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News from CERN and CERN Council ( June 2013– June 2014)

CHIPP plenary meeting Fribourg June 30, 2014. News from CERN and CERN Council ( June 2013– June 2014). Olivier Schneider. Outline : – LHC status and plans – Scientific priorities – Enlargement process – Pension fund – Elections – 60th anniversary. Olivier.Schneider@epfl.ch.

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News from CERN and CERN Council ( June 2013– June 2014)

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  1. CHIPP plenary meeting Fribourg June 30, 2014 News from CERN and CERN Council(June 2013– June 2014) Olivier Schneider Outline:– LHC status and plans – Scientificpriorities – Enlargementprocess – Pension fund – Elections – 60th anniversary Olivier.Schneider@epfl.ch

  2. Swissdelegation • DelegationfromSwitzerland to CERN Council: • Mr Bruno Moor(SERI = State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation) • Prof. Olivier Schneider (EPFL) • alsoattending meetings of the Scientific Policy Committee • Swissmembers of Finance Committee: • Dr Laurent Salzarulo(FFA = Federal Finance Administration) • Dr Martin Steinacher(SERI = State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation) • Advisors: • Mr Claude Crottaz(FDFA = FederalDepartment of ForeignAffairs) • Mr Patrick Pardo(FDFA = FederalDepartment of ForeignAffairs) • alsoSwissrepresentative in CERN’s Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF) • ... CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  3. 16 cryo-line compensatorsrepaired (heliumleakscaused by mechanical damage during warm up) • more than 30% of the magnet interconnections repaired = twice as much as initiallyforeseen 90% done 80% done 98% done • Splicemeasurements: number of outliersfound as expected, justifying the Run 1 energy (some of the magnetswould have quenchedabove 4 TeV) CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  4. LS1 status and schedule http://cern.ch/ls1dashboard • Injectors: • PS commissioning in progress; SPS powering tests willstart in July • LHC: • last magnetinterconnectclosed; consolidation completedat 98.6%, • one LHC sectorcooleddown to 20 K today on schedule for LHC beamcommissioning in early2015 and collision in April 2015 CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  5. Updated LHC schedule LS2: ATLAS & CMSphase-I upgrade + LHCb upgrade LS3: ATLAS & CMSphase-II upgrade CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  6. Future LHC runs • Energy • go immediately to √s = 13 TeVat the startup in 2015 • if possible/reasonable, push a bit more in the course of the run (?) • Bunchspacing • go from 50 ns to 25 nsoperation as soon as possible (needed to reducepileup) • biggestunknownatpresentfor machine operation (electron-cloudeffects) • Integratedluminositybefore LS3 (Run 2 + Run 3) • Radiation limitscorrespond to 300 fb–1(machine) and 500 fb–1(experiments) • Integratedluminosityafter LS3 (Run 4 + Run 5) • Main limitation ispileup of ~140–200 (?) withthe proposed ATLAS and CMS detector upgrades • Severalschemes are studied on the machine side (including a « crab-kissing » scheme) to reduce the numberof proton-proton collisions per unit length in a single bunchcrossing • Ultimategoal of 3000 fb–1deliveredby 2035 ischallenging but attainable HL-LHC CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  7. Strategies ... • EuropeanStrategy for ParticlePhysics (May 2013): • The top priorityis the full physics exploitation of LHC and HL-LHC • CERN shouldundertakedesign studiesto be able to propose, in a few years, an ambitious post-LHC machine at CERN + R&D on high-fieldmagnets and high-gradient accelerating structures • Europe looks forward to a proposalfromJapan to discuss a possible participation in the ILC project • CERN shoulddevelop a neutrino programme to pave the way for a substantialEuropeanrole in future long-baselineexperiments+ explore possibility of major participation in leading long-baseline neutrino projects in US and Japan • Strategic plan for US ParticlePhysics (June 2014): • LHC + HL-LHC is the highest-prioritynear-term large project. • Develop, in collaboration with international partners, a coherent short- and long-baselineneutrino programme atFermilab. A Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF)isthe top-priority long-term large project. • Support for the Japanese ILC CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  8. CERN scientificpriorities • Mid-Term Plan 2015–2019 (approved by Council): • full LHC exploitation, including • LHC injectors upgrade (LIU) • LHC high-luminosity upgrade (HL-LHC); • R&D and design studies for future high-energyfrontier machines, i.e. • e+e–linearcolliders and • Future CircularColliders (FCC) for h-h physics, incl. e+e–, and e-hoptions; • construction of a "neutrino platform" atCERN • detector R&D for future long-baseline neutrino experiments • preparationfor possible short-baselineexperiments • CERN willactivelypursue discussions with US partners to form an umbrella-collaboration for a long-term neutrino programme atFermilab, allowingfor an important Europeanrole in future neutrino experiments • maintaindiversity and support unique fixed-targetand nuclearphysicsfacilities (SPS, PS, AD, ISOLDE, n_TOF, ...) • Financial situation CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  9. FCC • Kick-off meeting heldatUniversity of Geneva in February 2014 CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  10. Cumulative budget deficit willreach –540 MCHF in 2018 HL-LHC construction LHC construction (June 2014) CERN willcopewithoutadditional long-termloans(but use of bankcreditlines, whenneeded) CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  11. CERN enlargementprocess • Israelbecame the 21st CERN member stateon Jan 6, 2014 • first new member state in the frame of the enlargementprocessdecided by Council in June 2010 • Other states with official statusat CERN,towards full membership: • Romania, Candidate for Accession since2008 (old pre-2010 status) • Republicof Serbia, AssociateMemberSate in the pre-stage to Membershipsince 2012 • States progressingtowardsAssociateMembershipin the pre-stage to Membership: • Cyprus: waiting for parliamentapproval (new deadline untilOct 2015) • Slovenia: not muchprogresssince 2011, due to changes in the government CERN, 15.01.2014 CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  12. CERN enlargementprocess • States progessingtowardsAssociateMembership: • Turkey: • Council adoptedin Mar 2014 a resolution to admit Turkey asassociatemember; waitingdecision of turkishparliament • Ukraine, Russia, Brazil, Pakistan: • model agreement sent by CERN, waiting for country approval • States havingapplied for AssociateMembership: • Croatiaappliedin May 2014 • Council decided to sendfact-findingtaskforce • Contacts in view of a possible application or cooperationagreeements: • India, Ireland, Lithuania, Canada, Australia, Bengladesh, Thailand, Viet-Nam • Proposal to mutual observer status: • JINR (Joint Institute for NuclearResearch in Dubna)proposedthat JINR and CERN beobservers of eachother CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  13. CERN pension fund • The CERN pension fund, whichisunder the responsibility of CERN Council, becameagain a hot topic in 2014 • Funding ratio islow • In Dec 2010, CERN Council implemented a recovery plan, in the form of a package of measuresincluding a special 60 MCHF annual contribution from the CERN budget to the pension fund • Extrapolations in the future (e.g. to the year 2041) sufferfromvery large uncertainties on the (decreasing ?) investmentreturnsand (increasing !) life expectancy of the fundbeneficiaries • Part of Council isworriedthat the measuresdecided in 2010 might not besufficient and wouldlike to re-examine the situation, having in view a reduction of the special contribution ... CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  14. Elections by Council • Council: • President: Prof. A. Zalewska(Poland), 2nd one-year mandate from Jan 1, 2014 • Vice-president: Prof. W. Van Doninck(Belgium), 2ndone-year mandate fromJan 1, 2014 • Vice-president: Dr C. Césarsky (France), for 2nd one-year mandate fromJul1, 2014 • Scientific Policy Committee (SPC) • Chair: Prof. T. Nakada(Switzerland), for 1st one-year mandate from Jan 1, 2014 • Members: six (re-)appointments, includingProf. L. Rivkin(Switzerland), for a 2ndthree-year mandate from Jan 1, 2014 • Finance Committee (FC) • Chair: Mrs C. Jamieson (UK), for 1st one-year mandate from Jan 1, 2014 • Vice-chair: Mr M. Bulánek(CzechRepublic), for 1st one-year mandate from Jan 1, 2014 • Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF) • Vice-chair: Ms B. Vizkelety(Hungary), for a three-year mandate from Jan 1, 2014 CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  15. Next CERN DG • Mandate of current CERN management expires on Dec 31, 2015 • Rolf Heurer (DE), Director General • Sergio Bertolucci (IT), Director for research and computing • FrédérickBordry (FR), Director for for accelerators and technology • SigurdLettow (DE), Director for administration and general infrastructure • Search for new DG for five yearperiod 2016–2020: • Council establishedsearchcommittee in March 2014 • Council willconsider a short-list of three candidates in September 2014, and nominatenext DG in December 2014 CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  16. 60 years (1954–2014) http://cern.ch/cern60 • Many « CERN60 » events, all over Europe • VIP eventsorganized by CERN: • July 1: anniversary of the signature of the CERN convention, UNESCO, Paris (withministers for foreignaffairs) • Sep 19: CERN Council anniversarycelebration, CERN • Sep 29: CERN anniversarycelebration, CERN (withhead of states) • CERN60 events in Switzerland: • The Swiss CERN60 event, organized by CHIPP & SPS, July 2, Fribourg • Colloquium« CERN – 60 years of science for peace », organizedjointly by CERN and the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and to the other international organisations in Geneva, September 17, CERN Globe: • colloquium (4pm–9pm, including light buffet dinner) withkeynote speakers on following aspects: history, politics, sociology, education, computing, spin-offs • launch of a PhDthesison the subject • more detailed information to bereleasedsoon CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

  17. Soon open to public ... CERN’s first accelerator: the 600 MeV synchrocyclotron (1957–1990) New exhibition with « 3D animation » Inaugurated on June 19, as a EPS historic site CHIPP Plenary, Fribourg

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