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43-692: Under the FACA, the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel meets in public, and subpanels are appointed to meet and deliberate in private. In high-energy physics, peer review groups of scientists, knowledgeable in their fields, are asked to sit on these subpanels, and to make recommendations about future high energy physics projects. HEPAP either accepts or rejects panels’ recommendations, and the Department of Energy decides which projects to support in turn. The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel ,

86-503: A de-scoped instrument. Cost over-runs and delays of DUNE are problematic due to stiff competition from a similar experiment in Japan, leaving physicists to question the value of DUNE results when they are obtained. Worries were expressed by physicists that issues with DUNE were "smoothed over, not smoothed out". Some physicists at Snowmass suggested that the DUNE project might be cancelled, comparing

129-430: A new US-developed technology called the "cool copper collider". An alternative if the world-wide competition for an electron-positron machine is too stiff would be to invest in a Muon collider that could act as a Higgs factory with an approach that is unique worldwide. Muon colliders were discussed at the 2013 Snowmass, but shelved due to insufficiently advanced technology. However, at the 2022 final Snowmass meeting there

172-578: A poor metric for measurement of scientific impact. Two points made in the report are especially relevant to P5 considerations: 1) The US should prioritize being a "partner of choice" and 2) The US requires a range of project sizes and goals to maintain a healthy "scientific ecosystem". The primary outcome of the benchmarking report was that "the U.S. is not always viewed as a reliable partner, largely due to unpredictable budgets and inadequate communication, and that shortcomings in domestic HEP programs are jeopardizing U.S. leadership." The report highlighted that

215-425: A practical standpoint. The report states: “Although we do not know if a muon collider is ultimately feasible, the road toward it leads from current Fermilab strengths and capabilities to a series of proton beam improvements and neutrino beam facilities, each producing world-class science while performing critical R&D towards a muon collider. At the end of the path is an unparalleled global facility on US soil. This

258-506: A recommendation with an unusual level of specifics regarding its implementation, P5 introduced a new program entitled “Advancing Science and Technology through Agile Experiments" (ASTAE). This responds to calls by the community to support “small” experiments, which particle physics defines as costing less than $ 50M in total. Unlike other programs, this recommendation called for $ 35M/year to be invested in ASTAE. This recommendation again reflected

301-556: A reporter from Physics Today : "There are big issues people didn’t discuss." Panel chair Hitoshi Murayama has expressed awareness of this problem, saying that "community buy-in is key" for the success of the P5 report. The membership of the 2023 P5 was announced in December 2022, with Hitoshi Murayama of the University of California, Berkeley as head. See the official page . Similar to 2014,

344-594: A result, during the Snowmass process, physicists argued for precision measurements at a Higgs factory constructed of an electron-positron collider. Many Higgs factories are proposed for outside of the US, including at the European center for particle physics, CERN , as well as in China, and so "a surprise at Snowmass 'was the grassroots support for a collider on US soil'" that grew out of

387-518: A subcommittee of HEPAP, produces periodic reports, roughly once a decade, outlining funding priorities for particle physics investments by the United States. Its most recent report was released in December 2023. This article about an organization or institute connected with physics is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel The Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5)

430-598: Is a particle physics community planning exercise sponsored by the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society . During this process, scientists develop a collective vision for the next seven to ten years for particle physics research in the US. Original planning meetings were held beginning in 1982 in Snowmass, Colorado , but that has not been the location since 2005. More recent locations of

473-615: Is a scientific advisory panel tasked with recommending plans for U.S. investment in particle physics research over the next ten years, on the basis of various funding scenarios. The P5 is a temporary subcommittee of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) , which serves the Department of Energy 's Office of Science and the National Science Foundation . In 2014, the panel was chaired by Steven Ritz of

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516-559: Is our Muon Shot.” The cost of a 10 TeV muon collider was not estimated in the report. The report offered a new emphasis on cosmology and astrophysics as a branch of particle physics. P5 placed the $ 800M CMB-S4 experiment at the top of the list of new projects. The report also emphasized the importance of the planned expansion of the IceCube neutrino detector in Antarctica, recommending funding for this new project in any budget scenario. In

559-769: The Homestake Mine in South Dakota). In addition to these large projects, the report identified numerous smaller projects with potential for near-term return on investment, including the Mu2e experiment, second- and third-generation dark matter experiments, particle-physics components of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) , cosmic microwave background experiments, and a number of small neutrino experiments. The report made several recommendations for significant shifts in priority, namely: The panel stressed that

602-579: The Standard Model that forms the present basis of particle physics is complete up to the Planck scale (an energy level far beyond the ability of any conceivable experiment to probe) and particle physics "wheeze[s] to its end". However the 2012 the discovery of an expected particle, the Higgs Boson, has given the field hope of finding new physics through precision searches for unexpected Higgs interactions. As

645-645: The 1993 cancellation of the Superconducting Super Collider and the sudden 2008 termination of the B physics program at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and the abrupt end of the TeVatron program at Fermilab followed by the immediate dismantling of the accelerator have caused the international community to lose confidence that the US will complete projects. Without addressing the DUNE project directly, this recommendation pointed to

