COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DUSEL Experiment Development and Coordination

摘要拟议的深层地下科学与工程实验室 (DUSEL) 将进行物理、生物学、地球科学和工程学方面的广泛实验，以解决这些学科的重要科学问题。必须组装一套初始实验 (ISE) 来解决这些问题，并为其实施提供令人信服、安全且具有成本效益的计划。完整开发的 ISE 套件将成为 MREFC 文件的主要组成部分，该文件将于 2009 年 12 月为 DUSEL 汇编，随后于 2012 年实施。 目标和知识优点：为了解决 ISE 的开发问题，本提案寻求对代表物理、生物学、地球科学和工程界的 DUSEL 实验开发委员会 (DEDC) 活动的支持。该委员会将： 制定 ISE 超集的框架，与 S-1 和其他计划中报告的社区驱动的工作相一致，并与拟议活动的能力一致。协调社区在定义 ISE 组合和完成必要的实验设计和评估方面的活动，以确保 DUSEL 内安全和成功的运行。在科学界与 NSF 和 Homestake 设计团队之间建立联系，以确保超集-ISE 计划的按时开发和及时更新。完成 MREFC 申请。 方法：这些目标将通过以下提案中详述的一系列研讨会和会议来实现。 DEDC 将： (1) 审查迄今为止开展的独立于地点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研讨会确定任何新的 ISE； (2) 围绕 ISE 或逻辑实验分组组织工作组，为 DUSEL 制定引人注目的科学计划； (3) 将 ISE 超集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，为预计于 2009 年 12 月进行的 MREFC 应用做好准备； (4) 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 ISE 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：这些活动将有助于提高 ISE 超集科学计划的形式和质量，并有助于及时提交 MREFC 申请。这些是成功开发长期多用户设施的重要组成部分，该设施以最佳成本和时间表开发，将为物理、生物学、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.