Lab Update
Rolf Ent
January 21, 2016
Outline
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Near term schedule
(note: will not include Hall C/12 GeV status
as you will hear more about that later)
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PAC business
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Long-Range Plan
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JLEIC
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Outlook
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2017 commissioning
details to be updated
February 2016
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FY16 Budget
After the dust settled, laboratory ended up with $1,5M
cut as compared to President’s Budget.
Priorities:
• Maintain Weeks of Operations
• Maintain workforce
• Try to squeeze our belts by reducing procurements
and delaying replacements/hires.
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Program Advisory Committee
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Charge
Review new proposals, previously conditionally approved proposals, and letters of intent
for experiments that will utilize the 12 GeV upgrade of CEBAF and provide advice on their
scientific merit, technical feasibility and resource requirements.
Identify proposals that represent high quality physics within the range of scientific
importance represented by the previously approved 12 GeV proposals and recommend
for approval.
Also provide a recommendation on scientific rating and beam time allocation for proposals
newly recommended for approval.
Identify other proposals with physics that have the potential for falling into this category
pending clarification of scientific and/or technical issues and recommend for conditional
approval. Provide comments on technical and scientific issues that should be addressed
by the proponents prior to review at a future PAC.
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PAC43 – July 2015
Results
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PAC44 – July 2016 (proposals due June 6)
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PAC43 Results
NUMBER
TITLE
PR12-15-001 Measurement of the Generalized Polarizabilities of the
Proton in Virtual Compton Scattering
CONTACT
PERSON
N. Sparveris
DAYS
DAYS SCIENTIFIC
PAC
HALL REQUESTED AWARDED
RATE
DECISION
C
15
C2
PR12-15-002 The sidereal time variations of the Lorentz force and
maximum attainable speed of electrons
B. Wojtsekhowski Acc
3.5
Defer
PR12-15-003 Polarization Observables in Wide-angle Compton
Scattering at Photon Energies up to 8 GeV
B. Wojtsekhowski
A
15
Defer
S. Niccolai
B
125
C2
E. Long
C
44.3
C2
PR12-15-006 Measurement of Tagged Deep Inelastic Scattering
C. Keppel
A
27
PR12-15-007 Measurements of the Charge and Magnetic Form
Factors of the Triton at Large Momentum Transfers
G. Petratos
A
10
Defer
A
73
C2/D
PR12-15-004 Deeply virtual Compton scattering on the neutron with
a longitudinally polarized deuteron target
PR12-15-005 Measurements of the Quasi-Elastic and Elastic
Deuteron Tensor Asymmetries
PR12-15-008 A study of the Lambda-N interaction through the high S. N. Nakamura
precision spectroscopy of Lambda-hypernuclei with
electron beam
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A-
C1
12 GeV Approved Experiments by Physics Topics
Topic
Hall A Hall B Hall C Hall D Other
The Hadron spectra as probes of QCD
(GlueX and heavy baryon and meson spectroscopy)
1
Total
3
4
1
11
The transverse structure of the hadrons
(Elastic and transition Form Factors)
5
3
2
The longitudinal structure of the hadrons
(Unpolarized and polarized parton distribution functions)
2
3
6
11
The 3D structure of the hadrons
(Generalized Parton Distributions and Transverse
Momentum Distributions)
5
9
7
21
Hadrons and cold nuclear matter
(Medium modification of the nucleons, quark hadronization,
N-N correlations, hypernuclear spectroscopy, few-body
experiments)
6
3
7
Low-energy tests of the Standard Model and Fundamental
Symmetries
3
1
21
20
TOTAL
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7
22
1
17
1
1
6
5
2
70
12 GeV Approved Experiments by PAC Days
Topic
Hall A Hall B Hall C Hall D Other
The Hadron spectra as probes of QCD
(GluEx and heavy baryon and meson spectroscopy)
119
The transverse structure of the hadrons
(Elastic and transition Form Factors)
Total
540
659
25
357.5
145.5
85
102
65
230
165
460
409
872
212
1493
180
175
201
547
205
TOTAL
1346.5
1686
680
644
74 4430.5
Total Approved Run Group Days (includes MIE)
1346.5
646
637
424
74 3127.5
The longitudinal structure of the hadrons
(Unpolarized and polarized parton distribution functions)
The 3D structure of the hadrons
(Generalized Parton Distributions and Transverse Momentum
Distributions)
Hadrons and cold nuclear matter
(Medium modification of the nucleons, quark hadronization,
N-N correlations, hypernuclear spectroscopy, few-body
experiments)
Low-energy tests of the Standard Model and Fundamental
Symmetries
A Decade of Experiments
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79
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570
60
891
Jeopardy
• Previous policy (6 GeV era):
The laboratory has a three-year Jeopardy Rule that was devised
both to reduce the beamtime backlog and to ensure that the ratings
of all approved experiments continue to accurately reflect their
scientific priority. Jeopardy begins three years after a proposal is
approved. Previously approved experiments that have not yet been
run or scheduled must return to the PAC for a review of their status.