688-424: The 2023 P5 members are all particle and accelerator physicists; no members specialize in project management. This places the committee in a good position to evaluate responses to the "nightmare scenario." However, this makes it difficult for the members to assess whether the information on cost and schedule provided to the committee has a sound basis. That lack of expertise may explain how the 2014 P5 failed to foresee

731-455: The DUNE Phase II upgrades to keep the project funding on track to begin data-taking in 2031. Despite the issues with DUNE, P5 recommended initiating work on a new megaproject called a muon collider. Accelerating and colliding muons for particle physics studies offers theoretical advantages over an electron-positron collider, but represents an untested and challenging new direction from

774-476: The LBNF/DUNE cost-and-schedule crisis, and will make it difficult for the 2023 P5 to head off an "SSC scenario." Regina Rameika from the Department of Energy Office of Science summarized the P5 charge in a presentation to the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel on Dec. 8, 2022. The charge asked P5 to: The priority of projects is being considered within two funding scenarios from the Department of Energy (DOE) and

817-512: The National Science Foundation (NSF). The first, which was described by physicists as "grim", envisions a 2% increase per year of the high energy physics budgets for DOE and NSF. The second assumes full funding from the 2022 CHIPS And Science Act and a 3% increase per year to DOE and NSF HEP. P5 is asked to consider operating costs, including the rising cost of energy to run accelerators. Throughout 2023, P5 received input from

860-550: The P5 Town Halls. In December 2023, the 2023 P5 report was released. The proposals contained therein were intended to help better understand some of the current concerns of particle physics, including challenges to the Standard Model , and involve studies primarily dealing with gravity , black holes , dark matter , dark energy , Higgs boson , muons , neutrinos , and more. The 2023 P5 report identified three science drivers, each with two experimental approaches: “Decipher

903-567: The P5 report strategy" and "P5 was wildly successful." From 2016 to 2020, the High Energy Physics (HEP) budget grew from less than $ 800 million to more than $ 1 billion. However, members of the HEP community were concerned because the increased funding went primarily toward projects, while funding for core research and technology programs, which was also supported by P5, declined from $ 361 million to $ 316 million. In 2020, an assessment of progress of

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946-522: The P5-defined program produced by the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) concluded: "While investments over the past 5 years have focused on project construction, it will be fundamentally important to balance the components of the HEP budget to continue successful execution of the P5 plan. Operations of the newly constructed experiments require full support to reap their scientific goals. The HEP research program also needs strong support to fully execute

989-755: The Quantum Realm” through “Elucidat[ing] the Mysteries of Neutrinos” and “Reveal[ing] the Secrets of the Higgs Boson.” “Explore New Paradigms in Physics” though “Search[ing] for Direct Evidence of New Particles and Pursu[ing] Quantum Imprints of New Phenomena.” “Illuminate the Hidden Universe” through “Determin[ing] the Nature of Dark Matter” and “Understand[ing] What Drives Cosmic Evolution.” The recommendations that followed

1032-702: The Snowmass Process include the University of Minnesota (2013) and the University of Washington (2021), which was delayed until July 2022, due to COVID . The modern Snowmass Process consists of a series of small meetings, which culminate in a community-wide meeting. The Snowmass Process solicits reports on progress and plans within "frontiers". Snowmass 2021 identified ten frontiers: "energy; neutrino physics; rare processes and precision measurements; cosmic; theory; accelerator; instrumentation; computation; underground facilities; and community engagement". Members of

1075-471: The University of California, Santa Cruz. In 2023, the panel was chaired by Hitoshi Murayama of the University of California, Berkeley. In 2013, HEPAP was asked to convene a panel (the P5) to evaluate research priorities in the context of anticipated developments in the field globally in the next 20 years. Recommendations were to be made on the basis of three funding scenarios for high-energy physics: In May 2014,

1118-993: The broader funding situation: the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (a proposed upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider located at CERN in Europe); the International Linear Collider (a proposed electron - positron collider, likely hosted in Japan); and the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (an expansion of the proposed Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (that was renamed the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment ), to be constructed at Fermilab in Illinois and at

1161-492: The community of potential abrupt cancellations of ongoing particle physics projects, as flagged by the Benchmarking Panel. The P5 report sought to control the narrative of the DUNE project, which has seen an explosion in cost between the 2014 and 2023 P5 reports and is now lagging behind the competing HyperKamiokande project that will turn on in 2027. P5 offered compromises on beam power for DUNE Phase I and reductions of

1204-484: The community through meetings that included invited talks and requested talks in a "town hall" format. Four meetings were held at national laboratories. Two virtual town halls were also held. The topics of the meetings covered physics goals across the range of topics defined by the Snowmass Study, as well as the balance of university- and laboratory-based research, opportunities for early early career scientists, and

1247-564: The concerns identified by the International Benchmarking Panel. The American Physical Society, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and SLAC Laboratory organized endorsements by the community of the P5 report. As of January 15, the number of endorsers was 2602 US scientists. Among the endorsers, 37% were tenured faculty level or laboratory scientists, 9% were at the untenured faculty or laboratory scientist level, 16% were postdoctoral fellows, 20% were graduate students, and

