The Spanish National Program for Particle Physics: Recent Considerations

1. p+ p The Spanish National Programfor Particle Physics: Recent Considerations p- Juan A. Fuster Verdú IFIC-València/MICINN Winter Meeting Benasque, 13 February 2009 L p- k0 p-

2. HEP Research in Spain Areas covered by the program FPA Particle Physics Experiment (all) & Theory (all) Nuclear Physics Experiment (all) & Theory (some) Astroparticle Physics & Cosmology Experiment (most) & Theory (some) Information Technology GRID, e-Science (all) R&D inAccelerators and Detectors (most) Physics Applications Medical Physics (some) J. Fuster

3. About 59% funding approved w.r.t. requested, 2006-2008 (contributions to experiments M&O are 21% more expensive - The overhead !!! -) The three years period structure has been organized and its impact minimized (no overhead considered) FPA Funding • Only Direct/Operational cost funding is considered (equipment, travelling, personnel) • Complementary Actions: MoUs, conferences, strategic actions • 5th contributor to the CERN budget (8,5% ~60M€, 2009). J. Fuster

4. 90% CERN 100% CERN 50% CERN 50% CERN 5-10% CERN 20-30% CERN CERN = 65% FPA HEP Research in Spain Accelerators, R&D, ILC Aplications: Medical Physics Experimental Nuclear Physics Experimental Particle Physics Particle Physics Experiment & Theory Nuclear Physics Experiment Some Theory Astroparticle Physics & Cosmology Theory & Experiment Information Technology GRID R&D inAccelerators and Detectors Physics Applications Medical Physics GRID Experimental Astroparticle Physics Theory HEP Funding Sharing: FPA2006-2008 J. Fuster

5. Distribution of HEP personnel in Spain(members of projects supported by PNFPA 2006-2008) J. Fuster

6. Distribution HEP Experimental personnel in Spain(members of projects supported by PNFPA 2006-2008) J. Fuster

7. HEP Research in Spain Accelerators, R&D, ILC Aplications: Medical Physics Experimental Nuclear Physics GRID Particle Physics Experiment & Theory Nuclear Physics Experiment Some Theory Astroparticle Physics & Cosmology Theory & Experiment Information Technology GRID R&D inAccelerators and Detectors Physics Applications Medical Physics Theory Experimental Astro-Particle Physics Experimental Particle Physics FPA Activity (2006-2008) J. Fuster

8. Scientific Publications(CERN SCOAP3 Study Group) Spain 9th in ranking Spain needs to: Increase the Experimental comunity ? and/or Concentrate Experimental activity ? (period with no HEP running Experiments at CERN) N(authors)<10 (mainly theory): Spain 3,2% N(authors)>10 (mainly experiments): Spain 0,9% N(authors)>10 with at least One Spanish author (mainly experiments): Spain 27% J. Fuster

9. Organizational and Coordination Issues FPA European ERANETs (Funding Agencies Networks): • ASPERA (Astroparticle Physics) • NUPNET (Nuclear Physics) National NETs (promote discussion, coordination, produce reports..): • LHC, Experiment & Theory • R&D for future colliders (Detector+Accelerators) • Nuclear Physics • RENATA, Astroparticle Physics • RETENU, Neutrino Physics • Coordination of the Community: workshops, meetings, etc.. (Spanish Winter Meeting, TAE, etc..) organized at Benasque Center Professor Pere Pascual Spain has recently joined SCOAP3 CERN initiative for an Open Access publication system for HEP J. Fuster

10. Winter Meeting, TAE, Workshops, Schools… Only Conferences with parallel sessions, call for papers, etc.. are funded by Ministery Calls (no schools, no workshopd, etc..) However some of these events are crucial for our community and have a long tradition and high cientific level, ie, Winter Meeting, TAE, some schools, etc. The solution is: • Coordination of the Community: workshops, meetings, etc.. (Spanish Winter Meeting, TAE, etc..) organized at Benasque Center Professor Pere Pascual, Coordiantes by Pr. Manuel Asorey (Univ. Zaragoza) • Will need a panel for organizational matters and decide the allocation of resources to the events on year basis • Winter Meeting/TAE being managed by Benasque does not mean that has to necessarily always happen at Benasque (preserving the original objective of moving along Spain) J. Fuster

11. MoUs and Quotas The recently created directorate of International Cooperation takes care of the International Agreements. All our collaboration will need to be known to them and a process to be accepted is being discussed The payment of quotas (Common funds, operation & maintenance, etc..) wll be centralized in this Directorate. Statistics of the National Program canbe found at the web page of the program http://www.fpa.csic.es/ J. Fuster