• Will begin the process of “Jeopardy” in the next few
years
• Have requested input from JLab Users on the process
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Efforts are being made to update the PAC
submission page
• Some highlights of the new submission page are
– A dropdown box allowing you to select the proposal
type, Proposal, Letter of Intent, Run group proposal
etc.
– The new system will allow more than one person to
update the document, providing alerts as to the
completion status to both participants
– An email confirmation upon completion
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Efforts Are Being Made to Update the PAC
Submission Page (Cont’d.)
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Efforts Are Being Made to Update the PAC
Submission Page (Cont’d.)
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Efforts are being made to update the PAC
submission page – cont.
• Noteworthy changes
– You will be prompted to complete each entry on the coversheets
or input “ Not applicable” Please note that inputting N/A implies
that there will be no follow up request to the lab. An incomplete
cover page will result in the proposal being rejected.
– An author list is required for each proposal. The list can be
uploaded using a CSV file format only
(RE note: looking into this, any format may work as long as it is
in the form first name, last name, institution, with clear indication
who is the contact person and who are the spokespersons)
– Assumed resource requirements section to provide any
information regarding the assumed requirements for the
resources needed
• Too often we encounter that an experiment was approved assuming
“existing equipment” and that later on the proponents come and argue
the experiment requires new or costly completely refurbished or
updated equipment.
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Efforts Are Being Made to Update the PAC
Submission Page (Cont’d.)
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NSAC Long Range Plan 2015
Recommendations & Initiatives
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Nuclear Science Long-Range Planning
• Every 5-7 years the Nuclear Science
community produces a Long-Range
Planning (LRP) Document
• Previous versions:
1979, 1983, 1989, 1996, 2002, 2007
• The final document includes a small
set of recommendations for the field of
Nuclear Science for the next decade
• For instance, 12 GeV construction
was the highest recommendation of
the 2007 plan.
How does it work:
• The Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society organizes
a series of Town Meetings, where the community provides input in the form
of presentations and in the form of contributed “White Papers”
• Each Town Meeting produces a set of recommendations and a summary
“White Paper”
• The Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, extended to about 60 people into
a Long-Range Plan Working Group, then comes together for a week and
decides on a final set of recommendations and produces a LRP document
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Recommendations - shorthand
1. The progress achieved under the guidance of the 2007 Long Range Plan
has reinforced U.S. world leadership in nuclear science. The highest
priority in this 2015 Plan is to capitalize on the investments made.
• 12 GeV – unfold quark & gluon structure of hadrons and nuclei
• FRIB – understanding of nuclei and their role in the cosmos
• Fundamental Symmetries Initiative – physics beyond the SM
• RHIC – properties and phases of quark and gluon matter
The ordering of these four bullets follows the priority ordering of the 2007 plan
2. We recommend the timely development and deployment of a U.S.-led tonscale neutrinoless double beta decay experiment.
3. We recommend a high-energy high-luminosity polarized Electron Ion
Collider as the highest priority for new facility construction following the
completion of FRIB.
4. We recommend increasing investment in small and mid-scale projects
and initiatives that enable forefront research at universities and
laboratories.
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Initiatives - shorthand
A number of specific initiatives are presented in the body of the report to follow.
Two initiatives that support the recommendations made above and that will have
significant impact on the field of nuclear science are highlighted here.
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To meet the challenges and realize the full scientic potential of current
and future experiments requires new investments in theoretical and
computational nuclear physics.
• Computational nuclear theory
• FRIB theory alliance
• Topical Collaboration expansion
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We recommend vigorous detector and accelerator R&D in support of the
neutrinoless double beta decay program and the Electron Ion Collider.
Plus important sentences on workforce, education and outreach.
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Recommendation I
The progress achieved under the guidance of the 2007 Long Range Plan has
reinforced U.S. world leadership in nuclear science. The highest priority in
this 2015 Plan is to capitalize on the investments made.
• With the imminent completion of the CEBAF 12-GeV Upgrade, its forefront
program of using electrons to unfold the quark and gluon structure of hadrons and
nuclei and to probe the Standard Model must be realized.
