[Brahms-l] Fw: Plans and schedule for White Paper preparation

Dear Collaborator,

I will like to keep you somewhat up to date on the RHIC-II working group 
progress. There will be presentartions (closed session) at the PAC meeting, 
followed by the meeting on the 11.-12 November. The chairs of the writting 
committee is outlining the process in the e-mail below.

regards
    Flemming



Subject: Plans and schedule for White Paper preparation


> Dear RHIC II White Paper Committee Members and PWG conveners,
>
>     Carl and I would like to outline for everyone our understanding
> of the schedule and plans for completing the RHIC II White Paper
> and the associated RHIC II PWG reports. This follows discussions
> during the past week with Tom Ludlam.
>
>     The White Paper is pictured by Tom to be a 20 page
> or so description of the compelling science at RHIC during the
> next decade. It will be backed up by written reports from the
> physics working groups. The White Paper will likely be a BNL report,
> since it is not intended to be a publishable scientific document.
> The reports from the working groups, however, are pictured to be
> scientific documents that should at least appear on the archive.
> They might, if the working groups choose, be submitted for
> publication.
>
> The schedule for the White Paper and the PWG reports
> is driven by the date of the DOE Budget Retreat, which is the
> end of March next year.
>
>    This is the schedule as we understand it:
>
>     A convener from each RHIC II PWG will make a presentation
> at the PAC meeting November 3-5 on the physics goals for
> RHIC II. The PAC will be asked to provide feedback on the PWG
> reports to BNL management, and to the writing committee and
> conveners. We will hopefully get this feedback at the November
> 11-12 meeting at BNL.
>
>     The meeting at BNL on November 11-12 will be a joint
> meeting of the White Paper writing committee and the PWG
> conveners. The agenda for that meeting is on the web at:
>
> http://www.bnl.gov/physics/rhicIIscience/
>
> On Friday, a convener from each working group will summarize
> the results of the PWG discussions, and then there will
> be a round table discussion about the key science drivers
> for RHIC II. Almost all of Saturday will be taken up by
> fairly informal White Paper planning - discussions of the
> process, the content, the schedule and the writing
> assignments.
>
> The PWG reports should be completed by the end of
> the year, so that they will be available as reference material
> for the White Paper writing committee.
>
>         Most of you are aware that, in parallel with the White Paper
> effort, RHIC is preparing a Mid-term Update that has been requested by
> DOE.  It is due in Washington by the end of January.  The Mid-term Update
> will describe the detector upgrades, etc., that are anticipated over the
> next ~5 years.  It will not include an extensive discussion of the
> corresponding scientific justifications, but it will nonetheless represent
> important additional input for the writing committee.
>
> We anticipate that the next face to face meeting of
> the writing committee will be in late January of 2006. Phone
> meetings that are targeted on specific tasks will be needed
> in between. The final document should be ready by the end
> of February. This will allow the documents to be in the
> hands of the DOE before their budget retreat at the end of
> March.
>
>         We look forward to seeing you on November 11.
>
>     Regards
>
>     Carl and Tony
>
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> Tony Frawley frawley@fsuhip.physics.fsu.edu
> Physics department FSU phone: 850-644-4034
> Florida state University, FSU fax  : 850-644-4478
> Tallahassee, FL 32306-4350
>
> Cell phone: 850-524-6309
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>
>

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