High Energy Physics Briefing to the Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee

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High Energy Physics Briefing to theAstronomy
and Astrophysics Advisory Committee

• Dr. Robin Staffin
• Associate Director, Office of High Energy Physics
• DOE Office of Science
• February 8, 2007

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The DOE HEP program in FY 2008

• Overall HEP budget and priorities in FY 2008
• Tevatron and B-factory support. Last year of
  running for B Factory.
• LHC Support (Ops and Computing) up 5.2M over
  FY07 Request operations starting
• Core research program at the universities and
  laboratories increased over 2007.
• Initiatives for the future of HEP
• ILC RD continues at FY2007 request level
• Start of new neutrino initiatives
• NUMI Off-axis neutrino Appearance experiment
  (NOVA) electron neutrino appearance.
• Reactor Neutrino Detector at Daya Bay, China.
• Dark Energy
• Support for SNAP
• RD for ground and/or space efforts that can help
  optimize the design of Stage III or Stage IV
  experiments. Concepts will be selected by open
  competition, peer review DETF will guide us
• Dark Energy Survey (DES) Stage III experiment.
• Enabling DOE funds for the camera, led by
  Fermilab
• Proposed partnership with NSF-AST, and foreign
  partners
• Funding is contingent on successful scientific
  and technical reviews by the interested funding
  agencies.

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High Energy Physics FY 2008 Budget
(M)
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Recent Advisory Panels

• Panel Reports to Topic(s) Reports Due/Approved
  
• EPP2010 National Research Council report on long
  term April 2006
• priorities in the HEP program
• P5 HEPAP New mid-scale initiatives June 2006
• Dark Energy HEPAP AAAC Dark Energy
  techniques June 2006
• Task Force (DETF)
• Dark Matter Science HEPAP AAAC Direct Detection
  of Dark Matter Draft Feb. 2007
• Assessment Group
• (DMSAG)
• University Grant HEPAP Review of the Grant
  Program March 2007
• Program Subpanel
• (UGPS)
• NRC Beyond Einstein DOE NASA Which of the 5
  Beyond Einstein Sept. 2007
• Program Assessment Missions should go first?