The DRAFT schedule for the remainder of 6 GeV running (between now and
the final shutdown for the transition to 12 GeV) has been revised
following the earlier (8/27/08) posting and comments received either
before or at the 9/18/08 public discussion of that schedule. The
revised DRAFT schedule has been posted on the JLab website at:
http://www.jlab.org/div_dept/physics_division/experiments/schedule.html
in the section titled “Long Range Schedule”. A revised summary version
of the schedule has also been posted at:
http://www.jlab.org/exp_prog/experiment_schedule/2008/08-26/Schedule_Summary.pdf
Finally, for your information, the viewgraphs of my talk at the 8/18/08
meeting have been posted as well. They can be found at:
http://www.jlab.org/div_dept/physics_division/researchers.html
as “The Completion of the 6 GeV Program – L. Cardman” under the
“Experiment Information” section on the page.
The changes to the schedule are modest. They include:
1. Insertion of a very short (one day) low-impact C3 experiment
(E08-009), which will provide low p_miss data complementary to E07-006.
2. Reduction of the running time for E08-008 to provide additional
time needed to move the BigBite spectrometer to the position required
for the E07-006 experiment that follows it.
3. Extension of the HDIce run (E06-001) to account for the reduced
polarization available due to the beam energy constraints necessary for
Q_Weak running; this was done by starting the experiment commissioning
earlier.
As noted earlier, we encourage all users to review the schedule and to
discuss it with colleagues and JLab staff involved in its development.
The second general public discussion of the schedule will take place at
the January meeting of PAC34 – most likely on Thursday, January 29^th .
There will also be discussions at various hall weekly and collaboration
meetings. Your comments and thoughts about the schedule between now and
the PAC meeting are welcome. Any written comments we receive will be
shared with the Scheduling Committee and included in the information the
PAC receives about the schedule for their deliberations in January. To
be included in the base information package sent to the PAC, such
written comments should be received by Friday, December 5.
The formal charge to PAC34 is being developed now, and will be shared
with you as part of the call for proposals that will be posted shortly.
As has already been stated, the charge to the PAC will request its
comments on the 6 GeV running plan, and the PAC meeting will include
both public and executive sessions. Following the PAC meeting, the
laboratory will issue a final DRAFT schedule that incorporates its
response to that discussion and any further internal review deemed
appropriate. An extended version of the earlier draft schedule release
memo, which provides our plans for modifying the schedule as future
budgets evolve as well as an outline of how the schedule was developed
and a brief discussion of the “big picture” issues related to its
realization, is still available at
http://www/exp_prog/experiment_schedule/2008/09-25/footnotes2.pdf
These plans and issues will be presented again and discussed at the
PAC34 meeting.
Larry Cardman
for the Nuclear Physics Experiment Scheduling Committee