# Presentation: 535368

## RHIC Mid-Term Strategic Plan

**Organizational meeting**
**9/28/2005**
**T. Ludlam**

## The Recommendations from DOE S&T Reviewers:

**   ****Update the RCF five-year plan to consistently reflect the needs of a five-year run plan in the context of projected detector upgrades and accelerator performance. This plan should be complete and submitted to DOE by January 2006. This report may be combined with the mid-term strategic plan provided the RCF plan is a prominent component.**
**   ****Develop a mid-term strategic plan which includes the implementation of necessary detector upgrades in the context of scientific priorities, expected machine performance, and the expected turn-on of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This plan should be cognizant of the DOE needs for formulating federal budgets and requirements for project management. The plan should be submitted to DOE by January 2006.**

**The Charge from Sam Aronson:**
**The Mid-term is the next 5-6 years...**
**The aim of this mid-term strategy should be to map out an achievable, aggressive program of detector upgrades and machine utilization that will maximize the scientific impact of the RHIC program in the years 2009 and beyond, when RHIC will start to compete with the LHC heavy ion program.**** ...**
**I would like to make two status reports to “outsiders” during the coming months: one to the next PAC meeting in early November and another to a “red team” composed of HENP members of BSA’s Science & Technology Steering Committee around the end of the calendar year.**** ...**

## A Long Term Strategic View

**RHIC**

**RHIC II Construction**

**RHIC Spin**

**eRHIC Constr.**

- Short term upgrades

- Forward upgrades

**~2012**

**2008**

- Luminosity + major det. upgrades

- E beam + new detector

- LHC Heavy Ion

## Beam use & Detector Upgrades Timeline

| FY 2006 | FY 2007 | FY 2008 | FY 2009 | FY 2010 | FY 2011 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

**Beam use & Detector Upgrades Timeline**
***As shown to DOE S&T Review July 2005***

| pp @ 200
AuAu @ 62  | pp @ 200 | AuAu 200 | pp 500 | d-Au 200 |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| pp @ 200
Si-Si | d-Au 200
pp @ 200 | AuAu 200
pp 500 |  |  |  |  |
| pp 200 | pp 200
Ion scan | d-Au 200
pp 200 | AuAu 200
pp 200/500 | pp 500
AuAu 200 |  |  |

- PHENIX

- STAR

- SA/TL
- NSAC

-  TOF  $4.6M

- HBD  $1.5M

- DAQ 1000   $1.9M

- FMS  $0.8M

- VTX  $4.7M

- Muon Trigger

- HFT  $8-10M

- FVTX/Nosecone Cal  $10-15M

- Forward/inner Tracker  $10-15M

- DOE costs only
-                         CE Base
-                         MIE

******G/G**

**Low-x**

**J/******** Survey**
**Low mass e pair**

**Jet **
**Systematics**

**DOE Perf. Milestones**
**2005: J/******** prod.; S-Flow**
**2013:  W prod, 500 GeV**

## Major Physics Measurements

***As shown to DOE S&T Review July 2005***

**Spin:**
**     ****Complete initial ********G/G measurement  ****PM: 2008**
**	****No upgrades needed**
**     ****Transversity measurement   **
**	****STAR FMS... PHENIX Nosecone Cal**
**     ****W measurements at 500 GeV    ****PM: 2013**
**	****PHENIX Muon Trigger... STAR Forward Tracker**

**Heavy Ion:**
**     ****e-pair mass spectrum  ****PM: 2010**
**	****PHENIX HBD**
**     ****Open charm measurements in AA**
**	****PHENIX VTX;  STAR TOF, HFT**
**     ****Charmonium Spectroscopy  ****PM 2010**
**	****Luminosity; PHENIX VTX; STAR DAQ, TOF, HFT**
**     ****Jet Tomography**
**	****Luminosity; STAR DAQ, TOF**
**     ****Monojet in d-Au  ****PM: 2012**
**	****STAR FMS;  PHENIX FVTX, Nosecone Cal.**
**	**

## The Main Elements of our Plan...

**Key physics goals for the Mid-term period**
**HI + Spin**
**Possible operations schedule to achieve this physics**
**Projected accelerator performance**
**Necessary/desirable detector upgrades...**
**Proposals by PHENIX & STAR**
**Strategic Plan for upgrades...**
**R&D Plan   (detectors + e-cooling)**
**Detector upgrade plan  **
**	****(Achievable within collaboration resources and DOE Project rules!)**
**EBIS plan**
**RCF Plan**
**Based on projected data and analysis volume**

## DOE Project Steps

**  “****Small” upgrades,  < $2M  ****(e.g. PHENIX HBD, STAR DAQ 1000)**
- BNL approval;  funded from operations capital.**	**
**  ****MIE, $2M - $5M  ****(e.g. STAR TOF, PHENIX VTX)**
- Final technical design and cost estimate, plus prelim. Management Plan one year before construction funds begin.
**  ****MIE, > $5M  ****(e.g. EBIS)**
_**CD 0:**_**  Technical design, cost estimate, and “Mission Need” determination at least 2 years before project funding.  This can initiate project-specific R&D funds.**
_**CD 1&2:**_**  Final design and baseline cost/schedule, plus Management Plan 1 year before funding.   This can initiate some pre-construction engineering funds.**
_**CD 3:**_**  Start construction**

_*Note:*_*  Our plan must include ALL upgrades, whether DOE funded or not*

## Working Group Membership

**As of 9/27/05**

**T. Ludlam, convenor**
**S. Aronson, *****ex officio***
**PHENIX:  ****A. Drees, E. O’Brien, W. Zajc, A. Deshpande**
**STAR:  ****R. Majka, T. Hallman, B. Surrow**
**C-AD:  ****P. Pile, W. Fischer, T. Roser**
**RCF:  ****B. Gibbard, T. Throwe**
**Theory: ****D. Kharzeev, W. Vogelsang**
**RHIC Spin:  ****G. Bunce**
**LHIC:  ****M. Baker**
**At Large:  ****F. Videbaek**