9/2/2004 TB Strategy J. Yu 1 LC Test Beam Funding and Strategy Large number of detector R&D groups made great progress Technology decision provides great momentum LC Detector concepts being developed Groups seriously consider test beam experiments –CALICE in the process of constructing large scale TB prototype for experiment in a year or so time scale There are limited facilities that can meet all the requirements for TB experiments –Large number of particle species –Wide ranges of particle momentum

9/2/2004 TB Strategy J. Yu 2 Competition on facilities from other then LC community is significant Funding situation in the regions are not all ideal –European and Asian communities seems to have better support for detector R&D and TB than North American Need to coordinate within the LC community to meet all the TB needs in a most optimal manner We are in this together so we need to work together as one entity

9/2/2004 TB Strategy J. Yu 3 Strategy and Time scale For calorimeter there are two facilities that could meet most the needs –FNAL – MTBF –IHEP, Protvino FNAL directorate willing to work with our community Have our primary contact person at Fermilab (E. Ramberg) Let’s shoot for FNAL first –FNAL Fall PAC meeting: Nov. 12 – 14, 2004

9/2/2004 TB Strategy J. Yu 4 Strategy and Time scale, cnt’d Write a world-wide TB proposal ( or MOU if you like) to Fermilab directorate –Starting with Calorimeters in all regions –Including other detectors that would be ready – We could build this upon existing efforts and expand to integrate activities world-wide A workshop for this proposal planned: Sept. 23 and 24 at ANL –A focused group of people from all regions to write the proposal Submit the proposal to Fermiab directorate by Oct. 10 for a possibility of PAC review and endorsement –Request help to our leadership for this Turn this into a U.S. NSF MRI proposal for North American TB equipment support