This is the final year of the three year grant cycle

This is the final year of the three year grant cycle

• This is the final year of the three year grant cycle

• The Caltech program has vigorous theory groups (Tasks A, B) These groups receive major support from Caltech

• HEP phenomenology and string theory – Gukov, Kapustin, Ooguri, Preskill, Schwarz, Wise
• Particle astrophysics – Carroll, Hirata, Kamionkowski

• Our major experimental activities (Tasks C, D, E) are

• Electrons: ILC GDE, BABAR, SuperB – Barish, Hitlin, Porter
• Protons: MINOS, Noa, CMS – Newman, Spiropulu
• Non-accelerator: CDMS & SuperCDMS - Golwala

• We are proposing creation of a new infrastructure task for Detector Development

• Our main concerns for FY09 are

• Ramping up support for Maria Spiropulu and the CMS effort
• Creation of an advanced crystal development laboratory
• Inflation adjustment

Our computing model is predicated on an adiabatic replacement cycle

• Our computing model is predicated on an adiabatic replacement cycle

• Non-CMS computing remains important for the BABAR Intense Analysis phase and for MINOS and SuperB
• By replacing a fraction of farm CPU’s each year, we have avoided the need for massive reworking of the system
• To stave off obsolescence, this approach requires us to replace ~1/4 to 1/3 of computing capacity and storage each year
• In FY08 computing equipment funding fell far off this curve
• In FY09 we fell further off the curve

The Caltech program remains strong, with a good mix of experimental opportunities and a powerful theory group

• The Caltech program remains strong, with a good mix of experimental opportunities and a powerful theory group

• We continue to play leadership roles in present and future experiments

• BABAR/SuperB, MINOS/Noa, CMS, SuperCDMS
• GDE for the ILC – separately funded

• In accord with the P5 report, we are looking in new directions

• Particle astrophysics – SuperCDMS (Golwala)
• Next generation neutrino physics – Noa (Newman)
• Next generation flavor physics - SuperB (Hitlin, Porter)
• LHC upgrades (Newman, Spiropulu)
• A future lepton collider

• We a actively engaged with the Division Staffing Committee, pointing towards a new junior faculty appointment