PAC 15 discusses numerous topics during recent meeting

The Jefferson Lab Program Advisory Committee (PAC 15) met January 26-30 to hear about the progress of the Accelerator and all three Halls, as well as run plans for the Halls.

The committees also discussed new and updated proposals and letters-of-intent, the first of the jeopardy proposals, and the modifications in procedures and policies that have been implemented at the Lab in the wake of the termination of the experimental run of G_En in Hall C. The focus of there discussions was on how to avoid similar problems in the future and on the importance of future measurements of the G_En.

In what is expected to be a continuing series, the second PAC workshop addressed the status and experimental opportunities in measurements of the nucleon and meson form factors and nucleon sum rules. The committee reviewed and made recommendations on 16 new proposals and three letters-of-intent.

Lab director Hermann Grunder offered a special "thank you" to Brad Filippone, California Institute of Technology, for the leadership he provided as chairman of PACs 11-15. PAC 15 member and current Users Group Chair Don Geeseman, Argonne National Lab, will serve as PAC 16's chair.

PAC reports are available at http://www.jlab.org/exp_prog/PACpage/




Check out events; plan to observe Earth Day

April is both Earth Month and Keep Newport News Beautiful Month; and Earth Day is April 22.

Newport News is again sponsoring a series of events to celebrate Earth Month and increase environmental awareness and protection. The following events are scheduled this month:

• April 17: March for Parks, 9 a.m. - noon
• April 24: The City's Earth Day event, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. and the evening Litter Free Night at Harbor Park.

For more information about Earth Day visit the Earth Day Network web site at: http://www.earthday.com




Catch party highlights on lab events web page

Catch photos and highlights from the Lab's March Madness Mardi Gras by visiting the Lab's news web page at http://www.jlab.org/news/. Go to the lower left corner of the news web page (On Site Only) and select Lab Events, or you may go to it directly at: http://www.jlab.org/news/labevents/.

Due to limited space in the Lab's monthly newsletter, it isn't always possible to cover these events in ON TARGET. Public Affairs uses the web page to share this information with Lab staff and users. If there's an event or activity you would like to see on the Lab Events web page, call Linda Ware, ext 7689.




Call out the big gun!

Work is underway in the Experimental Equipment Lab on a new polarized beam gun for the Accelerator. Engineer Bill Schneider and High Vacuum associate Phil Adderley are building the Prototype Load Lock Polarized Source (gun) using best technology practices and components. Schneider and Adderley gave a poster presentation on the new gun and its many innovations during the Particle Accelerator Conference in New York City, March 29- April 2.

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