• Expeditiously completing the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) construction is
essential. Initiating its scientific program will revolutionize our understanding of
nuclei and their role in the cosmos.
• The targeted program of fundamental symmetries and neutrino research that
opens new doors to physics beyond the Standard Model must be sustained.
• The upgraded RHIC facility provides unique capabilities that must be utilized to
explore the properties and phases of quark and gluon matter in the high
temperatures of the early universe and to explore the spin structure of the proton.
Realizing world-leading nuclear science also requires robust support of experimental and
theoretical research at universities and national laboratories and operating our two lowenergy national user facilities —ATLAS and NSCL— each with their unique capabilities and
scientific instrumentation.
The ordering of these four bullets follows the priority ordering of the 2007 plan.
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Recommendation IV
We recommend increasing investment in small-scale and mid-scale projects
and initiatives that enable forefront research at universities and laboratories.
Innovative research and initiatives in instrumentation, computation, and theory play a major role in U.S.
leadership in nuclear science and are crucial to capitalize on recent investments. The NSF competitive
instrumentation funding mechanisms, such as the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program and the
Mathematical & Physical Sciences mid-scale research initiative, are essential to enable university
researchers to respond nimbly to opportunities for scientific discovery. Similarly, DOE-supported research
and development (R&D) and Major Items of Equipment (MIE) at universities and national laboratories are
vital to maximize the potential for discovery as opportunities emerge.
These NSF funding mechanisms are an essential component to ensure that NSF-supported scientists have
the resources to lead significant initiatives. These programs are competitive across all fields, and an increase
in the funds available in these funding mechanisms would benefit all of science, not just nuclear physics.
With both funding agencies, small- and mid-scale projects are important elements in increasing the agility of
the field to react to new ideas and technological advances. The NP2010 Committee report also made a
recommendation addressing this need. With the implementation of projects, there must be a commitment to
the increased research funding to support the scientists and students who will build and operate these
projects and achieve the science goals. Close collaborations between universities and national laboratories
allow nuclear science to reap the benefits of large investments while training the next generation of nuclear
scientists to meet societal needs.
RE: This is very relevant for NSF/MRI (many success examples in Hall C), for NSF
to ramp their mid-scale research initiative, and for DOE/MIEs (MOLLER & SoLID)
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Recommendation III
Gluons, the carriers of the strong force, bind the quarks together inside nucleons and nuclei and generate
nearly all of the visible mass in the universe. Despite their importance, fundamental questions remain about
the role of gluons in nucleons and nuclei. These questions can only be answered with a powerful new
Electron Ion Collider (EIC), providing unprecedented precision and versatility. The realization of this
instrument is enabled by recent advances in accelerator technology.
We recommend a high-energy high-luminosity polarized Electron Ion Collider
as the highest priority for new facility construction following the completion
of FRIB.
The EIC will, for the first time, precisely image gluons in nucleons and nuclei. It will definitively reveal the
origin of the nucleon spin and will explore a new Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) frontier of ultra-dense
gluon fields, with the potential to discover a new form of gluon matter predicted to be common to all nuclei.
This science will be made possible by the EIC’s unique capabilities for collisions of polarized electrons with
polarized protons, polarized light ions, and heavy nuclei at high luminosity.
The vision of an EIC was already a powerful one in the 2007 Long Range Plan. The case is made even
more compelling by discoveries recently made. This facility can lead to the convergence of the present
world-leading QCD programs at CEBAF and RHIC in a single facility. This vision for the future was
expressed in the 2013 NSAC report on the Implementation of the Long Range Plan with the field growing
towards two major facilities, one to study the quarks and gluons in strongly interacting matter and a second,
FRIB, primarily to study nuclei in their many forms. Realizing the EIC will keep the U.S. on the cutting edge
of nuclear and accelerator science.
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JLEIC: EIC at Jefferson Lab
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JLEIC: EIC at Jefferson Lab
JLab EIC Figure 8 Concept
Initial configuration:
• 3-10 GeV on 20-100 GeV ep/eA collider
• Optimized for high ion beam polarization:
 polarized deuterons
• Luminosity:
 up to few x 1034 e-nucleons cm-2 s-1
Low technical risk
Upgradable to higher energies
250 GeV protons + 20 GeV electrons
Flexible timeframe for Construction
consistent w/running 12 GeV CEBAF
Thorough cost estimate completed
presented to NSAC EIC Review
Cost effective operations
 Fulfills White Paper Requirements
Current Activities
Site evaluation (VA funds)
Accelerator, detector R&D
Design optimization
Cost reduction
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EIC Developments
• EIC User meeting – Berkeley Jan. 6-9
– Next meeting Summer 2016
• NAS study being planned
• SLAC will be increasing involvement in JLEIC
– Responsible for e-ring
• Rik Yoshida will join JLab March 2016 to lead the
JLEIC physics/detector effort
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EIC User Group
As of EIC users group meeting statistics was at 399 but we knew we were
lagging behind adding.
