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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility B. McKeown

Report of the Deputy Director for Science

Bob McKeown

SoLIDFebruary 3, 2012


Outline

• Searches• PAC • 12 GeV White paper• EIC status• Strategic Plan, town meetings• Budget Politics


Search update

• AD appointed - Rolf

• Deputy AD / Hall A Leader – very soon


PAC39

• Scheduled for week of June 18, 2012• Consider new proposals and letters of intent• Hall Leaders to present “early running” plans• Discussion of priorities, jeopardy, etc.


Super Bigbite Spectrometer (SBS) in Hall A

Scattering chamber

Vacuum snout

Magnetic shield

First tracker

Second tracker Hadron calorimeter

Beam line Pb shield

48D48 magnet

Third tracker

CH2 analyzer

Beam

Successful review- new project managementplan submitted – seems on track


12 GeV “White Paper”

• Preparation for 2012 NSAC activity • Update physics case for “NSAC audience”• Small group of writers/editors


Outline

Physics Opportunities with the 12 GeV Upgrade at Jefferson Lab Overview (3) –Pennington/Ent/BMcKMeson Spectroscopy and Structure (5) – Meyer, DudekNucleon Structure and Spectroscopy (10) - Meziani, RichardsQCD and Nuclei (5) – Weinstein, MillerThe Standard Model and Beyond (5) – Kumar, EssigAppendix A: Experimental Equipment (10) - Young


Charge from Lab DirectorJefferson Lab Strategic Plan

The goal is to produce a concise document, perhaps not more than 20 pages, which would start with a vision statement and a set of goals for the laboratory as a whole and would then delve deeper into what we do, developing visions, goals, and outcomes at multiple levels.

The intent is that we engage our owners, both the science and operations components of the lab, the laboratory leadership more broadly, the staff, and the user community, essentially all of our stakeholders, in the process.


From Our Website

Jefferson Lab's mission is to provide forefront scientific facilities, opportunities and leadership essential for discovering the fundamental nature of nuclear matter, to partner with industry to apply its advanced technology, and to serve the nation and its communities through education and public outreach, all with uncompromising excellence in environment, health and safety.


Jefferson Laboratory Strategic Plan

Decisions, planning

LDRD JSA (contractor assurance, risk

registry, …)

DOESC Annual Lab

Plan

Strategic Plan


Strategic Plan Status

• Strategic Plan development is getting started • Scheduled town meetings with Physics, Theory, Accelerator,

FEL divisions (will schedule one for “Technology” soon)

• Will include other stakeholders in the process:users, lab operations, etc.

• Lab leadership retreat in Spring 2012

• Report to Users at June meeting

• A comprehensive plan is the goal: < 1 year


Town Meeting• Mission Statement of your Division – What is or should be the mission statement of your division?• Scope of Current Activities – What is it that your division does, what is your current scope of work?• Unique capabilities - What facilities/capabilities/expertise does your group offer that is unique, world

class?• Synergy – Discuss how you think your division contributes to the missions of other parts of the lab.

Can you do more?• Vision for the Future - What do you see your division contributing to/doing in the future? What could

you be doing?– 5 year– 10 year– 20 Year– Beyond

• Lost or missed opportunities - Were there expansion opportunities/synergies that you missed or that you have not been able to capitalize on? What were they, and what was the obstacle that kept you from realizing that opportunity? Are there lessons to be learned from that experience? Are there likely future opportunities in the same or similar areas?

• • Required New Initiatives - What research, projects or preliminaries would you need to pursue or put

in place to achieve the visions above? This should include internal to the lab as well as external.


Physics08:30 – 08:35 Charge Bob McKeown08:35 – 08:45 (5 + 5) Introduction Rolf Ent

(Mission Statement, Scope of Current activities, Synergy)08:45 – 09:00 (10 + 5) 12-GeV Upgrade: “<5 years” scientific program Glenn Young

(Machine + Hall Equipment, Approved Experiments)09:00 – 09:40 12-GeV Upgrade: “5-10 year” scientific program

(5 + 5) Hall A plans

(5 + 5) Hall B plans

(5 + 5) Hall C plans(5 + 5) Hall D plans

09:40 – 09:50 (5 + 5) FEL as a Nuclear Physics machine Roger Carlini(High Intensity Internal and External Target Program, < 300 MeV)

09:50 – 10:20 (20+10) Electron-Ion Collider(science and expected parameters)

10:20 – 10:35 (10 + 5) CEBAF as a high-energy fixed target machine(science and expected beam specs @ 24 GeV & 50+ GeV)

10:35 – 10:50 (10 + 5) Unique Capabilities & Missed Opportunities Javier Gomez(collect and present in tabular format)

10:50 – 11:50 Town meeting with (5 + 5) minute presentations – can extend to 12:20 pm11:50 – 12:00 Mission statement – discussion (hard cut-off at 12:30 pm)


Budget Politics

• FY 12 Budget - ops OK, run in progress- 12 GeV project $50M (Baseline = $66M)

• Mar 9 NSAC meeting

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