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Jefferson Lab Users Group Report

John Arrington (JLab Users Group Chair)Argonne National LaboratoryJLab Users Group Meeting, June 3rd, 2014

Represents

users to JSA, JLab Management, and outside stakeholders

User representative on Director’s Safety Council (Ed Brash)Chair gives user group update at JSA, SURA board meetings

Represent JLab Users to NUFOBoard meets twice annually with JLab leadership, JSA representatives

Follow

up on user questions, comments, complaints, suggestions…Organize the Annual User Meeting and two satellite meetings (APS April and DNP Fall meetings)Board Chair makes presentations at JSA, SURA board meetingsManage awards (Thesis Prize, Postdoc Prize, Poster Prize…)User voice in evaluating JSA Initiative Fund requests

Users Group, UG Board of Directors (UGBoD)

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Users

Group Board of Directors

May 2014 Election:

Vice-chair

Haiyan GaoAt-large members

Elton Smith Silvia Niccolai Garth HuberPostdoc Rep. Elena LongGrad Student Rep. Melissa CummingsNominating committee: D. Day, N. Walford, R. Holt, I. Niculescu, K. Slifer, V. Crede

UGM organization:

Katherine (Myers) Mesick

Lorelei

Chopard

Steffen Strauch

Dipangkar Dutta

JA

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UGBoD Activities

(

most supported by JSA-Initiative Fund

)

Satellite meeting at the

DNP Fall Meeting

,

Newport News VA (

October

)

Selected the winner of the 2014 postdoc prize [

Zhihong Ye]Evaluated submissions for the 2014 thesis prize [Rakitha

Beminiwattha] Satellite meeting at the APS April Meeting

in Savannah, GA (April)Nuclear Physics Day visits to DC (April

)Identify/recommend candidates for DNP Executive Committee (May)

TODAY: Board suggests nominating ROLF ENT for at-large memberThis fall: Consider nominating candidates for GHP, GFB, etc…

Annual Users Meeting (June 2-4

)During the Meeting: Selected and award Poster Prize winnersScience exhibition on Capitol Hill (June 10) (organized by NUFO)4

JSA Initiatives Fund

JSA Initiatives Fund supports several

critical User

Group activities

Two Satellite

Meetings per year – April APS and Fall DNP annual meetings. Presentations by UGBoD Chair and Jefferson Lab leadership, Q&A

Users Group Annual Meeting (+Poster Competition, Student lunches)Postdoctoral Prize, Thesis Prize

2014 list of funded proposals:

http://www.jsallc.org/IF/IFIndex.htmlUGBoD evaluates user-submitted proposals, passes along ratings and comments to JSA Programs CommitteeUG Board and JSA-generated initiatives:

Board: Travel/meeting support, poster/thesis/postdoc awards

JSA: Graduate student fellowships, Outstanding Nuclear Physicist award

User initiatives:

Junior scientist travel support, postdoc interview training, graduate student organization, child-care support for travel, etc.…

Topical workshops, collaborative efforts

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Zhihong Ye (Duke)

“SciFi tracker prototype for Proton Radius experiment in Hall B”

Criteria: record of accomplishment in physics, planned high-impact JLab physics program, promise of further accomplishments in the Jefferson Lab research fields in the future.

Presentation at the Users Meeting (38 minutes ago)

Profiled in upcoming “On Target” story

Thanks to UGBoD (judges) and to Jefferson Science Associates for funding this award

2014 JSA Postdoctoral Research Prize6

2014 JSA Thesis

Prize

Rakitha

Beminiwattha

(Syracuse)

: “

A Measurement of the Weak Charge of the Proton through Parity

Violating Electron Scattering using the Qweak Apparatus: A 21% Result” – PhD Thesis, Ohio UniversityUGBoD selected 3 finalists, final selection by judges: Bill Briscoe, Ron Ransome, Rocco Schiavilla

Presentation at the Users Meeting (9 minutes ago)

Profiled in upcoming “On Target” story

Thanks to the UGBoD members, guest judges, and to JSA for funding this award

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2014 UGM Poster Prizes

Held annually during Users Meeting: 15 entries this year

Judges:

