Workshop for South Pole Cosmology and Astrophysics

要求这笔资金用于举办一个研讨会，讨论如何最好地建立一种机制，以确保在美国阿蒙森-斯科特南极站进行宇宙学和天体物理学实验所需的共享资源得到最佳规划、分配、管理和科学支持，即在黑暗区域进行实验。众多当前和计划项目之间协调的例子包括：液氦供应和分配、电力分配和未来需求、暗区模型机械车间供应、维护和运营、暗区机械和电子支持、科学IT和未来数据传输的声音、科学货物需求、科学人口约束的协调、越冬人才的协同等。研讨会的讨论和演讲将集中在：(1)传达当前和未来可能的南极宇宙学和天体物理学项目的共享资源需求和后勤需求；(2)协调所需支持的可能操作模型。研讨会的目标是发展并商定一个以科学为动机的组织模式，以协调和支持南极黑暗部门的共享资源。这项活动的学术价值在于发展对南极在宇宙学和天体物理学研究方面的巨大潜力的理解和交流。拟议活动产生的更广泛的影响将是通过更有效地利用共享资源以及通过沟通和了解未来开展最佳科学所需的后勤需求来提高南极站的科学生产力。

The funding is requested to hold a workshop to discuss how best to put in place a mechanism to ensure the best planning, allocation, management and scientific support for the shared resources required for the Cosmology and Astrophysics experiments at the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, i.e., experiments within the Dark Sector. Examples where coordination among the many current and planned projects include, liquid helium supply and allocation, power allocation and future needs, Dark Sector model machine shop supply, maintenance and operation, Dark Sector mechanical and electronics support, a voice for science IT and future data transmission, science cargo needs, coordination of science population constraints, synergy of winter-over talent, etc. Discussion and presentations at the workshop will focus on: (1) conveying the shared resources requirements and logistical needs of the current and possible future Cosmology and Astrophysics projects at the South Pole, and (2) possible operational models to coordinate the needed support. The goal of the workshop is to develop and agree upon a model for a scientifically motivated organization to coordinate and support the shared resources for the Dark Sector at the South Pole. The Intellectual Merit of the proposed activity is the developing an understanding of, and communicating, the enormous potential of the South Pole for Cosmological and Astrophysical research. The Broader Impacts resulting from the proposed activity will be increased scientific productivity of the South Pole Station through more efficient use of shared resources and through communicating and understanding the logistical needs required to conduct the best science in the future.