LANL Annual Budget Briefing Tuesday, February 21, 2006

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LANL Annual Budget Briefing Tuesday, February
21, 2006

• Louis LANL NP Program Future Budgets
• Louis MiniBooNE Highlights Future Plans
• Hime SNO Highlights Future Plans
• Cooper Neutron Highlights Future Plans
• Leitch PHENIX Highlights Future Plans
• Carlson NuclearTheory Highlights Future Plans

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LANL NP Program Future BudgetsW. Louis
Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future Budgets The
LANL NP Program

• LANL NP Program emphasizes 3 of the NSAC
  Performance Measures
• Recreate brief, tiny samples of hot, dense
  nuclear matter to search for the quark-gluon
  plasma characteristic properties
• Measure fundamental properties of neutrinos and
  fundamental symmetries by using neutrinos from
  the sun nuclear reactors by using radioactive
  decay measurements
• Investigate new regions of nuclear structure and
  interactions in nuclear matter like those in
  neutron stars, and determine the reactions that
  created nuclei
• Heavy Ions Spin Physics QCD at high energies
  densities, cold nuclear matter, spin of the
  nucleon
• Theory Nuclear few many-body physics,
  high-density QCD, neutrinos, astrophysics
• Neutrons Measuring symmetries tests of the
  Standard Model
• Neutrinos Measuring neutrino masses, mixings,
  properties
• Nuclear Data Making available nuclear cross
  section advances
• RIA RD Accelerator RD

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets FY06 Summary LANL

• FY06 compared to FY05 funding ME ??-14 ME
  hadrons 2 HI -12 Theory 4 ND -11 LE
  Non-Accelerator -4 LE neutrons -39
• Scientific objectives quark matter QCD at high
  energies densities nucleon spin theory of
  nuclear few many-body physics, high-density
  QCD, neutrinos, astrophysics making available
  nuclear cross section advances measuring
  neutrino masses, mixings, properties measuring
  symmetries searching for physics beyond the SM
  
• Accomplishments analysis of PHENIX d-Au Au-Au
  data discovery of a new state of matter broad
  range of nuclear theory explored SNO reported
  salt results began taking data with NCDs
  MiniBooNE completed neutrino data taking and
  began taking data with antineutrinos established
  EDM feasibility
• Issues Loss of effort due to reduced funding
  Proposal for PHENIX Forward Silicon Vertex
  Detector EDM RD funding MiniBooNE data
  analysis

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets FY07 Summary LANL

• FY07 compared to FY06 funding ME ??1? ME
  hadrons 23 HI 9 Theory 3 ND 21 LE
  Non-Accelerator 5 LE Neutrons 35
• Scientific objectives quark matter QCD at high
  energies densities nucleon spin theory of
  nuclear few many-body physics, high-density
  QCD, neutrinos, astrophysics making available
  nuclear cross section advances measuring
  neutrino masses, mixings, properties measuring
  symmetries searching for physics beyond the SM
• Performance/Activities Continued analysis of
  PHENIX d-Au Au-Au data, analysis of gluon spin
  data, construction of silicon vertex detector
  upgrade broad range of nuclear theory explored
  SNO NCD precision solar spectrum results
  results from npd? UCNA experiments move npd?
  to SNS begin construction of EDM final
  MiniBooNE neutrino results
• Impacts Recovery from loss of effort in FY06
  with funding back to FY05 levels future of
  double beta decay neutrino program? resources
  for both PHENIX data analysis and Silicon Vertex
  upgrade?

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets FY08 (-5) 5-Year Summary LANL

• Scientific objectives quark matter QCD at high
  energies densities nucleon spin theory of
  nuclear few many-body physics, high-density
  QCD, neutrinos, astrophysics making available
  nuclear cross section advances measuring
  neutrino masses, mixings, properties measuring
  symmetries searching for physics beyond the SM
• Performance/Activities reduced analysis of
  PHENIX d-Au Au-Au data with silicon vertex
  detector reduced range of nuclear theory
  explored final SNO results construction start
  of Majorana experiment? final results from npd?
  UCNA experiments at LANL? operation of npd?
  experiment at FNPB/SNS? construction of EDM
  experiment
• Impacts delay of neutron program reduced PHENIX
  silicon vertex detector upgrade analysis delay
  of Majorana? reduced scope of theory effort
  curtail theory effort of RHIC pert. QCD or
  fundamental symmetries

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets FY08 (flat) 5-Year Summary LANL

• Scientific objectives quark matter QCD at high
  energies densities nucleon spin theory of
  nuclear few many-body physics, high-density
  QCD, neutrinos, astrophysics making available
  nuclear cross section advances measuring
  neutrino masses, mixings, properties measuring
  symmetries searching for physics beyond the SM
  
• Performance/Activities analysis of PHENIX d-Au
  Au-Au data with silicon vertex detector broad
  range of nuclear theory explored final SNO
  results construction start of Majorana
  experiment final results from npd? UCNA
  experiments at LANL operation of npd? experiment
  at FNPB/SNS construction of EDM experiment
• Impacts Neutron program restored but other
  FNPB/SNS experiments (ndt?, Nab, abBA) delayed
  PHENIX silicon vertex detector upgrade analysis
  restored, but nucleon spin analysis marginal
  reduce theory effort of RHIC pert. QCD or
  fundamental symmetries construction start of
  Majorana?

