Report on ECFA

							Report on ECFA
Based on plenary ECFA meeting of 26 Nov. 2004 @ CERN


• Issues:
   – Business as usual (chair, CERN, DESY)
   – ESGARD / CARE matters ( CARE, EuroTeV, Eurisol )
   – Elections

• But:
   – Information not up-to-date:
         o Unfortunate timing NuPECC and ECFA meetings….
         o Walter Henning can give you a recent update….

                                                       Gerard van der Steenhoven
Plenary ECFA
Draft agenda plenary ECFA meeting of “today” @ CERN

SEVENTY-SEVENTH PLENARY ECFA MEETING
Friday, 24 June 2005 at 9.30 a.m., CERN - Council Chamber
 9.30 a.m. 1. Approval of the Draft Agenda
 9.35 a.m. 2. Approval of the Draft Minutes
 9.45 a.m. 3. Chairman's Report (B. Foster)
10.30 a.m.               COFFEE
10.45 a.m. 4. European Linear Collider Steering Group matters (T. Akesson)
11.15 a.m. 5. Report on EPOG, Eur. Part. Phys. Outreach Gr. (E. Johansson)
11.45 p.m. 6. Report on GSI activities (W.H. Henning)
12.15 p.m.                LUNCH
 1.30 p.m. 7. CERN Matters (R. Aymar)
 2.15 p.m. 8. DESY Matters (A. Wagner)
 3.00 p.m.                COFFEE
 3.15 p.m. 9. Report on the ECFA Study on Neutrino Factories (A. Blondel)
 3.45 p.m. 10. Mid-term status report on Switzerland
 4.15 p.m. 11. Any Other Business
                                                        Gerard van der Steenhoven
Business as usual (26 Nov. ‘04)
• Chair (Brian Foster) + discussion afterwards
  – ITRG has selected cold (SC) technology, but not a
    design, which may deviate from TESLA considerably
  – OECD consultative group now replaced by Funding
    Agencies meetings on the Linear Collider (FALC) but
    what about the small countries (not in FALC)?
  – International Linear Collider (ILC):
      o Accelerating gradient of 35 – 40 MV/m is optimal for costs.
      o A lot of discussion on organizational matters…..
      o Test your knowledge of acronyms (next page)!

                                                           Gerard van der Steenhoven
Coordinates work
in coming years
CERN & DESY (26 Nov. ‘04)
• CERN (R. Aymar) + discussion
  – Progress on LHC + 4 experiments, still aimed for 2007
  – Prospects fixed-target programme: continuation in 2006
    hinges on additional manpower from Member States
  – ALICE (but ask HA Gustafsson for update!)
     o Many major problems solves (bump bonding, HPTDC, software)
     o Very tight schedule for ITS, redesign FEE of TRD

• DESY (A. Wagner) + discussion
  – HERA: 94 pb-1 in 2004 (record); expect 0.7 fb-1 by 30/6/’07
  – XFEL: 9 EU partn. (MoU), Plan Approval signed (28/9/04)
                                                     Gerard van der Steenhoven
ESGARD etc.
• ESGARD (= EU Steering Group on Accel. R&D):
  – Successful strategy for preparing EU – FP6 proposals
  – CARE: coordinated accelerator research in Europe (I3):
     o 4 JRA’s for SRF, Photo-injector, HI proton injector, HF magnets
     o 3 Networking activities: ELAN (e+e- coll.), BENE ( fact) and
                               HEHIHB (LHC lumi upgrade).
     o Successful kick-off meeting in Nov. 2004 at DESY.
  – Approved FP6 Design Studies:
     o EUROTeV: concerned with LC generic matters (for ILC & CLIC)
     o EURISOL: -beams  ask G Fortuna!


                                                       Gerard van der Steenhoven
Elections + AOB
• Elections:
   – New chair: Prof. Torsten Akesson (Lund, Sweden)
   – Three year period starting in July 2005

• AOB:
   – 2005 timetable:
      o r+pECFA at CERN: 24 June 2005
      o rECFA in Amsterdam (site visit): 23-24 Sept. 2005
      o r+pECFA at CERN: 1-2 December 2005


                                                      Gerard van der Steenhoven