Fermilab

Long Range Planning Committee

 

 

4/30/03

Accelerator R&D  Subcommittee Work Plan

 

 

Membership

 

Steve Geer

Bob Kephart

Chris Hill
Steve Holmes

Sergei Nagaitsev

Jim Strait

 

 

Goals

 

  1. Understand and summarize the case for accelerator R&D at Fermilab, and the role Fermilab should play in facilitating the accelerator R&D program that is needed to keep High Energy Physics healthy.
  2. Summarize the existing accelerator R&D program at Fermilab (excluding explicit Linear Collider R&D, LHC-related R&D, and Proton Driver upgrade related R&D), and its possible evolution in the future.
  3. Understand and summarize the need for, and the potential for, new general accelerator R&D initiatives at Fermilab.
  4. For different funding levels, explore the potential scope of the future general accelerator R&D program at Fermilab.
  5. Recommend a plan of action that would enable an increase in the scope and effectiveness of the accelerator R&D program at Fermilab.

 

Scope of Work

 

1.      Understand and summarize the case for accelerator R&D at Fermilab, and the role Fermilab should play in facilitating the accelerator R&D program that is needed to keep High Energy Physics healthy.
The general case for accelerator R&D is well documented. Exploiting the existing documentation we will understand and produce a concise summary of the case for accelerator R&D, with an emphasis on the needs of High Energy Physics. In addition, we will consider the role Fermilab should play in supporting and facilitating the accelerator R&D program needed to keep High Energy Physics healthy in the future.

2.      Summarize the existing accelerator R&D program at Fermilab and its possible evolution in the future.
We will survey and summarize the ongoing accelerator R&D projects at the laboratory, the future extensions of this R&D that the proponents would like to execute, and the associated resources that would be required.

3.      Summarize the case for new accelerator R&D initiatives at Fermilab.
We will identify and summarize possible new areas of accelerator R&D that might be pursued at Fermilab, the case for Fermilab to pursue these new R&D initiatives, and the resources that would be required to support them.

4.      For different funding levels, explore the potential scope of the future general accelerator R&D program at Fermilab.
Based on the information gathered by activities 2 and 3 we will assemble some representative candidate accelerator R&D programs that might be pursued at Fermilab. This would be intended to illustrate, for different funding levels, the possible scope of the accelerator R&D program at Fermilab and the associated R&D timelines.

5.      Plan of Action.
We will outline those things that we believe could to be done to prepare the way for an increase in the scope and effectiveness of the accelerator R&D program at Fermilab.

 

 

Work Process/Plan

 

We propose a series of committee meetings to gather/disseminate information, with our subcommittee augmented by a small group of expert consultants who participate in committee meetings and contribute to the final document.  The augmented committee would solicit presentations that cover the ongoing accelerator R&D at Fermilab, summaries of accelerator R&D programs at other laboratories, and the plans and hopes of relevant accelerator R&D groups. The committee would arrange for one or more talks to be given at Fermilab to communicate, and solicit comment on, the present accelerator R&D program at the laboratory and its possible evolution.

 

Each of the five items listed in the scope of work will be assigned to a specific committee member for coordination and this committee member will provide the first draft of the written part of our report for the assigned area.



List of Candidate Consultants

 

We have not approached any of the candidates. The following list represents our initial thoughts about which local people might best assist us in our task.

Helen Edwards

Don Edwards
Alvin Tollestrup
Chris White  (ICAR Leader)

Jerry Blazey (NICADD Leader)

Mike Syphers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presentation Wish List

 

                                 Talk                                                                             Suggested Speaker

 

1.  Overview of present accelerator R&D at Fermilab                                       S. Holmes

2.   Fermilab student R&D program                                                                              M. Syphers

3.   NICADD: Present & Future R&D                                                              J. Blazey

4.   ICAR: Present & Future R&D                                                                                C. White
5.   Muon Cooling: Present & Future R&D                                                                   A. Bross
6.   Muons Inc:  Present & Future R&D                                                                        R. Johnson

7.   High power target R&D                                                                                          K. McDonald

8.   Accelerator simulation and theory at Fermilab and elsewhere:  Present                     M. Syphers
      and Future
9.   RF R&D facilities/resources at Fermilab:  Present and future possibilities      V. Yarba
10. Magnet R&D: Present and future, and the facilities/resources at Fermilab     A. Zlobin

11.  SCRF: Present & Future R&D                                                                              H. Padamsee

12.  Advanced accelerator R&D: Present & Future                                                       R. Seimans

13.  A0 R&D program: Present & Future                                                                      H. Edwards

14.  Accelerator R&D: University perspective                                                   J. Rosenzweig

 

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