(Note: at this stage the EIC user group does not include
students, and most accelerator scientists are not included
as of yet! We also still miss some responses.)
As of today we are at 417 at http://eicug.org/ + at least 30 to add
(still at this stage not including accelerator scientists or students)
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EIC Timeline
Activity Name
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
12 GeV Operations
12 GeV Upgrade
FRIB
EIC Physics Case
NSAC LRP
NAS Study
CD0
EIC Machine
Design and R&D
CD1(Down-select)
CD2/CD3
EIC Construction
CD0 = DOE “Mission Need” statement; CD1 = technology and site selection (VA/NY)
CD2/CD3 = establish project baseline cost and schedule
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Summary
• Commissioning, startup of physics program in progress
• PAC44 in July 2016
• Need to discuss Jeopardy process
• MOLLER/SoLID slowly getting traction
• CD Schedule for EIC beginning to gel
Exciting Times Ahead
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Recommendation II
The excess of matter over antimatter in the universe is one of the most compelling
mysteries in all of science. The observation of neutrinoless double beta decay
in nuclei would immediately demonstrate that neutrinos are their own antiparticles
and would have profound implications for our understanding of the matter-antimatter
mystery.
We recommend the timely development and deployment of a U.S.-led ton-scale
neutrinoless double beta decay experiment.
A ton-scale instrument designed to search for this as-yet unseen nuclear decay will
provide the most powerful test of the particle-antiparticle nature of neutrinos ever
performed. With recent experimental breakthroughs pioneered by U.S. physicists
and the availability of deep underground laboratories, we are poised to make a major
discovery.
This recommendation flows out of the targeted investments of the third bullet in
Recommendation I. It must be part of a broader program that includes U.S.
participation in complementary experimental efforts leveraging international
investments together with enhanced theoretical efforts to enable full realization of
this opportunity.
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Initiative A – Theory Initiative
Advances in theory underpin the goal that we truly understand how nuclei and
strongly interacting matter in all its forms behave and can predict their behavior in
new settings.
To meet the challenges and realize the full scientific potential of current and future
experiments, we require new investments in theoretical and computational nuclear
physics.
• We recommend new investments in computational nuclear theory that exploit
the U.S. leadership in high-performance computing. These investments include
a timely enhancement of the nuclear physics contribution to the Scientific
Discovery through Advanced Computing program and complementary efforts as
well as the deployment of the necessary capacity computing.
• We recommend the establishment of a national FRIB theory alliance. This
alliance will enhance the field through the national FRIB theory fellow program
and tenure-track bridge positions at universities and national laboratories
across the U.S.
• We recommend the expansion of the successful Topical Collaborations initiative
to a steady-state level of five Topical Collaborations, each selected by a
competitive peer-review process.
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Initiative B – Detector & Accelerator R&D
U.S. leadership in nuclear physics requires tools and techniques that are state-ofthe-art or beyond. Targeted detector and accelerator R&D for the search for
neutrinoless double beta decay and for the Electron Ion Collider is critical to
ensure that these exciting scientific opportunities can be fully realized.
We recommend vigorous detector and accelerator R&D in support of the
neutrinoless double beta decay program and the Electron Ion Collider.
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Workforce, Education, and Outreach
Our Nation needs a highly trained workforce in nuclear science to pursue research, develop
technology, and ensure national security. Meeting this need relies critically on recruiting
and educating early career scientists.
We recommend that the NSF and DOE take the following steps.
• Enhance programs, such as the NSF-supported Research Experience for Undergraduates
(REU) program, the DOE-supported Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships
(SULI), and the DOE-supported Summer School in Nuclear and Radiochemistry, that
introduce undergraduate students to career opportunities in nuclear science.
• Support educational initiatives and advanced summer schools, such as the National
Nuclear Physics Summer School, designed to enhance graduate student and
postdoctoral instruction.
• Support the creation of a prestigious fellowship program designed to enhance the
visibility of outstanding postdoctoral researchers across the field of nuclear science.
Research in theory, experiment, and computation as well as instrumentation initiatives
from university groups and laboratories provide a unique education and training
environment that must be nurtured.
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