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G2 Dark Matter Status after the long-delayed President’s FY14 budget announcement

G2 Dark Matter Status after the long-delayed President’s FY14 budget announcement. Dan Bauer April 12, 2013. President’s Budget Request for FY14. There is no G2 dark matter MIE There are really no new HEP projects Office of Science budget is up, but HEP down

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G2 Dark Matter Status after the long-delayed President’s FY14 budget announcement

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  1. G2 Dark Matter Statusafter the long-delayed President’s FY14 budget announcement Dan Bauer April 12, 2013

  2. President’s Budget Request for FY14 • There is no G2 dark matter MIE • There are really no new HEP projects • Office of Science budget is up, but HEP down • We’re not doing a great job convincing the administration that particle physics is worthwhile!

  3. DOE OHEP response • Continue with the G2 process on the announced timeline • Report/Proposal by October 2013 • Downselect decision by end of 2013 (+/- 1 month) • They cannot afford to do anything else, since they will now have to provide R&D funding for the winners (and ONLY the winners) in FY14 • So experiments have to continue an aggressive R&D program in order to pass this downselect

  4. What happens in 2014? • If an experiment passes the downselect, it becomes a CD project (without MIE funding) • Progress through CD 1-3 is up to the project • The CD process will be managed through OHEP, not OPA • It is very unlikely anyone could get through CD-3 (fabrication start) before October 2014 • At that point, which is the start of FY15, we hope there is finally an MIE, so fabrication could start • NSF is coordinating with DOE • But unclear what funding they will have in FY14/15 • They did better in the budget wars, but may still suffer from the sequester cuts

  5. Issues for SuperCDMS SNOLAB • Will SNOLAB hold our place in the ladder lab? • Their EAC has just requested that we write a plan for occupancy after the downselect • It is likely that a downselect would be enough to hold our spot • Will the promised CFI funding ($3.4M) become available? • It is contingent on US funding, but we hope the downselect decision will be sufficient • The CFI funding in 2014 would be crucial to allow advance purchase of a dilution refrigerator and cryocoolers

  6. Issues for SuperCDMS SNOLAB • How quickly could we progress through the CD process? • We believe we will be at conceptual design stage by early 2014 • Depends on available technical help, and level of project oversight, whether we can get to CD3 in 2014 • How long would fabrication last? • IF we are available to do advance purchase of key items, we could hold to a two year fabrication schedule • That would allow start of operations in 2017

  7. Issues for Fermilab • Scientists • All three of our G2 efforts have too few Fermilab scientists • If all three pass the downselect, we would have to find scientist help from other areas of the lab, or do some hiring • If fewer pass the downselect, some condensation may occur • Project Management • We don’t really have a good scheme for managing these small projects • DES is probably the closest in scale • Brenna/Wyatt could provide some help? • Technical Resources • PPD/SCD do not have sufficient technical help for rapid progress (engineers, designers, technicians) • This may limit our chances to pass the downselect and would continue to be a problem during the CD process

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