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Stephen L. Olsen DOE site visit Sept 12-13, 2002

HEP at Hawaii. Stephen L. Olsen DOE site visit Sept 12-13, 2002. Big News!!. Kirill Melnikov joins theory group replaces San Fu Tuan Hirotaka Sugawara joins in April Dai Ho Chun Chair Peter Gorham wins an OJI ANITA is approved (and funded!!). Experimental Group Overview.

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Stephen L. Olsen DOE site visit Sept 12-13, 2002

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  1. HEP at Hawaii Stephen L. Olsen DOE site visit Sept 12-13, 2002 Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  2. Big News!! • Kirill Melnikov joins theory group • replaces San Fu Tuan • Hirotaka Sugawara joins in April • Dai Ho Chun Chair • Peter Gorham wins an OJI • ANITA is approved (and funded!!) Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  3. Experimental GroupOverview Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  4. Our strategy is unchanged: • Do excellent science • Use 1st-rate facilities • Maximize our impact Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  5. Currently important HEP areas • Solar neutrino problem • KamLAND • Ultra-high energy cosmic rays • GLUE, ANITA, SALSA • CPV in B-meson system • Belle • n oscillations/n mass • Super-K / K2K / KamLAND • Precision tests of SM • R measurements from BES Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  6. Hawaii plays an important role in each of these areas Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  7. Solar n-problem • Super-K + SNO = LMA solution • Ideal for KamLAND (this month???) Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  8. n-oscillation / n-mass • K2K consistent with Super-K • Non nm-nt oscillation scenarios ruled out • All citation records are held by Super-K!! Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  9. B-meson physics with Belle • CPV established in B0B0 system • Asymmetries seen in Bp+p- 1st observation • EW penguin (Xsl+l-) 1st observation • hc’ discovered B-tags B-tags Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  10. R-scan and J/ & y’ physics (BES) • Completed R-scan analysis • Factor of ~3 improved precision • MHiggsup by 50% • 58M J/ & 14M y’ events • New particles/resonances ??? J/pp (2230)? m(pp) Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  11. New directions for HEP • Radio detection of UHE cosmic n’s • Askaryan effect verified over 4 orders of magnitude • New limits on diffuse UHE cosmic n’s • ANITA approved Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  12. New types of radiation detectors • 3-dim pixel detectors for LHC/NLC • 3-d sensors work • They’re fast & rad hard • ADRP award • Important non-HEP applications e.g. Molecular Biology Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  13. Use 1st rate facilities ~1M B-mesons/day • KEKB/Belle • World’s highest-Lum collider • Super-K / KamLAND • Premier n-detectors • K2K • World’s longest n beamline • BEPC/BES • Unique energy range • Goldstone radiotelescope • Stanford nanofab facility • … Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  14. Impact • GLUE/ FORTE /ANITA / SalSa / … • initiator / spokesperson: Gorham • Belle • cospokesperson: Olsen analysis coord: Browder • largest non-KEK group in Belle • ~6 of Belle’s 1st 40 papers were 100% Hawaii efforts (plus many Hawaii contributions to the others) • BES • cospokesperson: Harris R-scan PhD stdnt: Kong • Super-K / KamLAND • council: Learned / upmu leader: Matsuno • KamLAND calibration: Gorham / Gullian Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  15. Further future • Gorham is launching a new field of UHE CR detection • Browder is a leader in the quest for Super B-factories • Harris is co-leader of the BESIII/BEPC initiative • We’re recruiting an Asst (Assoc?) Prof Super-B 2002 x1000!! Projected Lum Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  16. Experimental Faculty/Staff • State supported: (8 faculty) • Learned & Matsuno (full 11 month salaries) • Browder, Gorham, Harris, Olsen, Peters + 1 • DOE supported: (2 faculty) • Jones & Parker • Research Associates (6) • Guillian, Lehtinen, Seuster, Trabelsi, Zheng + 2 • Graduate students (8) • Technical Support (~2.5 FTE’s) • Ibaraki, Rosen, Varner They’re back!! Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  17. University support (HEP-exp) • 8 faculty salaries • 11 months for Learned & Matsuno • Reduced teaching loads • 0 for Matsuno, ~50% for Olsen • High-quality lab space • Start-up funds • Off-campus overhead • 0% overhead for postdocs • Department machine shop • 2 full-time machinists • ~ 50% of our computing system Saltstack CR expt Fishnet PC farm Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

  18. Summary • Fore-front scientific program • Solar-n; n-oscil / n-mass; CPV; SM tests; UHE cosmic rays • Talented & productive team • Responsible for important papers/analyses • High impact • Responsible for major initiatives; leaders in our collaborations • Innovative • 3-dim pixels; radio detection of UHE showers; … • Well supported by the University • Salary support + equipment + reasonable overhead rates • Promising future • Browder & Gorham have emerged as important HEP leaders Sept 12 2002 DOE Site Visit Overview Stephen L. Olsen

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