present and future program for particle astrophysics and cosmology
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Present and Future Program for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology. R. Blandford KIPAC Director, PPA Assistant Director for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology. [KI]PAC: Overview. Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (2003) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
July 7, 2008 SLAC Annual Program Review Page 1
Present and Future Program for Particle Astrophysics and
Cosmology
R. Blandford
KIPAC Director,
PPA Assistant Director for
Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
July 7, 2008 SLAC Annual Program Review Page 2
[KI]PAC: Overview
* Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (2003)* Particle Phys.+Astro; DOE+NASA, NSF…; SLAC+Campus…* Computation, Experiment, Observation, Theory
– KIPAC Strategic Plan April 2008
* PAC: (~$19M/81FTE + ~$2M/10FTE DPS. cf ~$101M/352FTE, PPA): – GLAST (~$4+6M/14+29FTE), LSST (~$3M/9FTE), SNAP(~$1M/4FTE)– Physics/Theory/Other (~$5M/25FTE)
* Partnership– Campus: Research, salaries, buildings – Agencies: NASA, NSF… on projects, grants…– Fred Kavli (Foundation) $7.5M FKB– Kavli-Hewlett +… Endowment ->$20M over 10 years
* Scientifically productive– 260 published papers in 2007 by KIPAC members on KIPAC topics – ~160 on DOE-related topics– Several high impact - citations, press releases etc
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Overview of Financial Data – FY2008
FY 2008 FTE by Job CategoryKIPAC Division
Permanent PhD, 22.9
Temporary PhD, 11.6
Graduate Students, 9.5
Engineer / Computing
Professional, 34.9
Other, 1.7Administrative / Technician,
10.0
Total FTE: 83.3
FY 2008 Total M$ by ProgramKIPAC Division
GLAST Science, 6.0
KIPAC Theory, 3.0
Non Accel Science, 2.1
LSST, 3.2
SNAP, 1.2
Allocation of PPA DPS, 2.2
GLAST ISOC, 3.7
Total M$ of KIPAC: 19.2
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Overview of Financial Data 2007-2010
FY 2007-2010 Total M$ by Cost TypeKIPAC Division
-
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
(
M$)
Labor M&S Allocation of PPA DPS
FY 2007-2010 Total M$ by ProgramKIPAC Division
-
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
(
M$)
GLAST ISOC GLAST Science KIPAC TheoryNon Accel Science LSST SNAPAllocation of PPA DPS
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Non-DOE Support
* Non-SLAC, DOE support to KIPAC members (CDMS, EXO) - ~$2.5M* Non-SLAC, non-DOE support to KIPAC members
– SDO, GLAST, LIGO, EXO… - ~$40M (2007)– NeXT, IRIS in recent SMEX (NASA)– Grants - ~$3M– ~11/20 postdocs, ~16/30 students
* Campus support– Half teaching faculty salary, ~1 postdoc, ~8/30 student GTA, administration– Start up, Enterprise fund, Bridging
* Private support – FKB ($11M), PAB (~$30M), Schwob (~$1M)– Kavli-Hewlett endowment (->$15-20M over 10 years)
• First two Kavli Fellows advertised this summer
– Simonyi ($20M), Gates ($10M), Schmidt ($1.5M), Keck($1.5M) for LSST– Agilent support of CMB research– Computational hardware (multiple)
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P5 Report to HEPAP
* Cosmic Frontier Recommendations– Support for the study of dark matter and dark
energy as an integral part of the US particle physics program.
– DOE support the space-based Joint Dark Energy Mission, in collaboration with NASA, at an appropriate level negotiated with NASA.
– DOE support for the ground-based Large Synoptic Survey Telescope program in coordination with NSF at a level that depends on the overall program budget.
– Joint NSF and DOE support for direct dark matter search experiments.
– Limited R&D funding for other particle astrophysics projects and recommends establishing a Particle Astrophysics Science Advisory Group.
