1. The Particle Physics Group 2005 and beyond

2. Slide2/23 Welcome Thorsten Rob Roger Un-ki Dave Paul (M) Adriana Yibiao Joseph Remi Krisztian Panis Colin Jong Owen Paul(B) Chris Kim Phil James Simon Tim Yu Wei Jorge

3. Slide3/23 Running Experiments ATLAS: SCT modules complete BaBar: going strong DØ: going strong H1: involvement comes to an end

4. Slide4/23 New Experiments CALICE SuperNEMO FP420 All had proposals approved by PPARC

5. Slide5/23 Theory Vibrant Leading group for QCD phenomenology. Lots going on. New developments in PP/cosmology

6. Slide6/23 Other new grants EuroTev Grid Security EuDET EGEE-II PP brings in far more income than any other research group in the School, apart from Astronomy

7. Slide7/23 More students Number of PPARC standard studentships increasing from 3 to 4/year Period of these also increasing from 3 years to 4 years Unwanted Christmas present? Need to think about opportunities and implications

8. Slide8/23 Manchester Cockcroft 2 new lecturers New RA 2 new RAs to be appointed New student 3  7  ?? Manchester presence beginning to be felt

9. Slide9/23 Manchester Tier 2 LARGE farm in Renold house Go and see it and be impressed Opening ceremony coming up Big asset for group

10. Slide10/23 Refurbishment Move to 7 th and 2 nd floor complete We survived Move to 5 th and 6 th floor on the way We will flourish

11. Slide11/23 Invitation: Ideas We have many activities Christmas meeting, Masterclass, Website, Library, Seminars, Offices, furniture, phones, mail (electronic), mail(physical), computing, Christmas party, teaching, outreach… If you have ideas about new things we could do, or how we could do things better – don’t just sit on it: tell me about it.

12. Slide12/23 Coming up: the Experimental Rolling Grant Application Our account to PPARC of what we’ve done with their money in the past 2 years, and request for the next 3-5 years. Vital that we keep our existing posts – and hopefully get some more Need to get our ideas straight first…

13. Slide13/23 Ray CALICE fraction slightly below PPARC commitment – but compensated by Julian superNEMO and FP420 fractions grossly over commitment ATLAS fraction grossly under PPARC commitment

14. Slide14/23 Julian CALICE fraction slightly above PPARC commitment – but compensated by Ray superNEMO and FP420 fractions grossly over commitment ATLAS fraction grossly under PPARC commitment

15. Slide15/23 Andrew Elvin CALICE fraction slightly above PPARC commitment superNEMO and FP420 fractions grossly over commitment ATLAS fraction grossly under PPARC commitment

16. Slide16/23 Jo No existing FP420 PPARC commitment ATLAS fraction grossly under PPARC commitment

17. Slide17/23 Steve Greatly exceeds PPARC SuperNEMO commitment ATLAS fraction slightly under PPARC commitment Small CALICE fraction (5-10%) needed – PPARC commitment and thermal modelling

18. Slide18/23 Scott Less than short- term PPARC SuperNEMO commitment but more long-term. No PPARC commitment to FP420 ATLAS fraction grossly under PPARC commitment Small CALICE fraction PPARC commitment but taken up by Marc

19. Slide19/23 Marc Less than short- term PPARC SuperNEMO commitment but more long-term. No PPARC commitment to FP420 ATLAS fraction grossly under PPARC commitment No CALICE PPARC commitment but this compensates for Scott

20. Slide20/23 Mike Perry No PPARC commitment to FP420 or SuperNEMO ATLAS fraction grossly under PPARC commitment There is a 10% CALICE PPARC commitment

21. Slide21/23 The projects Last 2 years are (presumably) inexact predictions

22. Slide22/23 Assertions and questions We have a major commitment to ATLAS. Our small number of ATLAS support FTEs is not incompatible with this Adding some ‘blue-skies’ detector-driven projects is to be encouraged How do we get into super-SCT? Our skill set does not match early-stage research into rad hard silicon Should we commit to FP420 electronics (Scott) AND mechanicals (Ray and Co.) How do we manage the ATLAS ring fence?

23. Slide23/23 Discussion To be sorted out over the next few weeks – meanwhile: Happy New Year!