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Summary, Budget and Personnel Issues

Summary, Budget and Personnel Issues. Future of RPP on the Web. Currently is similar to the book No use of the power of the Web Uses PostScript and PDF only Upgraded computing system will Enable powerful searches of RPP database Produce search results with Greek and math

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Summary, Budget and Personnel Issues

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  1. Summary, Budget and Personnel Issues

  2. Future of RPP on the Web Currently is similar to the book • No use of the power of the Web • Uses PostScript and PDF only Upgraded computing system will • Enable powerful searches of RPP database • Produce search results with Greek and math • Request particle, property, collab., journal article, review. • Link Summary Tables to Data Listings • Link Data to References • Link References to actual papers • Maintain PDF versions

  3. The Future of PDG Computing Finding the information you want will become much easier Link together: • SLAC SPIRES HEP database • Los Alamos preprint archives • PDG database • Journals • COMPAS databases • Durham databases RPP SPIRES Archives Journals

  4. Budget in Berkeleyin k$

  5. Who are the PDG? In Berkeley • Physicists: 4 half-time 4 retired part-time (2 CDF, 1 SNAP, 1 Astro., 1 Theory/ATLAS) • Editor/physicist • Administrative Assistant • Education Staff

  6. Outside Berkeley Substantial CERN role Doser, Mangano, Pape Review authors: many Vital Japanese role (First authors in 2002) Hagiwara, Hikasa, Nakamura, Tanabashi European Meson Team Many group members and review authors around the world.

  7. Plus Working groups at CERN, FNAL, SLAC, KEK, etc. Workshop participants Referees for reviews Data Listings verifiers

  8. Large Collaboration International collab. of 156 people (19 countries) 700 consultants in the HEP community Resembles a medium-sized experiment

  9. New Mode of Operation New computer system will allow “data entry” to occur outside of Berkeley, done by physicists (who may do it a few days a year).

  10. According to SLAC Library, the Review is the all-time top cited article in High Energy Physics with19,775citations. 2nd is Weinberg’s Standard Model paper with 5424

  11. Particle Data Group Summary • 2004 Edition of RPP and Booklet ~ on time • 20,000 citations of RPP • Most cited publication at Berkeley Lab & in HEP • Webpages 10 million hits/yr from >140 countries • 44,000 requests for book and booklet • 2003 Web update on schedule • Data Listings and Reviews have equal usage • Substantial progress on computing upgrade • Papers entered/year have tripled • Reviews tripled and expanded • No immediate personnel/funding issues • Worldwide collaboration of LBNL, CERN, KEK, etc.

  12. PDG Summary 2 • Continuing innovation in Listings and Reviews • New and revised reviews • Reorganized Listings sections • Workshops • Web offers many possibilities for the future • Access to PDG database • Powerful linkage with journals and SLAC/ Los Alamos databases • Future strength of Berkeley PDG assured

  13. Particle Data GroupConclusion • PDG provides a vital, dynamic, innovative service to the HEP community • The HEP community depends on PDG to provide standards and to assure integrity and quality in summarizing particle physics

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