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets FY08 (3.5) 5-Year Summary LANL

• Scientific objectives quark matter QCD at high
  energies densities nucleon spin theory of
  nuclear few many-body physics, high-density
  QCD, neutrinos, astrophysics making available
  nuclear cross section advances measuring
  neutrino masses, mixings, properties measuring
  symmetries searching for physics beyond the SM
  
• Performance/Activities analysis of PHENIX d-Au
  Au-Au data with silicon vertex detector broad
  range of nuclear theory explored final SNO
  results construction of Majorana experiment
  final results from npd? UCNA experiments at
  LANL operation of npd? experiment at FNPB/SNS
  construction of EDM experiment ndt? experiment
  
• Impacts Other experiments (ndt?, Nab, abBA)
  considered at FNPB/SNS strong PHENIX nucleon
  spin analysis significant theory effort of RHIC
  pert. QCD or fundamental symmetries strong
  contribution to Majorana full completion of npd?
  UCNA experiments at LANL

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets FY08 (10) 5-Year Summary LANL

• Scientific objectives quark matter QCD at high
  energies densities nucleon spin theory of
  nuclear few many-body physics, high-density
  QCD, neutrinos, astrophysics making available
  nuclear cross section advances measuring
  neutrino masses, mixings, properties measuring
  symmetries searching for physics beyond the SM
  
• Performance/Activities analysis of PHENIX d-Au
  Au-Au data with silicon vertex detector
  analysis of LHC data broad range of nuclear
  theory explored final SNO results construction
  of Majorana experiment BooNE/SNS experiment if
  MiniBooNE confirms LSND final results from npd?
  UCNA experiments at LANL operation of npd?
  experiment at FNPB/SNS construction of EDM
  experiment Nab, abBA, ndt? experiments
  support UCN neutron lifetime experiment at LANL
• Impacts Strong heavy-ion program at both RHIC
  LHC strong neutron program at the SNS (including
  Nab, abBA, ndt? experiments) CLEAN solar
  neutrino/dark matter experiment BooNE/SNS
  experiment if MiniBooNE confirms LSND theory
  topical center in neutrino nuclear
  astrophysics support UCN neutron lifetime
  experiment at LANL

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets Significant Accomplishments

• PHENIX obtains evidence for a new state of matter
  at high energy density The PHENIX experiment,
  together with other experiments at RHIC, has
  obtained evidence for a new state of matter. The
  new state of matter is consistent with a strongly
  interacting Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) that behaves
  more like a liquid than a gas. More data from
  RHIC, and eventually from the LHC at CERN, will
  help elucidate the properties of this QGP.
• New stable state of matter at high baryon
  density The gapless SC phase of matter, which
  has been postulated by Wilczek in matter with
  different Fermi surfaces, has been shown to be
  stable to phase separation. This state of matter
  can be relevant in high-density QCD, as in the
  center of neutron stars, and is being searched
  for experimentally in cold Fermi Atom experiments
  at MIT Rice.
• SNO confirms neutrino oscillation results with
  salt data The SNO experiment has reported
  neutrino oscillation results with salt data that
  confirm the D2O neutrino oscillation results.
  Combined, these results demonstrate that electron
  neutrinos from the sun oscillate into muon and
  tau neutrinos and that the total neutrino flux
  agrees well with theoretical predictions. SNO is
  now taking data with Neutral Current Detectors
  (NCDs) in its third and final phase, which is
  scheduled to be completed by the end of 2006.
• MiniBooNE completes neutrino running begins
  antineutrino running The MiniBooNE neutrino
  oscillation experiment has completed its neutrino
  data taking after collecting over 7000,000
  neutrino events from 7E20 protons on target.
  The experiment is now taking data with
  antineutrinos. First neutrino oscillation results
  are expected in 2006.

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets Upcoming Results from LANL NP Program

• PHENIX Results on the QGP, J/? Suppression
  Open Charm in Cold Nuclear Matter, Gluon Spin
  Results
• SNO Results from NCDs
• MiniBooNE First Oscillation Results
• NPD? First Results
• UCNA First Results

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets Future LANL Experimental Program

• Short Term
• PHENIX Silicon Vertex Upgrade
• EDM NPD? at FNPB/SNS
• Majorana Double Beta Decay
• Long Term
• Heavy Ions at the LHC
• NDT? Nab abBA at FNPB/SNS
• BooNE/OscSNS (if MiniBooNE confirms the LSND
  signal)
• CLEAN Solar Neutrino/Dark Matter Experiment
• UCN Neutron Lifetime at LANSCE

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets FY05 Publications
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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets FY05/FY06 Awards

• FY2005
• APS Fellow Steve Elliott
• LANL Fellow Andrew Hime
• LANL Oppenheimer Fellow Ivan Vitev

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets Conferences, Meetings, Workshops
Organized in FY05

