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1 Jefferson Lab Status Hall A collaboration Dec. 16, 2013 R. D. McKeown Deputy Director For Science

2 2 12 GeV Upgrade Project Scope of the project includes: Doubling the accelerator beam energy New experimental Hall and beamline Upgrades to existing Experimental Halls Maintain capability to deliver lower pass beam energies: 2.2, 4.4, 6.6…. New Hall Add arc Enhanced capabilities in existing Halls Add 5 cryomodules 20 cryomodules Upgrade arc magnets and supplies CHL upgrade Upgrade is designed to build on existing facility: vast majority of accelerator and experimental equipment have continued use The completion of the 12 GeV Upgrade of CEBAF was ranked the highest priority in the 2007 NSAC Long Range Plan.

3 3 Hall D – exploring origin of confinement by studying exotic mesons Hall B – understanding nucleon structure via generalized parton distributions Hall C – precision determination of valence quark properties in nucleons and nuclei Hall A –form factors, future new experiments (e.g., SoLID and MOLLER) 12 GeV Scientific Capabilities

4 4 16-month installation May 2012 - Sept 2013 Accelerator commissioning start Oct 2013 Hall A commissioning start Feb 2014 Hall D commissioning start Oct 2014 Halls B & C commissioning start Jan/Feb 2016 Project Completion September 2017 FY12: reduction of $16M FY13: Pres Request – no restoration Re-baseline Approved September 4, 2013 12 GeV Upgrade Project Schedule

5 5 Hall D & Counting House Hall D Arc Magnets 12 GeV Cryomodules Hall B Drift Chamber 12 GeV Project Highlights Hall C Hall D Central Drift Chamber

6 6 Three year plan

7 7 12 GeV Approved Experiments by Physics Topics TopicHall AHall B Hall CHall D Other Total The Hadron spectra as probes of QCD (GluEx and heavy baryon and meson spectroscopy) 1 2 3 The transverse structure of the hadrons (Elastic and transition Form Factors)43 21 10 The longitudinal structure of the hadrons (Unpolarized and polarized parton distribution functions)22 6 10 The 3D structure of the hadrons (Generalized Parton Distributions and Transverse Momentum Distributions)510 4 19 Hadrons and cold nuclear matter (Medium modification of the nucleons, quark hadronization, N-N correlations, hypernuclear spectroscopy, few-body experiments)42 6 1 13 Low-energy tests of the Standard Model and Fundamental Symmetries2 1 1 4 TOTAL1718 4 2 59

8 8 12 GeV Approved Experiments by PAC Days More than 7 years of approved experiments TopicHall A Hall BHall CHall D Other Total The Hadron spectra as probes of QCD (GluEx and heavy baryon and meson spectroscopy) 119 320 439 The transverse structure of the hadrons (Elastic and transition Form Factors)144 8510225 356 The longitudinal structure of the hadrons (Unpolarized and polarized parton distribution functions)65 120165 350 The 3D structure of the hadrons (Generalized Parton Distributions and Transverse Momentum Distributions)409 982161 1552 Hadrons and cold nuclear matter (Medium modification of the nucleons, quark hadronization, N-N correlations, hypernuclear spectroscopy, few-body experiments)159 120179 14 472 Low-energy tests of the Standard Model and Fundamental Symmetries513 79 60 652 TOTAL1290 1426607424 74 3821

9 9 PAC41 PAC41 will be held during the week of May 19, 2014. This will be a special meeting to discuss the priority of already approved proposals for scheduling during the first 3-5 years of production running (beyond commissioning) in the 12 GeV era of CEBAF. The goal of this meeting is to provide input to the Lab scheduling process from the PAC in order to realize the highest impact program early in the 12 GeV running period.

10 10 PAC42 10 Scheduled for July 28-August 1 Proposals will be due early June Charge: Review new proposals, previously conditionally approved proposals, and letters of intent for experiments that will utilize the 12 GeV upgrade of CEBAF and provide advice on their scientific merit, technical feasibility and resource requirements. Identify proposals with high-quality physics that, represent high quality physics within the range of scientific importance represented by the previously approved 12 GeV proposals and recommend for approval. Also provide a recommendation on scientific rating and beamtime allocation for proposals newly recommended for approval. Identify other proposals with physics that have the potential for falling into this category pending clarification of scientific and/or technical issues and recommend for conditional approval. Provide comments on technical and scientific issues that should be addressed by the proponents prior to review at a future PAC.

11 11 Jefferson Lab: Today and Tomorrow The Jefferson Lab electron accelerator is a unique world-leading facility for nuclear physics research 12 GeV upgrade ensures at least a decade of excellent opportunities for discovery – New vistas in QCD – Growing program Beyond the Standard Model – Additional equipment: SBS, MOLLER, SoLID EIC moving forward: – Strong science case, much builds on JLab 12 GeV program – MEIC design well developed – time scale following 12 GeV program is “natural”


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