High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
December 9-11, 2015

U.S Department of Energy
and the
National Science Foundation

Agenda
High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
Newport Beach Marriott
900 Newport Center Dr.
Newport Beach, CA 92660

(All Times PST)	Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 Topic	Speaker
9:00	CONVENE
9:00 – 9:15	Introduction	Andy Lankford
9:15 – 12:00	AGENCY REPORTS DOE NSF	Jim Siegrist Jim Shank
12:00 – 1:30	LUNCH – (time approximate)
1:30 - 1:45	HEPAP DISCUSSION
1:45 – 3:15	REPORTS ON NEUTRINO PROGRAM – I: Short-Baseline Neutrino Program SBN Progress and Status Report from Fermilab PAC	David Schmitz Daniela Bortoletto
3:15 – 3:45	BREAK – (time approximate)
3:45 – 6:00	REPORTS ON NEUTRINO PROGRAM – II: Long-Baseline Neutrino Program Introduction DUNE Progress & Status LBNF Progress & Status Report from LBNC	David MacFarlane Mark Thomson Chris Mossey David MacFarlane
6:00	ADJOURN

(All Times PST)	Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 Topic	Speaker
8:00	CONVENE
8:00 – 10:00	REPORTS ON LHC PROGRAM: Restart for Run 2 & Preparations for HL-LHC LHC Accelerator (remote presentation) CMS Restart for Run 2 ATLAS Restart for Run 2	Frederick Bordry Greg Rakness Anyes Taffard
10:00 – 10:30	BREAK – (time approximate)
10:30 – 12:05	REPORTS ON LHC PROGRAM: Preparations for HL-LHC (cont’d) US Activities for LHC ATLAS Phase-II Upgrades CMS Phase-II Upgrades	Giorgio Apollinari Srini Rajagopalan Anders Ryd
12:05 – 1:30	LUNCH – (time approximate)
1:30 – 2:40	REPORTS FROM NSAC NSAC Long-Range Plan Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Subcommittee	Don Geesaman Bob McKeown
2:40 – 3:30	REPORT ON DOE ACCELERATOR R&D	Glen Crawford
3:30 – 4:00	BREAK – (time approximate)
4:00 – 4:30	COMMUNICATIONS	Katie Yurkewicz
4:30 – 6:00	HEPAP DISCUSSION AND FUTURE TOPICS	Andy Lankford
6:00	ADJOURN

(All Times PST)	Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 Topic	Speaker
8:00	CONVENE
8:00 – 9:50	REPORTS ON COSMIC FRONTIER Dark Matter & Cosmic Frontier Projects Status DOE HEP report NSF PHY report NSF AST report AAAC & NAS Mid-Decadal Astro Survey	Kathy Turner Jim Shank Vern Pankonin Angela Olinto
9:50 – 10:10	BREAK – (time approximate)
10:10 – 10:30	MAINTAINING VISIBILITY OF P5 REPORT	Steve Ritz
10:30 – 11:00	HEPAP DISCUSSION	Andy Lankford
11:00	ADJOURN

Highlights

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The Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB accelerator measures particle interactions with extreme precision. Collisions of electron and positron beams create the high-energy environment needed to produce subatomic particles that do not otherwise exist in nature.

Belle II Detector Produces World’s Most Precise Measurements of Subatomic Particle Lifetimes

Particle lifetime measurements with early data from the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB accelerator demonstrate the experiment’s high precision.

Researchers have long thought pure niobium superconducting radiofrequency cavities were best for particle accelerators. Researchers are now using a toolkit to learn how to add impurities to the cavities to make them smoother—and more efficient.

Smoother Surfaces Make for Better Particle Accelerators

An enhanced topographic analysis toolkit for forecasting and improving particle accelerator performance is helping scientists build better accelerators.

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