• 1. PANIC 06, Santa Fe, October, 2005 (600
  participants)
• 2. Bethe Symposium, LANL, August 2005
• 3. Workshop on the Future of Nuclear Physics at
  LANSCE, Santa Fe, July 2005
• 4. Workshop on Implications of Neutrino Flavor
  Oscillations (INFO 05), Santa Fe, July 2005
• 5. Workshop on Physics Astrophysics of
  Supernovae Neutrinos, Santa Fe, July 2005
• 6. Annual PHENIX Muon Workshop, Santa Fe, June
  2005
• 7. The Physics of the S-Process, Aspen, May 29
  June 12, 2005
• 8. International Conference on Nuclear Data for
  Science Technology, Santa Fe, September 26
  October 1, 2004 (445 participants from 31
  countries)

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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets LDRD History
LDRD funding doubles LANL Nuclear Physics
Productivity!
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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets Distribution of FY05-08 Capital
Equipment/AIP Funds (k)
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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets FY06 Operating Cost Components
Starting with provided base pay, insert
appropriate burdens and overheads to calculate
total costs and cumulative factors. Example
(from LBNL) Use categories appropriate for your
institution But want to understand what it costs
DOE to pay staff (100K) or buy something (100K)
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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets Recent Applications and Spin-offs from
Nuclear Physics Basic Research
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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future
Budgets Student Training at Lab
Includes undergraduates and graduates that may
have assisted scientists in their research. This
data is consistent with data provided to NP last
year, February 2004.
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LANL Nuclear Physics Program Future Budgets PhD
Age Distribution
Supported by Nuclear Physics in FY 2006 (Head
count)
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MiniBooNE Highlights Future PlansW. Louis
Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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MiniBooNE Highlights Future Plans Current
Neutrino Oscillation Signals
Expt. Type Dm2 (eV2) sin22q LSND ??- ?
e 1 3x10-3 Atm. ??- ?? 2x10-3 1 Solar
?e- ??,? 8x10-5 0.8
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MiniBooNE Highlights Future Plans If LSND
Signal Confirmed by MiniBooNE Physics Beyond the
Standard Model Connections with Astrophysics!
For example 32 Sterile Neutrinos Sorel,
Conrad, Shaevitz (hep-ph/0305255) Expla
in Pulsar Kicks? Explain R-Process in
Supernovae? Sterile Neutrinos Explain
Dark Matter? MaVaNs 31 Hung(hep-ph/0010126
) Sterile Neutrino Kaplan, Nelson,
Weiner (hep-ph/0401099) Explain Dark
Energy? CPT Violation 31 Barger, Marfatia,
Whisnant (hep-ph/0308299) Sterile
Neutrino Explain Baryon Asymmetry in the
Universe? Quantum Decoherence Barenboim
Mavromatos (hep-ph/0406035) Lorentz
Violation Kostelecky Mewes
(hep-ph/0406255) Extra Dimensions Pas,
Pakvasa, Weiler (hep-ph/0504096) Sterile
Neutrino Decay Palomares-Ruiz, Pascoli,
Schwetz (hep-ph/0505216)
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MiniBooNE Highlights Future Plans

• MiniBooNE has completed neutrino run with 700K
  neutrino events
• First neutrino oscillation results in 2006
  (Box will be opened as soon as outstanding
  agreement is obtained between data MC)
• MiniBooNE now running with antineutrinos
  (Negative-polarity charging supplies purchased by
  LANL with LDRD funds) Co-spokespersons for
  antineutrino running are Steve Brice (FNAL)
  Richard Van de Water (LANL)
• SciBooNE experiment has received stage-1 approval
  at Fermilab involves moving Japanese SciBar
  detector to Fermilab for antineutrino cross
  section measurements

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MiniBooNE Highlights Future Plans MiniBooNE
Neutrino Events Are Very Clean!
Neutrino Signal to Cosmic-Ray Background 5000
to 1!
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MiniBooNE Highlights Future Plans CCQE Energy
Distribution 10 energy resolution
MiniBooNE now has one of the largest samples of
CCQE events!
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MiniBooNE Highlights Future Plans CCp Energy
Distribution
MiniBooNE now has the world's largest sample of
CC ? events!
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MiniBooNE Highlights Future Plans If LSND
Signal Confirmed BooNE OscSNS

• If the LSND signal is not confirmed, then the
  LANL neutrino groups will join forces on a strong
  effort on Double Beta Decay
• If the LSND signal is confirmed, then the
  crucial question is what is the new physics
  Beyond the Standard Model?
• BooNE would involve a second MiniBooNE-like
  detector (10M) at a different distance with 2
  detectors, many of the systematics would cancel
• OscSNS would involve building a MiniBooNE-like
  detector (15M) at a distance of 60 m from the
  SNS beam stop

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MiniBooNE Highlights Future Plans OscSNS

• ?? - ?e ?(L/E) 3 ?e p - e p
• ?? - ?s ?(L/E) - ?? C(15.11)

OscSNS would be capable of making precision
measurements of ?e appearance ?? disappearance
and proving, for example, the existence of
sterile neutrinos! (see Phys. Rev. D72, 092001
(2005))