David Hitlin DOE Annual Program Review June 29, 2009

1. Overviewof theCaltech HEP Program David HitlinDOE Annual Program ReviewJune 29, 2009

2. The Caltech HEP Program • This is the final year of the three year grant cycle • The Caltech program has vigorous theory groups (Tasks A, B) These groups receive major support from Caltech • HEP phenomenology and string theory – Gukov, Kapustin, Ooguri, Preskill, Schwarz, Wise • Particle astrophysics – Carroll, Hirata, Kamionkowski • Our major experimental activities (Tasks C, D, E) are • Electrons: ILC GDE, BABAR, SuperB – Barish,Hitlin, Porter • Protons: MINOS, Nona, CMS – Newman, Spiropulu • Non-accelerator: CDMS & SuperCDMS - Golwala • We are proposing creation of a new infrastructure task for Detector Development • Our main concerns for FY09 are • Ramping up support for Maria Spiropulu and the CMS effort • Creation of an advanced crystal development laboratory • Inflation adjustment

3. Agenda

4. Theory Sergei Gukov Anton Kapustin Hirosi Ooguri John Preskill John Schwarz Mark Wise Marc Kamionkowski Sean Carroll Chris Hirata

5. Experimental Groups – Proton Campaign Harvey Newman Maria Spiropulu CMS line Includes $150K added in FY09 for Maria Spiropulu plus an additional $175K described in the proposal textAlso moves salary (including benefits and overhead) associated with proposed Task F to that task

6. Experimental Groups – Electron Campaign David Hitlin Frank Porter Barry Barish Moves salary (including benefits and overhead) associated with proposed Task F to that task

7. Experimental Groups – Non-accelerator campaign Sunil Golwala Requests redirection of Task E towards SuperCDMS work and an increment of$71K/year, as described inthe text

8. Experimental Groups – Detector Development Ren-yuan Zhu New taskNote that $231K of theproposed $450K representssalary (including benefitsand indirects) moved fromTask C to Task F

9. Computing • Our computing model is predicated on an adiabatic replacement cycle • Non-CMS computing remains important for the BABAR Intense Analysis phase and for MINOS and SuperB • By replacing a fraction of farm CPU’s each year, we have avoided the need for massive reworking of the system • To stave off obsolescence, this approach requires us to replace ~1/4 to 1/3 of computing capacity and storage each year • In FY08 computing equipment funding fell far off this curve • In FY09 we fell further off the curve

11. Summary • The Caltech program remains strong, with a good mix of experimentalopportunities and a powerful theory group • We continue to play leadership roles in present and future experiments • BABAR/SuperB, MINOS/Nona, CMS, SuperCDMS • GDE for the ILC – separately funded • In accord with the P5 report, we are looking in new directions • Particle astrophysics – SuperCDMS (Golwala) • Next generation neutrino physics – Nona (Newman) • Next generation flavor physics - SuperB (Hitlin, Porter) • LHC upgrades (Newman, Spiropulu) • A future lepton collider • We a actively engaged with the Division Staffing Committee, pointing towards a new junior faculty appointment