COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DUSEL Experiment Development and Coordination

拟建的深部地下科学与工程实验室(DUSEL)将容纳一系列广泛的实验，包括物理、生物学、地球科学和工程学，以解决这些学科的重要科学问题。必须组建一套初步的实验(ISE)来解决这些问题，并提出一个令人信服的、安全的和成本效益高的实施计划。一套完全开发的ISES将是MREFC文件的主要组成部分，该文件将于2009年12月为DUSEL汇编，以便随后在2012年实施。目标和智力优点：为了解决ISES的发展问题，本提案寻求对代表物理、生物、地球科学和工程界的杜塞尔实验发展委员会(DEDC)的活动的支持。该委员会将：制定符合S一号和其他计划中报告的社区驱动的ISE超集的框架，并与拟议活动的能力保持一致。协调社区在定义ISE组合以及完成必要的实验设计和评估方面的活动，以确保在DUSEL内安全和成功地运行。科学界与美国国家科学基金会和Homestake设计团队之间的合作，以确保超集-ISE计划的按时开发和MREFC申请的及时完成。方法：这些目标将通过以下提案中详细说明的一系列研讨会和会议来实现。DEDC将：(1)审查迄今开展的独立于现场的活动中确定的关键ISE，并通过与主要支持者和更广泛社区的讲习班确定任何新的ISE；(2)围绕ISES或实验的逻辑分组组织工作组，以便为DUSEL制定令人信服的科学计划；(3)将这组ISE组织成一个连贯的框架，并激励工作组为这些实验制定详细的科学和工程计划，以便为预计于2009年12月进行的MREFC应用做好准备；以及(4)在整个过程中与NSF和Homestake设计团队协调这些活动，以确保工程可行性，最大限度地有效利用多用户设施，并保证ISES在Homestake环境中相互兼容，并负责向社区和政府阐明科学愿景。预期结果和更广泛的影响：这些活动将有助于ISES超集的科学计划的形式和质量，并有助于及时提交MREFC申请。这些是以最佳成本和最优进度开发的成功的长期多用户设施的重要组成部分，将为物理、生物、地球科学和工程界服务。

ABSTRACTThe proposed Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) will house an extensive portfolio of experiments in physics, biology, geosciences and engineering to address important science questions across these disciplines. An Initial Suite of Experiments (ISEs) must be assembled to address these questions and to present a compelling, safe and cost-effective plan for their implementation. A fully developed suite of ISEs will be a major component of the MREFC document to be assembled for the DUSEL in December 2009 for subsequent implementation in 2012.Objectives and Intellectual Merit: To address the development of the ISEs this proposal seeks support for activities of the DUSEL Experiment Development Committee (DEDC), representing the physics, biology, geosciences and engineering communities. This Committee will: Develop the framework for a superset of the ISEs consistent with the community-driven efforts reported in the S-1 and other plans, and consistent with the capabilities of the proposed activity.Coordinate the activities of the community in defining the portfolio of ISEs and in completing the necessary design and evaluation of experiments to ensure safe and successful operation within a DUSEL.Liase between the scientific community and both NSF and the Homestake design team to ensure on-schedule development for the superset-ISE plans and for the timely completion of an MREFC application.Approach: These objectives will be met through a series of workshops and meetings detailed in the following proposal. The DEDC will: (1) Review key ISEs identified within the site-independent activities conducted to-date and identify any new ISEs through workshops with key proponents and the broader community; (2) Organize working groups around ISEs or logical groupings of experiments towards developing a compelling science plan for DUSEL; (3) Organize this superset of ISEs into a coherent framework and galvanize the working groups to develop detailed science and engineering plans for these experiments to reach readiness for an MREFC application anticipated for December 2009; and (4) Coordinate these activities throughout with NSF and the Homestake design team, to insure engineering feasibility, to maximize efficient use of multi-user facilities and to guarantee that the ISEs are mutually compatible within the Homestake environment, and be responsible for articulating the science vision to the community and to government.Expected Results and Broader Impacts: These activities will contribute to the form and quality of the science plan for the superset of ISEs and to the timely submission of an MREFC application. These are essential components in the path to the development of a successful long-term multi-user facility developed at optimal cost and schedule that will serve the physics, biology, geosciences and engineering communities.