Jim, (et al), I very much agree with you. Best, Paul On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:16 PM, James D. Olsen <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hi all,**** > > ** ** > > On the point about timelines, while concepts like the VLHC are in the ‘far > future’, what is in the ‘here and now’ is the R&D on the technology that > will enable that vision. As we heard at Snowmass, much of this know-how > exists in the USofA, and I think we have an opportunity here to inspire the > next generation of accelerator and magnet physicists. As Michael points > out, this is touched upon in the latest draft of the high-level executive > summary, but I think we could make this point even stronger simply by > noting the importance and leadership of the US community in this area.**** > > ** ** > > Best,**** > > Jim**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [log in to unmask] [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Yuri Gershtein > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 20, 2013 5:22 PM > *To:* Peskin, Michael E. > *Cc:* Raymond Brock; Jianming Qian; Markus A. Luty; Tom LeCompte; > snowmass-ef > *Subject:* Re: [SNOWMASS-EF] VLHC in the snowmass summary**** > > ** ** > > Hi Michael,**** > > ** ** > > I understand the point about the timelines, but I think if we are talking > about**** > > "consensus" points, I think it became fairly clear at Snowmass that it's > almost **** > > inconceivable that we can get complete understanding of the higgs / DM / > EWSB**** > > without building something like VLHC, and we should state that we > recognize that **** > > such machine is necessary in the future.**** > > ** ** > > -y**** > > ** ** > > On Aug 20, 2013, at 2:26 PM, "Peskin, Michael E." < > [log in to unmask]> wrote:**** > > > > **** > > > > Folks, > > I do agree that VLHC received wide interest at Snowmass. > > However, it is also important to recognize that the time scales for ILC > and VLHC are > very different. On the practical side, no one today is entertaining a > proposal for a > 100 TeV pp collider. On the physics side, we are just beginning the > serious studies > of the capabilities of a 100 TeV collider. Only a few results were shown > at Snowmass > for the 33 TeV machine, and only one, I think, for the 100 TeV machine. > (There will > be more 100 TeV results in the final writeups.) > > In the summaries, Chip and I put a statement about ILC into the highest > level > executive summary. P5 will need to make a statement about ILC, so this > input, which > is strictly limited to the physics case and does reflect a consensus at > Snowmass, is needed. > > There is a brief statement about the 100 TeV machine in the latest version > of the > Executive Summary, and a longer statement in the 5-page Energy Frontier > summary. > These reflect our attitude that the 100 TeV is important, but the issue is > getting > ready for a proposal in 2020, not making a decision today. > > If you would like it another way, please send some explicit language to > this group. > And, please take into account that space in the highest level executive > summary is > extremely limited. We can make two points strongly -- which is what we > tried to do -- > or make many points of which none registers above background. > > Thanks, > > Michael > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael E. Peskin [log in to unmask] > HEP Theory Group, MS 81 ------- > SLAC National Accelerator Lab. phone: 1-(650)-926-3250 > 2575 Sand Hill Road fax: 1-(650)-926-2525 > Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA www.slac.stanford.edu/~mpeskin/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________ > From: Jianming Qian [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 1:24 AM > To: Yuri Gershtein > Cc: Markus A. Luty; Raymond Brock; Tom LeCompte; Peskin, Michael E.; > snowmass-ef > Subject: Re: [SNOWMASS-EF] Snowmass summary and Phone meeting request > > Hello all, > > I'd like to echo Markus and Yuri's comments. I think the support for an > eventual 100 TeV pp collider is very strong, certainly not less strong than > a Higgs factory. > > Cheers, Jianming > > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:30 AM, Yuri Gershtein < > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]>>> > wrote: > > On Aug 19, 2013, at 1:07 PM, "Markus A. Luty" <[log in to unmask]< > mailto:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>> wrote: > > I believe it is imperative that the high-level Snowmass summary include a > statement that VLHC also represents an exciting possibility for the next > step forward. > > I strongly agree. > Even given different timescales for VLHC and ILC, the way Markus phrased > it is right on. > > -y > > > ________________________________ > > Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list > > To unsubscribe from the SNOWMASS-EF list, click the following link: > https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SNOWMASS-EF&A=1**** > > ** ** > > -------------------------- > Prof. Yuri Gershtein > [log in to unmask] > http://physics.rutgers.edu/~gershtein > (732)445-5500 x1794 > W316 Serin Building > Department of Physics and Astronomy > 136 Frelinghuysen Rd > Rutgers University > Piscataway, NJ 08854**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list**** > > To unsubscribe from the SNOWMASS-EF list, click the following link: > https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SNOWMASS-EF&A=1 **** > > ------------------------------ > > Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list > > To unsubscribe from the SNOWMASS-EF list, click the following link: > https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SNOWMASS-EF&A=1 > -- ______ Paul L. 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