Project X, Muon Collider physics workshops this week

A Project X poster for the Nov. 9-10 workshop.

A series of workshops focused on Fermilab's future physics programs and accelerators begin today.

The 4th Workshop on Physics with a High-Intensity Proton Source and the Muon Collider Physics Workshop will take place Nov. 9-10 and Nov. 10-12 respectively. These meetings will offer the high-energy physics community a chance to discuss Fermilab's research programs at the intensity frontier and long-term plans for experiments at the energy frontier.

"These workshops will produce feedback vital for planning Fermilab's future research programs," said Fermilab Deputy Director Young-Kee Kim. "We want as much of the high-energy physics community involved as possible."

About 100 people have registered for the 4th Workshop on Physics, an opportunity for high-energy physics community members to discuss the evolution of Project X's proposed design and its physics opportunities. Collaborators will produce a white paper summarizing workshop discussions.

The Muon Collider Physics Workshop on Nov. 10-12 will serve as an organizing workshop for a potential muon collider at the 1.5 to 5 TeV energy range. Presentations and discussion will focus on the physics, detectors and machine backgrounds at such a collider. During the workshop, attendees will examine, update and reevaluate the possibilities for a potential collider. Collaborators plan to produce and deliver a report on the physics potential of a muon collider within a year.

A joint session between the two workshops will take place from 2:45 - 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in One West. A joint reception will follow, beginning at 6 p.m. on the second-floor crossover in Wilson Hall.

Learn more about the proposed Project X or view the workshop agenda.

Learn more about a potential muon collider or view the workshop agenda.

— Rhianna Wisniewski

A poster for the Nov. 10 - 12 Muon Collider Workshop.

Tune IT Up physical
inventory begins

Starting this week, contractors from the Kemtah Group, an IT organization working with the Tune IT Up team, will begin conducting a physical inventory of desktops and laptops at Fermilab.

During the inventory, the IT professionals pictured here will visit Mac, Linux and Windows desktops and laptops. The inventory should take about 15 minutes.

The contractors will present Fermilab identification and will notify managers and system administrators before visiting each area. If you want to verify the identity of a contractor asking to conduct an inventory, please call the Service Desk at x2345.

Members of the Tune IT Up team designed the physical inventory based on responses collected during the Tune IT Up assessment. Contractors conducting the inventory will verify whether desktop and laptop users have current antivirus and inventory software and will install this software as necessary.

The Tune IT Up team must ensure that each desktop and laptop has the software to maintain a complete and continuous inventory. The Department of Energy requires such an inventory as a performance measure for the laboratory's contract.

If you will not be present during the contractors' visit to your area, you can reschedule. Tune IT Up team members hope to have the inventory competed by the end of the year.

The purpose of these visits is not to address Service Desk issues. If you have questions for the Service Desk, the contractors will be able to help you open a Service Desk ticket.

Learn more about progress in the Tune IT Up campaign.

FermiLINK calls for mentees

Members of the Fermilab community looking for professional guidance and networking opportunities can now search for one or more mentors through Fermilab's new mentoring program, FermiLINK.

"It's a one-to-many kind of relationship," said Sandra Charles, Fermilab's equal opportunity specialist. "It allows for the building of many kinds of relationships and access to many different types of people with different expertise."

FermiLINK provides Web-based access to a selection of mentors for issue-specific, work-related challenges and opportunities. Mentees and mentors can interact via e-mail, by phone or in person. They can meet once or for extended periods of time.

"It's mentee-driven, so it is really up to the mentee to discern what they want to accomplish and how they want to do so," Charles said.

Seventeen Fermilab employees have volunteered to serve as mentors with FermiLINK. The program accepts new mentors and new mentees continuously. Prospective mentees who do not find a mentor to fit their needs should contact the FermiLINK program directors for assistance.

For more information about FermiLINK, see the program Web site.

Symposium on "Accelerators for America's Future"

From FYI: The AIP Bulletin, Nov. 5, 2009

Editor's Note: The posters from the symposium "Accelerators for America's Future" are now on display in the Wilson Hall atrium.

There was a large turnout last week on the first day of a three-day symposium entitled "Accelerators for America's Future." The attendance, as well as the presentations from a diverse range of speakers, demonstrated the great interest there is in the potential of accelerators in areas such as medicine, industrial applications, and energy, as well as in new accelerator technologies.

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