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Non-Accelerator Program
* GLAST* LSST* SNAP* GLAST Physics* Non-Accelerator Physics* R&D
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GLAST: Overview
* GeV Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope– Successor to EGRET telescope on CGRO- ~109 photons from ~104 high energy cosmic sources over ~10 yr.- Seek dark matter annihilation signal– Stanford leads Large Area Telescope - major instrument– Original design by Atwood (1993) – Successful inter-agency, international collaboration– Project cost $690M [$90M foreign contribution, $45M DOE]– NASA will contribute $25M MO&DA
* June 11 launch; uniformly nominal performance– “Nominal” operation so far– Efficient cosmic ray (104/) removal– Observing already– First light release Early August
* Instrument Science Operations Center (ISOC) @ SLAC– ~$4M/14 FTE
Simulated LAT (>1 GeV, 1 yr)
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LSST: Overview
* Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (orig. DMT 1995) * Dark matter/energy using weak gravitational lensing
– Test of FCDM is now an issue of physics– Supernovae, BAO, strong lensing, ancillary science
* NSF-DOE-Private Collaboration– SLAC $3M/9FTE– Simonyi-Gates $30M, Schmidt $1.5M, Keck $1.5M
* Mirror cast; grinding begins in August– Site selection in Chile
* SLAC leads the (3 GPx) camera collaboration;16 institutions* SLAC also working on database (~100PB)
– Discussions with ASCR, industry, private
* NSF CoDR(2007); NSF PDR + DOE CD1 2009?, ASTRO2010* First light 2016
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SNAP: Overview
* Proposed following discovery of acceleration of universe ten years ago
* LBL (Perlmutter et al) is lead institution– SLAC an early collaborator
* Originally a SuperNova Acceleration Probe; now a broader suite of ways to measure dark energy
* SLAC role– Electronics (Haller - core competency in space electronics)– Star Guider/image sensor (Roodman) – Strong Gravitational Lensing (RB et al)
* Awaiting JDEM downselect (2009), 2017 launch* DOE ~$1M/4FTE
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Non-Accelerator Physics
* GLAST Physics– Strongly linked to ISOC, campus
GLAST/NASA program
– GLAST data analysis and service role
– Scientific thrusts• Dark matter/new physics, relativistic
outflows, particle acceleration
– Strong postdoc/student program
– ~6M DOE budget, ~29 FTE
* KIPAC Physics– Joint with campus; overlap with theory
– Phenomenological research• LSST, SNAP, DES, X-ray astronomy
– Strong postdoc/student program
– ~$3M/13FTE(2009)
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Detector Development
* TeV Astrophysics. – Air Cerenkov telescopes ~ 0.1-10TeV, ~ 100 sources
• H.E.S.S., MAGIC, crucial to GLAST
– Future projects AGIS (ACT)• Advanced Si-based photodetectors, secondary optics
* CMB astrophysics– Strong NSF-supported experimental program
• Interferometry and bolometry • Serious interest from SLAC/RF group• Data management
* X-ray astrophysics– Role in NASA, JAXA-supported NeXT(2013) mission
• Lead construction of Soft Gamma Detector as Work for Others• Science role in NuSTAR (2011)
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Theory
* Abel, Blandford, Wechsler groups– Includes non-theory work – Excludes theory by others
• Non-accelerator physics
* Joint seminars with Th. Phys.
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Theory: Overview
* High relevance to DOE Projects and Proposals– Cosmology: dark matter,energy, lensing, structure formation, clusters …– Particle astrophysics: black holes, jets, GRB, Magnetars, SNR…
* Support of GLAST, LSST, SNAP, DES, CDMS…* Excellent postdocs, students (~$2M/10FTE, 2009…)* Collaboration with non-accelerator physics, theoretical physics* Strong emphasis on computational astrophysics* Supported by NSF, NASA … grants* 270 papers over past three years* DOE theory review July 23
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Computational Physics
* Data handling– LSST - 3GPx @ 30-100mHz -> 100PB– Archive, disseminate, mine
* Large scale simulation– AMR - MPI codes
• Dark matter simulations, galaxies, stars…
– PIC codes
* Visualization– Interactive system on high
performance graphics hardware– Stereo and tiled display walls– GPUs
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Summary
* KIPAC@5 – Succesful partnership: Campus-SLAC, DOE-NASA-NSF, Physics-Astrophysics– Scientifically productive
* GLAST – Highly successful implementation of HEP techniques and methodology– DOE in space; working collaboration with NASA– GLAST Physics ready to start working on data
* LSST– Strong collaboration: mirror cast; camera on track– Awaiting PDR/CD1, ASTRO2010
* SNAP – Modest but key role; could expand– Awaiting JDEM downselect
* Detector development – Mostly non-DOE projects and support but tapping DOE expertise
* Non-accelerator Physics and Theory– High impact program strongly integrated with projects and proposals– Computationally intensive