Physics Department MeetingJune 19, 2008

Safety items: Mike Zarcone DOE Emergency Management Audit next week

Department news

Budget update

Looking ahead

Q & A

Welcome to our new Department members

RHIC/ATLAS Computing: Kunal Shroff

Lattice Gauge Theory: Chuan Miao

RBRC Spin Group: Kieran Boyle

STAR computing group: Matthew Ahrenstein

Congratulations!

Bob Palmer elected to National Academy of Sciences

Daya Bay ExperimentSuccessful review for DOE “Critical Decision 3”

Construction Begins

U.S. ATLAS Construction ProjectCritical Decision 4b achieved

Construction is complete; operations begun

Analysis Jamboree, 12/07

Waiting for beam!

Final FY 07 Budget

Authorization

June FY 08 Budget

Authorization

Pres FY 09 Budget

Guidance

ALL New BA Funds Nuclear Physics 40.0 37.8 43.4 Particle Physics - Core 16.0 17.5 19.0 Particle Physics - US ATLAS 18.5 17.5 19.7

Total New BA Funding 74.5 72.8 82.1

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On the Budget Front…The FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill was not good for science.The President’s Request for FY 2009 is very good, but will almost certainly not be realized.

We have fared better than other labs in this very difficult budget year:BNL has avoided the layoffs and furloughs seen elsewhere, but the squeeze is on…

Every effort made to maximize the RHIC run A critical time for ATLAS (LHC start-up this year) and Daya Bay (construction starting)

Travel costs are a particular issueOur Department is in a mode of fiscal austerity.

Physics Dept. funds

Budget projections for the remainder of this fiscal year (through September) are in the RED.

You can help: Please try to reduce your vacation carry-over as much as possible.

eRHIC ~$750M [FY 07$]RHIC II $10M

A Long Term (Evolving) Strategic View for RHIC

2008 2015 20202010

RHIC physics runs RHIC II physics runs

eRHIC physics Detector Upgrades $35M

EBIS $20M

CD0 e beam + new detector

stoch. cooling of ion beams

Nuclear Physics

RHIC has high priority in DOE/NSF NSAC 2007Long Range Plan: ~40% of DOE investment in Nuclear Physics

BNL’s Goals: Complete the upgrades of PHENIX, STAR, RCF for RHIC II science capability.

Maintain BNL’s forefront role in heavy ion and spin research.

Maintain the BNL research groups’s successful host roles in experimental operations at RHIC.

Establish an intellectual base at RHIC for the development of eRHIC science.

Long Term Vision for BNL High Energy Physics

BNL’s plans are very well aligned with the priorities of the new DOE “P5” Long Range Plan.

The Energy Frontier: Host Laboratory for U.S. ATLAS collaboration Unique national role for advanced accelerator development

The Intensity Frontier: Leading role in U.S.-China Daya Bay Neutrino experiment

R&D and planning for future Long Baseline neutrino expt.

The Cosmic Frontier: Initiating a new effort in astrophysics: cosmology & dark energy

In concert with Instrumentation Div. work on LSST

Space News

In the near term:• Cleaning and refurbishing several labs.• Consolidating machine shop facilities.

There are longer term plans taking shape for major renovation of building 510.

High on our priorities: Refurbish the Large Seminar room Repair our dismal front entrance

RACF Expansion: in progress

New: Department SafetyHeadquarters

DOE Strategic Laboratory Infrastructure Initiative

• A $1.5B investment to modernize DOE Labs (10 involved)• The Labs are making competitive proposals• BNL is proposing projects amounting to $350M

BNL’s proposals include:

Interdisciplinary Science Building IFY09 – FY12 Labs and office space for CMPMS, EENS, Biology $66M

Renovate Science Labs IIFY10 – FY13 Renovate lab space in Buildings 510, 555$50M

Interdisciplinary Science Building IIFY12 – FY15 Office space and labs for Bio-energy, Instrum. $70M

Central Computing BuildingFY17 – FY18 Accommodate growth in computing capacity $27M

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