David Lawrence,

Yordanka

Illieva, Michael Pennington, and Dave Mack2014 winners: Chao Peng (1st), Ekaterina Mastropa (2nd

), and Michael Moore (3rd)Honorable mention: Holly Vance, Mongi Dlamini and Josh McGee

Thanks

to

the judges, all of the entrants, and to JSA for fundingCriteria: Poster quality (40%), presentation to judges (40%), total impact of work (20%)

JSA Graduate Student Fellowships

Supported by JSA Initiative Fund (JSA generated initiative)

The 2014-2015 fellowship winners are:

John Hardin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Michael Williams, AdvisorEmmanouil

Kargiantoulakis

, University of Virginia; Kent Paschke, AdvisorJie Liu, University of Virginia; Xiaochao Zheng, AdvisorMarco Pannunzio Carmignotto, Catholic University of America; Tanja Horn, AdvisorChao Peng, Duke University; Haiyan Gao, AdvisorYe Tian, University of South Carolina; Ralf Gothe, AdvisorCheng-Ying Tsai

, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mark Pitt, AdvisorThe students’ research proposals cover a broad scientific spectrum, including experimental physics and accelerator physics and technology. Hardin and Tian are repeat JSA fellowship recipients who currently are completing their 2013-14 academic year at Jefferson Lab.

Outreach

Nuclear Physics day Capitol

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ill visits (April) NUFO Science

exhibition

Capitol Hill (June)Users alerts relating to important issues: Budget, Helium reserve,…Want to support more and better contact between users and their representatives in congress by providing support for visits, letters (information, organization, etc…)

Dipangkar Dutta is UGBoD member leading outreach effortsStrong support from Kent Paschke (former outreach member) and Sebastian Kuhn

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Nuclear Physics

Day - visit to Capitol Hill

Started last year; now

an annual

event (Late April/Early May)

Organized by FRIB (MSU), RHIC (BSA) and JLab (JSA) and our respective users groups

2013 - 7 JLab participants,

2014 - 14 JLab participants

Happy to have more users to participate in this event (including post-docs and grad students)

Looking to see what support (information, organization) is available for users year-round [JLab, JSA, APS?]

PAC41 – reprioritization PAC

Board was asked for input on timing, options, impact on users

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oncern that replacing regular PAC would severely disrupt many users

As presented at DNP meeting, JSA support allowed JLab to schedule two PAC meetings in 2014: reprioritization (May), new proposals (July)

Jan 23 Users Group Board Meeting

Restructuring discussed extensively with management

Many concerns expressed by users. In the end, two key issues

Limited communication of plans with users

Concern about the way layoffs were executed

Provided users summary of discussion, minutes and slides

http://wiki.jlab.org/cugwiki

Very unfortunate, but driven by need to fit within long-term budget guidance

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eminder of importance of successful 12 GeV startup, publicizing our physics, supporting strong NP budget

Discussions with JLab Management

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Budget

FY14: Overall NP increase, in line with “modest growth scenario”Supports broad nuclear physics program at cost of reduced operations and research in the short termFY14 language requiring up-front funding and earmarks included put significant additional pressure on research funding and JLab operations

FY15: President’s Budget has $24M increase over FY14JLab operations ~$8M below level used for FY15 planning; significant

impact on CEBAF running, ability to schedule physics running Longer termUnclear what will happen in out-year budgets; My understanding is that future guidance suggests running at ~50% of “optimized” operations.

LRP implementation panel supported importance of 12 GeV physics

Endorsed 2007 LRP recommendations – 12 GeV upgrade as #1 priorityRecommended 12 GeV upgrade/operations under all scenarios consideredImportant to have sufficient operations funding to make efficient use of the investments made in the upgrade project13

Plans to improve visibility of physics program

JLab has broad program of hadronic physics, nuclear structure, fundamental symmetries, etc… not connected to a single central theme

Identify/promote speakers who can provide broader perspective, aimed at the broader physics community (e.g. for your institutions colloquia)

Work with lab to collect highlights, encourage publicizing new results

Details still under discussion – input and ideas very welcome

Possible changes to JLab UGBOD structure (preliminary discussions)

Creation of ‘permanent’ subcommittees

Communication, Outreach

Allow overlap between outgoing and new members

Proposed change in chair line

Currently serve as Vice-chair, 2 years Chair, Past Chair

Switch to following: Chair Elect, Vice Chair, Chair, Past Chair

Recent UGBoD Activities

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Article V, Section 1:

"The officers of the organization shall consists of a Chairperson, Chairperson-elect or Past-Chairperson, and Secretary/Treasurer." -----> "The officers of the organization shall consists of a Chairperson, Chairperson-elect, Vice Chairperson, Past-Chairperson, and Secretary/Treasurer."