1290-602: The decisions of the 2014 Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel . A newsworthy outcome of the 2021 Snowmass Process was the announcement that the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment would be pursued in two distinct phases. The outcomes of the Snowmass 2021 process, which extended into 2022, were determined at a final meeting held in July 2022 in Seattle, Washington that had 743 in-person attendees and 654 virtual participants. Snowmass outcomes were covered in detailed articles by

1333-466: The field that P5 must address: Along with these major issues, P5 also faces a field that is less unified than in 2014, as was emphasized by the title of the Scientific American report on Snowmass 2021 outcomes: "Physicists Struggle to Unite around Future Plans." Some members of the field have expressed that the pressure to project a unified opinion is stifling debate, with one physicists telling

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1376-481: The first P5 report since 2008 was released. The 2014 report identified five "science drivers"—goals intended to inform funding priorities—drawn from a year-long discussion within the particle physics community. These science drivers are: In pursuit of the five science drivers, the 2014 report identified three "high priority large category" projects meriting significant investment in the FY2014–2023 period, regardless of

1419-402: The highest energy accelerator on Earth—a disappointment stated by many physicists throughout the Snowmass process, and reflecting a view that has also been expressed outside of the Snowmass meetings. Although LHC will continue to run with modest upgrades, this lack of discovery leaves no clear focus for the next decade of high energy searches, and may also point to a "nightmare-scenario" where

1462-467: The installation of new projects until end of the 2020's. Lack of near-term access to infrastructure at the pole led NSF and DOE to cancel the joint-agency CMB-S4 project, despite strong protest from the P5 leadership and appeals from the 500-person, international team. The IceCube-Gen2 project, planned to begin installation in the latter 2020's, may suffer delays due to the infrastructure renovations. Snowmass Process The Snowmass Process

1505-554: The most conservative of the funding scenarios considered would endanger the ability of the U.S. to host a major particle physics project while maintaining the necessary supporting elements. A goal of the 2014 P5 exercise was to provide Congress with a science-justified roadmap for project funding. Five years later, in 2019, the Department of Energy Office of Science declared: "Congressional appropriations reflect strong support for P5. Language in appropriations reports have consistently recognized community’s efforts in creating and executing

1548-545: The need for public outreach. In Autumn 2023, the P5 Panel received input from the HEPAP International Benchmarking Subpanel, headed by Fermilab scientists. This report is one in a series of evaluations of DOE supported science in an international context. Differences between high energy physics and the rest of the physics community are apparent in the report. For example, the report that citations are

1591-569: The particle physics community submit Letters of interest and provide input to contributed whitepapers . The frontiers use these whitepapers to provide web-based reports based on the material that they receive. The final output of the Snowmass Process is a Snowmass Summary for the Public, a Snowmass Summary Report, and the Snowmass Book. The Snowmass Process outcomes of 2013 were used to inform

1634-498: The plan, throughout the construction, operations, and data analysis phases of the experiments, and to lay a foundation for the future." As of 2022, several of the "Large Projects" identified as priorities by the 2014 P5 had fallen considerably behind schedule or been affected by cost gaps, including: The P5 process occurred in spring 2023 and was informed by the outcomes of the 2021 Snowmass Process finalized in summer 2022. The Snowmass 2021 study identified two existential threats to

1677-418: The potential negative impact on international cooperation if DUNE were abruptly curtailed by P5. A second major recommendation of the benchmarking report focused on the need to maintain a program of projects at all scales, from small to large, and that are chosen to specifically enhance areas in which the US technology is lagging, such as in accelerator physics. This echoed calls from the community expressed in

1720-501: The remainder were other categories. The geographic distribution of the endorsements heavily favored Illinois, home of Fermilab, and California, home of SLAC. Only six months after the release of the 2023 P5 report, the first and sixth priority new projects, CMB-S4 and IceCube-Gen2, faced major setbacks from a call by NSF to immediately address the urgent need to update the South Pole Station infrastructure. In response, NSF halted

1763-429: The scientific press. The title of the Scientific American article, "Physicists Struggle to Unite Around Future Plans", summed up the problem of convergence of opinion. The articles report that two major problems stymied the field: lack of observation of new particles and rocketing costs of ongoing projects. No unexpected particles were observed in the first 15 years of data-taking at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC),

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1806-515: The statement of goals reflected the recommendations heard during the Snowmass process and those of the International Benchmarking Panel, discussed above. In particular, Recommendation 1 stated “As the highest priority independent of the budget scenarios, [funding agencies must] complete construction projects and support operations of ongoing experiments and research to enable maximum science.” This reflects concerns throughout

1849-433: Was an "enthusiastic revival" of the concept. The possibility of establishing any major new project in the US in the 2023-2033 decade, including a Higgs Factory, is limited due to the rising costs and multi-year delays of existing projects. In particular, at Snowmass, physicists expressed deep concern about the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) project, which has risen from a base cost of $ 1.3B in 2015 to $ 3.1B for

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