O

water Cherenkov6 kmwe overburden

KamLAND~1 kton mineral oil

scintillation3 kmwe overburden

Solar Physics with Neutrinos

Challenges

Short Term Data taking for Kamland Solar Phase “CD-1” for Majorana “Demonstrator Project” Start Construction Phase of CUORE

Medium Term CUORE Technical design of DIANA Demonstrator at Sanford Lab

Long Term DUSEL Experiments

Another Digression

If DUSEL goes ahead, it will be focus of activity for US groups: Long baseline neutrino experiments Dark Matter Searches Neutrinoless double-beta decay Nuclear Astrophysics . . .

Nuclear Theory News

Spin Workshop New Arrival - Wick Haxton, Joint Appointment with

UCB Submitted materials for DOE Program Review Submitted two topical center proposals:

Quantitative Jet and Electromagnetic Tomography (JET) of Extreme Phases of Matter in Heavy-ion Collisions,

XN Wang, B Mueller, PIs Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics through high

performance computing W. Haxton, G. Fuller PIs

Challenges

Short Term Catching their breath

Medium Term Topical Center(s)

Long Term Computational End Station

RNC News

Long polarized proton run completed, including first data at 500Gev

DOE/BNL proceeding with Heavy Flavor Tracker Four calorimeter modules installed in ALICE Interviews for open positions

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RNC News

Long polarized proton run completed at RHIC, including first data at 500Gev

DOE/BNL proceeding with Heavy Flavor Tracker CD1 Review in November

Four calorimeter modules installed in ALICE 4/11 of Calorimeter for first running

Scientific case for additional modules Interviews for open positions

Challenges

Short term ALICE Computing at PDSF and LLNL New Hires RHIC Low Energy Scan

Medium Term Physics with HFT, ALICE

Long Term EIC, or…

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Challenges

Short term ALICE Computing at PDSF and LLNL New Hires RHIC Low Energy Scan

Medium Term Physics with HFT, ALICE

Long Term EIC, or…

Digression

Directors Review Report is on its way Division’s Program Outstanding Observation

Spread rather thin

Recommendations New Chemistry faculty New Staff in Low Energy