Robin Staffin

Department of Energy

Office of Science

Fermilab and Planning the Future of Fermilab and Planning the Future of U.S. High Energy PhysicsU.S. High Energy Physics

Robin StaffinUnited States Department of Energy

April 2005

Robin Staffin

Department of Energy

Office of Science

Fermilab and High Energy PhysicsFermilab and High Energy Physics

• The purpose of my talk is to discuss the DOE view towards the future of high energy physics in the US and Fermilab’s role in it.

• Fermilab is a GREAT LABORATORY, that has played a central and critical role in US particle physics.

• The laboratory is approximately 40% of the National DOE HEP budget. This is up almost 5% from the late-90s.

Robin Staffin

Department of Energy

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Fermilab and High Energy PhysicsFermilab and High Energy Physics(cont’d)(cont’d)

• But I’m here to talk about the future.

• Simply put, Fermilab will play a central and critical role for US particle physics – both here and abroad.

• We know that budgets have been very stressful – in carrying out our existing programs with the universities, and planning for our future.

• But we’re in this together, as partners. I need your help in making a successful US program and a successful Fermilab for our future. The two are inextricably linked.

Robin Staffin

Department of Energy

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What this requiresWhat this requires

• A clear and compelling message from the laboratory community– What science should we pursue and why it’s the most

exciting thing in the universe– What tools are necessary to advance this great

adventure• NOT an alphabet soup of facilities• NOT a facility in every pot• NEED a simple unifying science case.• The tools (facilities) should follow from the science

• While intensive discussion is good – even necessary – in determining the best scientific program, incessant bickering can be damaging to our health. – Don’t kid yourselves. The outside world hears about the

bickering.

Robin Staffin

Department of Energy

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Robin Staffin

Department of Energy

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The DOE HEP program in FY The DOE HEP program in FY 20062006

• Overall HEP budget and priorities in FY 2006:

– Tevatron and B-factory will be fully supported– LHC preparations will be fully supported– Core research program at the universities and

laboratories will be maintained– Investment for near and long term new initiatives

(including neutrinos and ILC R&D) will be increased

• Any new initiatives will have to come from re-direction

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FY 2006 Request is 3.9% below FY 2005 Appropriation The budget forces us to make tough choices.

No new starts in FY 2006 Prioritizing ongoing programs

DOE Office of ScienceDOE Office of ScienceFY 2006 Congressional Budget RequestFY 2006 Congressional Budget Request

FY 2004Comparabl

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Request

FY 2006 Request vs FY 2005

Appropriation

Basic Energy Sciences 991 1,105 1,146 +41 +3.7%

Advanced Scientific Computing Res.

197 232 207 -25 -10.9%

Biological & Environmental Research

624 582 456 -126 -21.7%

High Energy Physics 716 736 714 -23 -3.1%

Nuclear Physics 380 405 371 -34 -8.4%

Fusion Energy Sciences 256 274 291 +17 +6.1%

Other 384 270 279 +8 +3.1%

Total, Science 3,548 3,605 3,463 -142 -3.9%

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Office of Science Planning Office of Science Planning ProfileProfile

$127M (~3.7%) decrease over 5 years

3.60 3.46 3.39 3.39 3.39 3.34

Robin Staffin

Department of Energy

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The World HEP ProgramThe World HEP Program

Over the next decade the world program will become increasingly focused on

• The Energy Frontier– Discover and then explore a world of TeV scale new physics

• Tevatron LHC ILC

• The “other 95% of the universe”– Dark matter

• direct detection; production at accelerators?– Dark energy

• how to learn more?

• Neutrinos– Neutrinos are different: what is this telling us?

• Masses – do not come from Higgs?• Majorana nature – neutrino-antineutrino mixing?• CP violation – origin of matter?

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Intermediate scale projectsIntermediate scale projects

• The current U.S. accelerator-based program is world-leading, but finite in lifetime– PEP-II and the Tevatron will ramp down toward the end of

the decade; miniBooNE, MINOS also• The Linear Collider is DOE’s highest priority for a future major

facility – but timescale is uncertain and cannot be done without

either an increase in resources or a reduction in cost• LHC participation will be a central piece of the U.S. program

HenceDOE has started planning for a portfolio of medium scale, medium term experiments to be launched in the period 2007-10

• Scientific opportunities are compelling– neutrino physics (APS study); dark matter, dark energy…

• Resources will become available, through redirection

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OpportunitiesOpportunities

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www.aps.org/neutrino/

Robin Staffin

Department of Energy

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APS neutrino study recommendedAPS neutrino study recommended

New Reactor experimentMeasure 13

New Accelerator experiment “off axis”Measure 13 and mass pattern

New Double beta decayexperimentProbe mass and Majorana nature

Decision pointhow big is 13?

Upgrade beamline

And/Or

New detector(s)

And/Or

Muon storage ring as neutrino factory

CP violation?

Next decadeNow

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New InitiativesNew Initiatives

• In order to inform the Department of our intent to pursue several new scientific topics, we plan to prepare draft requests for approval of “CD-0” (Statement of Mission Need), including

• A generic reactor-based neutrino experiment to measure 13

• A generic off-axis accelerator-based neutrino experiment for 13 and to resolve the neutrino mass hierarchy

• A generic high intensity neutrino beam facility for neutrino CP-violation experiments

• A generic neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment to probe the Majorana nature of neutrinos

• A generic underground experiment to search for direct evidence of dark matter

• A generic ground-based dark energy experiment

• In order to be ready to move forward expeditiously, this will be done in parallel with an advisory process selecting the best options

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Department of Energy

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ILC and 21ILC and 21stst century physics century physics

• Have we really discovered the Higgs – Is it a scalar particle?– Does it couple to mass?

• Have we really discovered supersymmetry?– Same coupling, different

spin?

• Have we really discovered dark matter?– Does it have the right

properties?

Robin Staffin

Department of Energy

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Conclusion:Conclusion:Three big goals for us all Three big goals for us all

• Make ongoing program (Tevatron, NuMI/MINOS, LHC etc) a success

• Develop and make real a coherent program of experiments in dark matter, dark energy and neutrinos– Redirection will allow some significant investments– Fermilab infrastructure is a good basis for a phased,

extensible accelerator based neutrino program with international involvement

– Synergies with linear collider work

• Capture the momentum of LHC discoveries and then use it to build a broad consensus to launch the ILC

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Department of Energy

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What next for Fermilab?What next for Fermilab?

• We look forward to working with Fermilab to develop a strong future for the laboratory as well as for the overall high energy physics program.

• The laboratory’s own Long Range Plan laid out a broad and exciting program for the next decade, centered on the International Linear Collider, significant new initiatives in neutrino physics, the LHC physics center, and particle astrophysics and underground experiments.

• We are committed to maintaining Fermilab as one of the world’s leading scientific facilities.