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Perspectives from NSF

Perspectives from NSF. Joe Dehmer Division of Physics Fermilab Users’ Meeting June 8, 2005. MAIN TOPICS. Division of Physics Priorities for FY 2005 Gravitational Waves Budget Trends Elementary Particle Physics. An Irreducible Set of Strategic Goals. Intellectual Frontiers

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Perspectives from NSF

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  1. Perspectives from NSF Joe Dehmer Division of Physics Fermilab Users’ Meeting June 8, 2005

  2. MAIN TOPICS • Division of Physics • Priorities for FY 2005 • Gravitational Waves • Budget Trends • Elementary Particle Physics

  3. An Irreducible Set of Strategic Goals • Intellectual Frontiers • Broader Impacts • Education • Stewardship

  4. PHYSICS* FRONTIERS, circa 2005 • Bose-Einstein Condensates, Atom “Lasers” • Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Cosmology • Gravitational Waves (GW), GW Astronomy • New Fundamental Particles and Laws > TeV •  physics and astrophysics • String Theory, Branes, Duality, Quantum Gravity • Quark-Gluon Plasma, Supernova Dynamics • Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Intense Laser Fields • Cyberscience, Quantum Information Science • Biophysics of Single Molecules, Cells, Networks • Complexity, Emergent Behavior • * CMP in Division of Materials Research

  5. PRIORITIES for FY 2005 • Physics of the Universe • MREFC Projects • LHC, IceCube, RSVP, AdvLIGO, & (DUSEL) • Core Programs (GDM) • …strengthen theory

  6. NSB-Approved Projects MECO RSVP KOPIO

  7. First String Installed at IceCube

  8. Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory LIGO Science Goals • First direct detection of gravitational waves • Open a new window on the Universe • Probe the strong-gravity regime of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity

  9. LIGO Science Goals • First direct detection of gravitational waves • Open a new window on the Universe • Probe the strong-gravity regime of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity

  10. Status of LIGO Sensitivity at Hanford 4 km • Duty factor of 75% achieved for all interferometers in S-4 run • Sensitivity at design goal expected in 2005 • One year of data at design goal expected by the end of 2006

  11. AdvLIGO is LIGO’s 2nd phase: 10x in Sensitivity Extends “Listening” Volume By Factor of >1000 (!) AdvLIGO in FY 06 Pres. Request for FY 08 start

  12. Estimated event rates for LIGO and AdvLIGO: LIGO AdvLIGO 9 hours of AdvLIGO = 1 year of LIGO From the possibility of detection (LIGO) to the near certainty of detection and gravitational wave astronomy (AdvLIGO).

  13. NSF FundingFY 1995 – 2005 Request$$ in Millions +68% since 1998 leveling off

  14. Ten-Year Funding History

  15. MPS by Division

  16. CESR/CLEOc Tevatron experiments: D0 (10 groups), CDF (4) Neutrino projects: MiniBooNE (3), MINOS (2), K2K/Super-K (2) BaBar (2) BTeV/LHCb (R&D) (3 groups) RSVP (KOPIO & MECO) ATLAS & CMS ZEUS, KTeV, FOCUS APPI program delayed, but small funding (~$0.3M) to: University Linear Collider Accelerator and Detector R&D (working closely with DOE in both areas: joint review process) and other accelerator projects EPP Activities

  17. In partnership with AST, OMA and DOE-HEP: AUGER (construction end in CY2006?) HiRes (data-taking until ~March 2006) VERITAS (started support in FY04) CDMS and other DM projects MILAGRO and STACEE DUSEL ACT (started supporting in FY05) POU funding (+$2M in FY05 from MPS) Particle Astrophysics FY 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 %Diff ($ millions) (CP) (05-04) PA, NA 1.69 4.65 9.05 11.70 12.68 14.68 15.8

  18. “Effective” Funding (>$100M) for Particle Physics in FY02 - FY05: FY02FY03FY04FY05 Accel.-based w. Cornell $42.31 48.1751.09 48.06 Part. Astrophys (SPINOFF) 9.05 11.70 12.68 14.68 EP-Astro Theory 10.84 12.07 9.23 9.31 ------ ----- ----- ----- Total Base $62.20 71.93 73.00 72.05 M PLUS EPP Allied FundingFY02FY03FY04FY05FY06 PFC, etc $ 4.0 4.0 7.0 M ITR 6.0 6.6 4.2 MRI 3.2 1.70 ESIE 0.7 0.7 0.29 MREFC(Request) LHC construction $ 16.90 9.69 IceCube 15.00 24.54 41.75 47.62 50.45 M RSVP -- -- -- 14.88 41.78 M ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Subtotal $ 45.80 47.2353.25 62.50 92.23 M

  19. Stability and more predictable timing Ramp-up: LHC Funding:FY02FY03FY04FY05FY06 MREFC(request) LHC constr. $ 16.90 9.69 M R&RA Research Pgm 1.60 5.00 7.00 10.50 13.50M Reviews (with DOE-HEP) of FY07-09 guidance are underway this year LHC Research Program

  20. EPP/University Funding (Millions of as spent dollars)

  21. FY2002 Base-funded FTEs 31 Universities 18 Accel-based Expts ?? Theoretical Phys 12 Not-accel Expts

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