[DUSELScience] DUSEL town meeting , Washington DC , November 2-4, 2007
The NSF is sponsoring a Town Meeting in Washington DC to discuss and
develop the next phases of the study of a Deep Underground Science
and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL). It has asked the site independent
scientific study group (S1) to organize the event.
On the Friday afternoon November 2, we will have an open meeting
describing to interested federal officials and the press the
scientific and education potential of DUSEL, and the upcoming
site-specific technical design of the envisioned Homestake
laboratory.We hope that a large number of scientists will be present
to express their interest in the project.
From Saturday morning November 3 to Sunday November 4 early
afternoon, we will organize a scientific workshop involving all
underground disciplines (Physics, Astrophysics, Biology, Earth
Scienecs and Engineering) to focus on the next phases of the project:
* Process to arrive at technical designs of the first suite
of experiments to be included in
the MREFC proposal (Solicitation 4).
* Needs in terms of R&D before technical choices for major
experiments can be made and to reduce technical and cost risks.
* Science opportunities at Homestake before the MREFC
decision and during construction.
* Coordination mechanisms with existing national and
international underground laboratories/sites,
funding agencies and other entities.
* Further technical input to the S3 design
* Organization of the community and input to the NSF process.
This will be an opportunity for all interested scientists to develop
further the community-specific needs that the DUSEL facility should
support.
Mark you calendar! Details are forthcoming.
Suggestions can be sent to sadoulet at berkeley dot edu
For the S1 team
Bernard Sadoulet