sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

[David Morrison <morrison AT bnl.gov>]

Dear Collaborators,

We include below the request from ALD Berndt Mueller for material from
the collaborations prior to this year's PAC meeting on June 15-16, 2017.

Regards,
Dave and Gunther

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Subject:        Re: DRAFT Call for BUR 2017
Date:   Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:15:07 +0000
From:   Mueller, Berndt <bmueller AT bnl.gov>
To:     Xu, Zhangbu <xzb AT bnl.gov>, Akiba, Yasuyuki <akiba AT bnl.gov>, Gunther
M Roland <rolandg AT MIT.EDU>, Morrison, David <morrison AT bnl.gov>
CC:     Dunlop, James C <dunlop AT bnl.gov>



Dear RHIC Spokespersons:

I am writing to request that you submit the annual Beam Use Request for
the RHIC runs in 2018 and 2019 and related material.

We current anticipate, assuming favorable budget conditions, runs of 15
cryo-weeks (including 2 weeks for the Coherent electron Cooling test) in
FY2018 and 24 cryo-weeks each in FY2019 and FY2020. Less favorable, but
still likely, budget conditions would only allow for a combined run of
20 cryo-weeks in FY2019/FY2020. The beam use request should consider
both possibilities.

The submissions are due by May 15, 2017. Since PHENIX has ended data
taking and sPHENIX has not yet started  construction, I expect to
receive a BUR from STAR only.

I also ask STAR and PHENIX to report on the status of analyses of data
from previous RHIC runs, especially the runs in 2014-16.

In addition, I invite the STAR and sPHENIX Collaborations to present
letters of intent for proposals of modest forward upgrades to their
detectors for data taking after 2021 for consideration by the PAC.

The dates for this year’s RHIC PAC meeting are June 15-16, 2017. A list
of current PAC members is attached for your information.

Thanks in advance,

Berndt

Committee Members               Affiliation             
Haiyan Gao (not attending)      Duke                    
John Harris *                   Yale                    
Huan Huang                      UCLA                    
Volker Koch (not attending)     LBNL                    
Jen-Chieh Peng                  UIUC                    
Scott Pratt                     MSU                     
Krishna Rajagopal               MIT                     
Andreas Schäfer                 Regensburg              
Julia Velkovska                 Vanderbilt      
        
*Chair