Introduction to BENE08 fifth & last BENE workshop Tuesday Dec 2-3 CERN meeting focusing on the BENE Final Report to be published as a CERN Yellow Report early in 2009 in addition to the 5 th ordinary Yearly Report as input to the review body for accelerator neutrino programs that CERN Council will be setting up early next year. Proposal for its content Section 0 Introduction and executive summary Section 1 Achievements during the lifetime of BENE Section 2 Context and objectives for the coming years (NEu2012) largely, write-ups of the presentations to BENE08 editorial board composed of BENE SG and other speakers today & tomorrow will start work immediately after workshop 10/23/20151V.Palladino Introduction to BENE08

Workshop agenda follows-Tuesday 14:00-18:30 BENE08 broken by a general CARE coffee break 16:00-16:30 Introduction: BENE’s final scientific report and Neu2012V. Palladino15 R&D advances during the lifetime of BENE CNGS operation results: 2008 and >2008E. Gschwendtner MMW in in the LHC context: SPL, ISIS …R Garoby25 60 High power target & collection after MERIT (*)C. Densham ( in remote )20 80 Production studies: HARP results, NA61 prospectsG. Catanesi The SPL Superbeam projectM. Dracos BetabeamsM. Lindroos NuFact: muon front end, cooling etc (*)K. Long NuFact: International Scoping & Design StudyK. Long Acceleration of neutrino parents : RACCAM, EMMA, ANACF. Meot The EUROnu Design StudyR. Edgecock ( in remote ) (*) complements the corresponding CARE plenary talk25 Tuesday 12: 20 First operation of the MICE beam lineM. Ellis20 Wednesday 12: 20 Validation of the MERIT MMW target conceptI. Eftymopoulos20 10/23/20152V.Palladino Introduction to BENE08

10/23/2015V.Palladino Introduction to BENE08 Four years of BENE in a nutshell as presented to CARE BENE established on the EU scene MMW workshop May 2004: the MMW frontier Villars SPSC meeting Sep 04, where we cashed renewed attention to a Eu ν program (R&D) emergence of a ν “construction window” !!!!!!!!!!! Betabeam DS approved ! 2005 BENE consolidated on the EU & international scene –NNN05 in April and NuFact05 in June physics case further established in the two workshops R&D advancing : HARP+MUSCAT data out, MERIT+MICE approved, making the ν case in the strategic discussion ahead CARE-Report BENE.doc CARE-Report BENE.doc ISS launched, aiming resolutely to DS Proposal 3

10/23/2015 V.Palladino Introduction to BENE BENE proved a driving force of the International Scoping Study with US+Japan+India and more published a comprehensive Midterm Scientific Report CERN Yellow May 2006 scored in July a “formal” CERN Council recognition of its physics case, its R&D recommendations started an intense period of preparation of FP7 proposals 2007 BENE Design Study Euro-ν approved in August in a natural international context the International Design Stud(ies)... JPARC, FNAL Neutrino Factory IDS CERN Mar 07, next Jan 08 NuFact08 August, NNN08 October both in Japan this year BENE’s international collaborations setting up to start Euro-ν continuing preparation of FP7 proposals CARE-Next NA, TA, JRAs 2008 Fifth year will be summarized tonight 4

Workshop agenda follows-Wednesday 14:00-17:30 BENE08 coffee break at the end 17:00-17:30 15 NEu2012: context and objectives for its four years Experimentation at the CNGSA. Ereditato Plans in Japan after T2KT. Kobayashi ( in remote ) Prospects for pion decay beams at the Main InjectorR. Rameika ( in remote )25 80 Prospects for muon decay beams at FermilabS. Geer ( in remote ) Physics context five years laterM. Mezzetto/A.Donini General discussion on European initiativeA. Blondel introduces /23/20155V.Palladino Introduction to BENE08

NEu2012 Neutrinos for Europe in 2012 Networking Activity (BENE-next) within Integrating Activity EuCARD (CARE-next) Council dixit …… to be in position to define the optimal neutrino program …………………… ….. in around 2012 EuCARD ends Apr 1, 2013 … NEu2012 Final report NB EUROnu Design Study ends Sep 1, /23/20156V.Palladino Introduction to BENE08

