A1n Meeting R. Michaels, May 24-25, 2012 Welcome !! Recent Activity in Hall A Schedule for Early Beam in Hall A My task list for July 1 New Hall A leader, Cynthia Keppel, starts July 1

New Beam Diagnostics (BPM,BCM,Harps,Tungsten Calo) Chicane Polarized TargetLocal Dump Septa g2p / Gep in Hall A Students: University of New Hampshire University of Virginia Toby BadmanChao Gu Ryan ZielinksiJie Lieu College of William and Mary Duke University Melissa CummingsMin Huang University of Science and Technology of China Hebrew University of Jerusalem Pengjia ZhuMoshe Friedman 60% of data collected, but no “septum-out” (higher Q 2 ) running

Early Beam in Hall A 16 mo. Shutdown Early Experiments 12 GeV Commissioning SuperBigbite Beam 1 st to Hall A Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Robert Michaels, Hall A FY 2015 FY 2013 FY 2016 FY 2014 FY 2017 SBS Experiments SBS Project APEX and/or PREX A1n / DVCS 11 GeV Dark MatterNeutron SkinNeutron Spin Structure Deeply Virtual Compton Scatt. EM Form Factors at high Q 2

My Task List to July 1 My job: ‘’Strawman’’ schedule for commissioning and early beam Corresponding “strawman” budget : Capital Equipment and Operations  Plans to be presented to C. Keppel, together with a list of what we “did do” and “did not do” in my term. For A1n Collaborating institutions, including Jefferson Lab, to discuss What are the needs for A1n ? What resources each institute will bring ? Please give me (at least preliminary) feedback by July 1