Dear Colleagues,
Science Magazine has a short article on the recent actions of the House
Appropriations committee to restore $22 million to the 2006 HEP budget.
They also succintly summarize Robin Staffin's recent presentation to
HEPAP. The article, titled "Physics Research Gets a Boost and a Warning
>From Its Funders", can be found at:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/308/5726/1241a
Norman Graf
For those of you who missed it, the charge to P5 is:
Consider and comment on:
* Scenario A: Run both facilities as long as is currently planned
- Tevatron until 2009, PEP-II until 2008
- Assume that this implies very limited funding for any new initiatives and no significant ramp-up in ILC R&D until 2009
* Scenario B: Stop both ASAP (end of FY 2006)
- Assume that all resources would go into new initiatives and ILC R&D ramp-up
* Scenario C: Curtail PEP-II sooner than planned, while continuing to run Tevatron
- resources would go into new initiatives and ILC R&D ramp-up
* Scenario D: Curtail Tevatron sooner than planned, while continuing to run PEP-II
- resources would go into new initiatives and ILC R&D ramp-up
The full presentation is available at:
http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/HEPAP/May2005/Staffin_HEPAP_May05.pdf