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Work package numberWP3Start date or starting event:M1 Work Package titleNEU2012 Activity typeCOORD Participant idINFNCERN UNIG E Person-months per beneficiary: /23/2015V.Palladino Introduction to BENE0811 Objectives: The “European Strategy for Particle Physics” emphasizes the importance of accelerator-based neutrino experiments, and sets the milestone for the next major undertaking in this field in The NEU2012 goal is to offer a platform for consolidating the European neutrino community and enhancing collaborative work and exchanges in view of delivering at the end of 2012 an agreed programme of neutrino experiments, based on upgrades of existing infrastructures and/or on the proposal of a new one. Among the possibilities the following will be considered and evaluated:  Upgrade of CNGS (cf Table B.1.1); understanding of the ultimate upgrade potential (neutrino flux, neutrino spectra, flux monitoring and far detector design and location).  A new neutrino facility, including a ring, ( beta-beam or a neutrino factory complex ) offering much higher rate and purer flavour content, allowing for a more ambitious programme of complete determination of the physical quantities governing neutrino oscillations: mass splits, flavour mixings and charge-parity violating phase. The NEU2012 network should be the forum where the community will discuss the results of the CNGS upgrade studies, the solutions proposed by EuroNu for its beam options, the outcome of international design studies in progress in Japan and USA and of the state of the art R&D projects in progress or being proposed, in particular, in the framework of EuCARD. Work package 3 description: NEU2012: Structuring the accelerator neutrino community 3.6 Few Contractors Major Difference With BENE

Description of work: Task 1. NEU2012 Coordination and Communication The activities of this task are to oversee, co-ordinate the work and do the financial follow-up for all tasks in NEU2012. It shall ensure the consistency of the WP work according to the project plan and coordinate the WP technical and scientific tasks with the tasks carried out by the other work-packages when it is relevant. The coordination duties also include the organization of WP internal steering meetings, topical workshops, working sessions and reviews as necessary and contributions to the Annual Meetings. Participants from inside and outside the consortium will be invited. In addition to the coordination work, this task will take responsibility for the production of a final document making the synthesis of the findings of the two other tasks, proposing an agreed programme of neutrino experiments, based on upgrades of existing infrastructures and/or on the proposal of a new one. Task 2. Getting the most out of existing neutrino facilities This task will scrutinize the performance of operating neutrino facilities, i.e. of the CNGS in its international context: CNGS intensity limitation for future upgrades, figures of merit for upgrades (improved neutrino flux, neutrino spectra, flux monitoring abilities and far detector design and location). Task 3. Road map to the next European accelerator neutrino facility This task will contribute to a synthesis on the European and worldwide research performed on possible future new facilities while surveying the coherence with the physics needs. It will conclude with recommendation for the choice of the next global accelerator neutrino facility, taking into accounts the technological risks and possible synergies with all other programmes worldwide. The following Institutes have declared their strong interest in the NEU2012 activities: CEA (F), STFC (UK), CSIC (Spain), UCLN (Belgium), UniSofia (Bulgaria), CNRS-IN2P3 (F), CHIPP(CH), MPG-MPIK (D), Crackow U (Poland), UAM (Spain), Imperial (UK). Outside Europe, Osaka U. and KEK (J), FNAL/BNL/LBNL (USA), TIFR (India). 10/23/2015V.Palladino Introduction to BENE0812 other beneficiaries

Deliverables of tasks Description/titleNatureDelivery month 3.1.1NEU2012 Website operationalOM Final NEU2012 guidelines for an accelerator neutrino experiments programmeRM Performance analysis and physics potential of upgrades of existing neutrino facilities RM Proposal of the next global accelerator neutrino facility for Europe to build or help build. RM40 10/23/2015V.Palladino Introduction to BENE0813 Mile- stone Description/titleNatureDelivery month Comment Calendar of workshops & conferences concerning NEU2012OM Intermediate review of NEU2012 recommendations on neutrino experiments RM24 Road map for a programme of neutrino experiments NEU2012 first annual workshop OM NEU2012 second annual workshop OM NEU2012 third annual workshop OM NEU2012 final annual workshop OM Intermediate review of NEU2012 recommendations on existing accelerator neutrino facilities. RM24 Road Map for upgrading existing accelerator neutrino facilities Intermediate review of NEU2012 recommendations on new accelerator neutrino facilities. RM24 Road Map to new accelerator neutrino facilities

10/23/2015V.Palladino Introduction to BENE0814 Major Difference With BENE Budget ≈275K … reduced emphasis on travel money main emphasis on young manpower powering centrally the network > 2 yrs CERN fellow 3 yrs UniGe postdoc

10/23/2015V.Palladino Introduction to BENE0815 ½ of a 4 years of CERN fellow ½ of a 3 years UniGe fellow + 66 K for invitations to workshops