[Brahms-l] Fw: NSAC Review of US Heavy Ion Program

I will like to keep you informed about the thoughts that the BNL managament
has about the  upcoming NSAC review.
i am sure more will come
Flemming
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Flemming Videbaek
Physics Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory

e-mail: videbaek@bnl.gov
phone: 631-344-4106

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> This is being sent to the RHIC Planning Group distribution from last
> fall, as the upcoming NSAC review deals largely with the same issues, in
> somewhat broader context.  Please feel free to distribute this message
> more widely.
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> I've attached, below, Peter Barnes' message to the U.S. Heavy Ion
> community regarding the review, which he will chair.  This will be an
> extremely important review for the RHIC program, in many respects.
> Peter has requested written input from the community by May 1.  A public
> meeting is being planned, probably in late May or early June.  Clearly,
> it is important that we coordinate a bit to make sure that the
> Subcommittee gets a full picture of the RHIC science, planning, and
> priorities.  (A substantial fraction of the Sucommittee members are from
> outside the RHIC community.)
>
> In discussions with Peter Barnes we have agreed that BNL will provide a
> point of contact with the Subcommittee for written documentation on the
> RHIC program, and to help set the agenda for the public meeting.  I will
> provide this point of contact, along with Tom Kirk, Sam Aronson, and
> Derek Lowenstein.  Obviously, this does not preclude individual
> scientitsts or groups from communicating directly with the Subcommittee.
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> Our first thoughts for organizing the written material are as follows:
> 1.  Science overview
>     a.  Summary of physics output since first collisions in 2000.
>     b.  Complete list of publications from experiments
>     c.  The key science questions for RHIC in the next decade
>     d.  PAC report on future RHIC program (December 2003 meeting)
> 2.  Demographics
>     a.  User community numbers
>     b.  Ph.D.s generated
>     c.  New faculty positions recently opened for RHIC science
> 3.  Planning documents
>     a.  Twenty-Year Planning Study for RHIC, submitted to DOE Dec. 31,
2003
>     b.  Decadal plans of the RHIC detector groups (via web links)
>     c.  RHICII/eRHIC white papers (via web links)
>     d.  Summary of proposed initiatives, timelines, budgets, priorities
>
> Regarding item 1:  The Subcommittee's report will have to include a
> section on "what have we learned so far".  In addition, it is of
> foremost importance that the report articulate a vision for future
> measurements at RHIC that can be generally understood as justifying
> long-term investments.  We as a community will have to provide the
> material to accomplish this.  Exactly how we provide this material will
> require some discussion. Time is short, but there are presently several
> forums where hard thought is being given to these issues.  I am anxious
> to hear your suggestions.
>
> Please let me have your comments on any of the above.  We will keep you
> posted.
>
> Tom
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> Message from Peter Barnes (3/26/04):
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> Dear Colleague,
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> At the NSAC meeting in February, the DOE and NSF presented NSAC with a
> charge to review of the US program in heavy-ion nuclear physics. The
> letter with the full charge to NSAC can be found on the DOE web site at
>
http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/henp/np/nsac/docs/nsacCharge_HI_021804.pdf
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> This note is to bring you up to date on the present status of this NSAC
> initiated review.
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> A.  The membership of the Subcommittee is as follows:
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> Peter Barnes, Chair        LANL
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> Kees de Jager              Jefferson Laboratory
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> Bradley Filippone          CalTech
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> Thomas Glasmacher          Michigan State University
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> Hans-Ake Gustafsson        Lund University
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> Ulrich Heinz               Ohio State University
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> Barbara Jacak              Stony Brook University
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> Peter Jacobs               LBNL
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> Jay Marx                   LBNL
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> Alfred Mueller             Columbia University
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> Steven Vigdor              Indiana University
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> Urs Wiedemann              CERN
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> Richard Casten             Yale University, ex-officio
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> B.  The character of this review can be seen from the following
> paragraphs taken from the charge:
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> "The NSAC is asked to examine current and proposed U.S. efforts in
> heavy-ion nuclear physics and identify what scientific opportunities
> should be pursued, in the context of U.S. and international capabilities
> and available resources, to ensure an optimized national research
> program.  In your examination of these facilities and research
> activities, please respond to the following questions:
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> What scientific opportunities should be addressed and what facility and
> instrumentation capabilities should be used and developed, including
> those supported by NSF and outside the United States, in order to
> maintain a strong scientific program in the coming decade?
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> What opportunities can be pursued with funding at the FY 2005 Budget
> Request level ($158.9 million) and an assumed constant level of effort
> into the out years?  What is the appropriate mix of facility operations,
> research, computer support, investments in instrumentation and
> accelerator capabilities, and detector and accelerator R&D that will be
> needed to optimally exploit these opportunities?
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> What are the priorities of the scientific opportunities that could be
> pursued with additional funds beyond this constant level of effort?"
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> C.  We are in the initial stages of organizing the Subcommittee which
> will then be establishing what information it will require from the
> community for its deliberations. It is requested that documentation of
> proposed activities that encompass future initiatives within the US
> heavy ion program be submitted to me by May 1.  A forum for public
> discussion of these initiatives with the Subcommittee is now being
> organized.
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> Please feel free to forward this message to those who might be interested.
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> Sincerely,
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> Peter D. Barnes
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> Chair, Subcommittee on Heavy-Ion Nuclear Physics
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> E-mail:  pdbarnes@lanl.gov
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> Physics Division
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> Los Alamos National Laboratory
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> Los Alamos, NM, 87545
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