New Frontiers at RHIC Workshop

BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES

Peter Bond Deputy Director for Science and Technology

October 29, 2005

New Frontiers at RHIC Workshop

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RHIC and BNL

In case there is any doubt – RHIC’s science and the facility

are crucial to BNL

Its future evolution is also very important

FY 2005 New Funds$471M as of August 31, 2005

Nuclear Physics

Arms Control & Non-Prolif.

Safeguards & Security

Other DOE Programs

A/R - Users & Services

Accounts Receivable - Intra-

Lab

WFO Programs

Accounts Receivable -

Research Capital Equipment

Environmental Restoration

Construction

High Energy Physics

Basic Energy Sciences

Biological & Environmental

Res

QCDLab is an elegant, exciting concept that also excites DOE

What do we need to do to make it real ?

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Making QCDLab real

First step is meetings like this one – experts make a convincing science case to themselves

BUT

Keep in mind the arguments for other audiences General NP community DOE, OMB, and CongressEach audience requires less detail, but a compelling

reason and each audience is vital to success

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What is the Lab Priority ?

Lab presented a “Business Plan” to DOE in May

There were four initiatives, two of them major NSLS II QCDLab

Staggered starts - NSLS first – why ?

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Scope: Evolve the RHIC complex to further the study of QCD experimentally and theoretically Luminosity, polarization, and experimental equipment upgrades Electron ring and associated new e+A/e+p detector High-end computing capability for next-generation lattice QCD simulations

Expectation: RHIC, eRHIC, and QCDOC as a “QCD Lab” will play a major role in determining: The nature of the quark-gluon plasma and the visible universe The origin of the spin of the proton The role of the color glass condensate in the structure and interaction of high energy hadrons

Benefit to DOE and Taxpayer: “The discovery and characterization of this new state of matter formed at extreme conditions

never before available in the laboratory will yield new insight into the early phases of the universe.” (from DOE Strategic Plan)

Taxpayers’ intellectual curiosity about the origin and structure of the universe Train next generation of scientists

Competition: LHC for heavy ions

Major Initiative: RHIC “QCD Lab”

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RHIC “QCD Lab”

Construction cost and schedule: Luminosity and detector upgrade; electron ring & new detector

Costs ~$500-680M; Schedule ~FY 09-15 Core competencies:

Extraordinary facilities Tera (peta)-scale computing Advanced concepts

Revenue, manpower, and space: Planned R&D, AIP, capital equipment for accelerators and detectors for next

five years: $18M/yr (in FY 05$) Laboratory discretionary investment No additional manpower and space needed in next five years

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RHIC “QCD Lab”

Develop AGS-based program

Catastrophic: loss of 1/3 of BNL’s revenue, international

leadership in Nuclear Physics, intellectual vitality,

large user baseRenege on international

and interagency commitments

Communicate the value of the program

Retain operating funding for RHIC

Concentrate on running RHIC

Much more difficult to get support

Convince the community

Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan process

Concentrate on stochastic cooling

Lower ultimate luminosity for RHIC and eRHICFund R&DTechnical - i.e., electron

cooling, ERL

Plan B Consequences of Lack of SuccessStrategyHurdles

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What are the hurdles to be overcome ?

The technical and science hurdles are the “easy” ones

Competition LHC for science TJLAB (12 GeV), RIA, other DOE offices for funding TJLAB for QCDLab

Cost

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Summary

RHIC has been a great success and has an exciting future

QCDLab is a compelling vision, but will require much collaborative work between the community and the Lab to make it real

Meetings like today set the vital science foundation – lab has been using and will use its resources (not just money) to help move it up the chain