2021 Multi-Petawatt Physics Prioritization (MP3) Workshop

该奖项支持2021年多拍瓦物理优先级（MP3）研讨会的组织，该研讨会计划于2021年夏季举行，旨在汇集美国和欧洲的研究界，讨论并优先考虑未来十到二十年内多拍瓦激光系统实现的前沿科学目标和相应实验。 MP3研讨会将汇集主要专家，以便：（1）确定新一代超强和强大激光器所能实现的有前途的新科学的最重要目标和旗舰实验;（2）确定开发旗舰实验所需诊断方法的共同利益和联合战略;（3）讨论最佳下一代高-MP3组织委员会将联系并邀请来自传统上在科学领域代表性不足的团体的个人参加这两个会议，一系列研讨会前专题工作组会议和面对面研讨会，以及重点差旅支持和其他协助，以鼓励他们参与。在线网络广播研讨会还将使广泛的个人和机构参与进来，使代表性不足的少数群体接触MP3领域。研讨会组委会将领导一系列虚拟工作组会议，重点讨论多拍瓦物理学四个专题领域中最引人注目的科学问题：- 高场物理和量子电动力学-实验室天体物理-粒子加速和先进光源-激光-工作组将征集潜在科学目标和旗舰实验的白色论文，并在虚拟会议期间进行讨论，目的是确定其科学影响和准备情况，特别关注实现这些目标所需的实验诊断和设施。每个专题的一系列虚拟会议将为不同的研究界提供充足的时间、广泛的参与和机会，以便产生协同作用，提供新的想法和跨学科的建议。 这一过程将在一个研讨会上达到高潮，讨论和优先考虑工作组确定的首要科学目标和相应的实验计划，并为美国和欧洲研究界未来的探索提出协调计划。 该奖项由国际科学与工程办公室、多学科活动办公室、天文科学部和物理部支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports organization of the 2021 Multi-Petawatt Physics Prioritization (MP3) Workshop planned to be held in the summer of 2021 and intended to bring together U.S. and European research communities to discuss and prioritize the frontier science goals and corresponding experiments enabled by multi-petawatt laser systems over the next ten to twenty years. The MP3 workshop will bring together leading experts to:(1) Establish the most important goals and flagship experiments of promising new science enabled by a new generation of ultra-intense and powerful lasers; (2) Identify common interests and joint strategies for developing diagnostics needed for the flagship experiments;(3) Discuss a vision for the optimal next-generation high-intensity laser facility to address the frontier science goals.The MP3 organizing committee will reach out to and invite individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in science to participate in both the series of pre-workshop topical working group meetings and the in-person workshop, as well as focus travel support and other assistance to encourage their participation. Webcasting the workshop online will also enable involving a broad range of individuals and institutions to expose underrepresented and minority populations to the MP3 fields.The workshop organizing committee will lead a series of virtual working group meetings that focus on the most compelling science questions in four topical areas of multi-petawatt physics:- High-Field Physics and Quantum Electro-Dynamics- Laboratory Astrophysics- Particle Acceleration and Advanced Light Sources- Laser-Driven Nuclear PhysicsThe working groups will solicit white papers for potential scientific goals and flagship experiments and discuss them during virtual meetings with the aim of identifying their scientific impact and readiness with particular attention to experimental diagnostics and facilities needed to realize them. A series of virtual meetings for each topic will enable sufficient time, broad participation and opportunities for diverse research communities to mix such that the resulting synergy will provide new ideas and interdisciplinary proposals. This process will culminate in a workshop to discuss and prioritize the top science goals and corresponding experimental programs identified by the working groups, and to recommend coordinated plans for future exploration by U.S. and European research communities. This award is supported by the Office of International Science and Engineering, the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities, the Division of Astronomical Sciences, and the Division of Physics.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.