Physics Department Symposium

Tuesday Oct 2, 2007, 9:00 AM → 6:30 PM US/Eastern

Large Seminar Room

Review of all Nuclear and Particle Physics Support: Kelly Smith (631.344.4901, kellys@bnl.gov)

9:00 AM → 9:10 AM Morning Sessions (Sally Dawson, Chair)

9:00 AM Welcome

Speaker: Thomas Ludlam

9:10 AM → 10:00 AM ATLAS and D0

9:10 AM Overview of U.S. ATLAS: BNL role

Speaker: Dr Howard Gordon

Slides Gordon_BNL's_Role_in_ATLAS.ppt

9:20 AM D0 and ATLAS: D0 plans; ATLAS startup; preparation for analysis

20 + 5

Speaker: Srinivasan Rajagopalan

Slides BNLSymposium.ppt

9:45 AM Getting physics from ATLAS: what to expect; time scales

12 + 3

Speaker: Frank Paige

Slides bnl_atlas_phys.pdf

10:00 AM → 10:35 AM Neutrinos

10:00 AM The Daya Bay Experiment

15 + 5

Speaker: Steve Kettell

Slides dayabay_slides.pdf ppt_slides_(backup).ppt

10:20 AM The MINOS Experiment

12 + 3

Speaker: David Jaffe

Slides vigdor_2oct07_djaffe_minos_v3.pdf vigdor_2oct07_djaffe_minos_v3.ppt

10:35 AM → 10:50 AM Break

10:50 AM → 11:05 AM Mid Morning Sessions (Tim Hallman, Chair) <br> High Energy Theory

10:50 AM HEP Theory Activities

12 + 3

Speaker: Amarjit Soni

Slides soni_bnl_symp_10207.pdf soni_bnl_symp_10207.ppt

11:05 AM → 11:20 AM RHIC and ATLAS Computing

11:05 AM RCF/ACF Status and Plans

12 + 3

Speaker: Michael Ernst

Slides BNL-PO-Symposium-09-2007.pdf

11:20 AM → 12:00 PM RHIC Program

11:20 AM Status of QCD Studies: QGP and Spin

20 + 5

Speaker: Dmitri Kharzeev

Slides Physics_symp_kharzeev100207.pdf

11:45 AM Proton spin measurements: status and plans

12 + 3

Speaker: Les Bland

Slides Proton_Spin.Bland.ppt

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM LUNCH

1:00 PM → 1:50 PM Afternoon Sessions (H. Gordon, Chair) <br> RHIC Program cont’d

1:00 PM PHENIX: plans and BNL role

15 + 5

Speaker: David Morrison

Slides morrison_symposium.ppt

1:20 PM STAR: plans and BNL role

15 + 5

Speaker: James Dunlop

Slides Dunlop_BNL_STAR_Oct2_v2.ppt

1:40 PM ATLAS Heavy Ions

8 + 2

Speaker: Mark Baker

Slides Baker.ppt

1:50 PM → 2:10 PM Lattice Gauge

1:50 PM Lattice Gauge Theory at BNL and RBRC

15 + 5

Speaker: Michael Creutz

Slides latticeoverview.pdf

2:10 PM → 3:05 PM Possible Future Initiatives

2:10 PM Overview of Future Plans and Prospects, in context of national science plans

15 + 5

Speaker: Laurence Littenberg

Slides Future.ppt

2:30 PM Long Baseline Neutrinos

12 + 3

Speaker: Mary Bishai

Slides bishai_100207.pdf.pdf

2:45 PM ATLAS upgrade; noble liquid detectors

15 + 5

Speaker: David Lissauer

Slides BNL_Future_Plans.ppt

3:05 PM → 3:20 PM Break

3:20 PM → 5:15 PM Mid Afternoon Sessions (Ed O’Brien, Chair)

3:20 PM Deuteron EDM and g-2

15 + 5

Speaker: Yannis Semertzidis

Slides YkS_dipole_moments_BNL071002.pdf

3:40 PM ILC R&D: GamCal

8 + 2

Speaker: William Morse

Slides ILC_SiD_FCAL.ppt

3:50 PM Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

12 + 3

Speaker: Paul O'Connor

Slides Physics_Symosium_Oct-2-2007_LSST.ppt

4:05 PM eRHIC

15 + 5

Speaker: Thomas Ullrich

Slides EIC-Ullrich.ppt

4:25 PM Accelerator Test Facility

12 + 3

Speaker: Vitaly Yakimenko

Slides ATF.Yakimenko.ppt

4:40 PM Muon Collider

12 + 3

Speaker: Robert Palmer

Paper Muon_Collider.pdf

4:55 PM Closing remarks

Speaker: Steve Vigdor

Slides Closing_Remarks.ppt

5:05 PM Adjourn

5:15 PM → 6:30 PM Wine & Cheese Reception