[Brahms-l] Fw: RHIC II Science working groups

I like to forward the atatched message from Tom Ludlam and Sam Aranson
regarding the RHIC II science working groups and workshops. I will encourage
you all to read this carefull to make up your mind if and how to participate
in the planning . This is obviously of particluar importance to US
collaborators, and to those of us who may be around when RHIC II may in fact
happen in 8-10 years. This may seems a long way off, but with the NSAC
planning and long lead time funding of science it is important to act now to
move this process forward.

regards
    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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>   Dear Wit, Bill, Tim, Flemming:
>
> The kick-off workshop for the RHIC II Science working groups went well,
> I think.  We had a good (at some points, frank) discussion of the
> science goals for the future of RHIC.  The working groups defined at the
> meeting, the charge to the working groups, and the list of physics
> questions to be addressed by these working groups can be found on the
> website at www.bnl.gov/physics/rhicIIscience .
>
> I was pleased and impressed by the physics questions that were
> formulated at the workshop.  This set of questions should provide a good
> starting point for crafting the Big Picture science message, and for
> developing the more quantitative basis for scoping out specific elements
> of the RHIC II project.  The question now is, how strongly will the RHIC
> community get behind this process?
>
>   Sam Aronson and I hope to get these working groups up and running very
> soon.  An important element in doing so will be the naming of the
> convenors, who will organize and lead these groups.  We have solicited
> (and are getting) nominations from the community, and will work with our
> steering committee  to make the selections.
>
> I am writing to you, the spokespersons of the RHIC experiments, to ask
> that you spread the word of this process, and its importance, to your
> collaborators.  Please urge them to sign up for the working groups, and
> to give us their thoughts regarding convenors (as noted on the website,
> self-nominations are encouraged!)  We would particularly like to see a
> strong participation by the younger researchers, whose careers may be
> closely tied to the long-term fortunes of RHIC, RHIC II and eRHIC.
>
> Many thanks for your help.
>
> Tom
>
> cc:  Steering Committee
>
>
>


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