COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DUSEL Experiment Development and Coordination

摘要拟建的深地下科学与工程实验室（DUSEL）将容纳物理学、生物学、地球科学和工程学的广泛实验组合，以解决这些学科的重要科学问题。必须建立一套初步实验（ISEs）来解决这些问题，并提出一个令人信服的、安全的、具有成本效益的实施计划。一套完整开发的ISEs将成为MREFC文件的主要组成部分，该文件将于2009年12月为DUSEL组装，随后将于2012年实施。目标和智力优势：为了解决ise的发展问题，本提案寻求对DUSEL实验发展委员会（DEDC）活动的支持，该委员会代表物理学、生物学、地球科学和工程界。该委员会将：根据S-1和其他计划中报告的社区驱动的努力，并与拟议活动的能力相一致，制定ise超集的框架。协调社区的活动，以确定ise的组合，并完成必要的设计和实验评估，以确保在DUSEL内安全成功地运行。在科学界与NSF和Homestake设计团队之间建立联系，以确保superset-ISE计划的按期开发和MREFC申请的及时完成。方法：这些目标将通过以下建议中详述的一系列讲习班和会议来实现。发展局会：(1)检讨在与地盘无关的活动中所确定的主要环境影响评估指标，并透过与主要倡议者及社会各界的工作坊，确定任何新的环境影响评估指标；(2)围绕ise或实验的逻辑分组组织工作组，为DUSEL制定令人信服的科学计划；(3)将这些超集的ise组织成一个连贯的框架，并激励工作小组为这些实验制定详细的科学和工程计划，以便为预计在2009年12月申请MREFC做好准备；(4)与国家科学基金会和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，并保证在Homestake环境中ise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ise超集科学计划的形式和质量，以及及时提交MREFC申请。在以最佳成本和时间表开发成功的长期多用户设施的道路上，这些都是必不可少的组成部分，这些设施将服务于物理学、生物学、地球科学和工程界。

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.