Article IV, Section 2: "The term of the Director designated as Chairperson-elect, who will succeed to the office of Chairperson at the end of one year, shall be four (4) years. "

-----> "The term of the Director designated as Vice Chairperson shall be four (4) years. 

The Vice Chairperson will succeed to the office of Chairperson-elect, Chairperson, and Past Chairperson in their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years, respectively

.“Article V, Section 2:  (Duties of Officers) "Chairperson-Elect -In the absence of the Chairperson, the Chairperson-elect shall perform the duties of Chairperson. Otherwise he or she will provide assistance in conducting the affairs of the group as requested by the chairperson. The Chairperson-elect shall succeed to the office of Chairperson at the end of one year. " -----> Move this discussion to the description of the Chairperson, designating Chairperson-elect, Vice Chairperson, and then Past Chairperson as taking over the duties of the Chair as needed. Duties of these positions will be to assist in conducting the affairs of the group as

requested by the chair.(May fix a typo or two that we found)15

Proposed Bylaw Changes [draft language]

Upcoming activities

Charge for new Long Range Plan

delivered in April.Nuclear Structure/Astrophysics: Aug 21-23, Texas A&MQCD: Aug 28-31 (Hot QCD in parallel with Cold (hadrons))

Fundamental Symmetries: Sept 29-30

We must continue to advance

our physics case for the 12 GeV program. It was strongly supported in the NSAC report on implementing the 2007 LRP, but the other communities will be working aggressively to promote their visions. We need to communicate the importance (and beauty) of our physics program in a way that is compelling to the broad community. We have an advanced design and compelling physics case for MEIC/EIC – we need to be sure to improve and present this case while at the same time having a strong start to the 12 GeV era!

And in case I forgot… Complete the 12 GeV upgrade and make ground-breaking and transformative measurements16

Hall D & Counting House

Hall D

Arc Magnets

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GeV

CryomodulesHall B Drift Chamber12

GeV Project Highlights

Hall

C

Hall D Central Drift Chamber

Accelerator Commissioning Progress

1S

1R

2S

0R

CHL1, CHL2 operational

Linacs

at 2K

North

Linac

–

1090 MeV

South LINAC – 1090 MeV

CEBAF 2.214

GeV

Optics, Magnets great

2R

KPP: machine capable of 12

GeV

1 pass at 2.2

GeV

/pass for 8 hours

with acceptable trip rate (50% uptime)

34 MeV

1124 MeV

2214 MeV

E

0

~ 6.1 GeV

P

HMS

~ 2-3 GeV

2014 Progress so far… and beyond??

Jan

FebMarApr

MayJunJul

Aug

SepOctNovDec1912108642

0Apr 1: 6.1 GeV to Hall A!!

Feb 5: 2.2 GeV (1 pass) to BSY!

May 7: 10.5 GeV to Hall D!!!

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R&D Magazine: “Scientists

unleash

highest-energy beam ever at Jefferson Lab”…and we’re not done yet!

Today

Exciting (and very busy) times ahead

Users have many critical tasks already in progress:Continue analyzing rich harvest of 6 GeV dataSupport upgrade, build significant parts of new equipmentPrepare and execute 12

GeV physics programPromoting the 12 GeV programPlanning for longer term future

Additional critical issues we need to be ready to address:Operations budget – maximizing output under highly constrained budgets, increasing funding

Long

range planning: 12 GeV, MEIC/EICFinal remindersNomination forms and envelopes available (sign envelope!!) - recommending Rolf Ent for Member at-large of DNP executiveINT workshops: Due July 17, 201420