1. Status of FAIR Yuri Zaitsev (ITEP) Physics of Compressed Baryonic Matter 1-st CBM-Russia-JINR Collaboration Matter May 19-22, 2009, Dubna, Russia

2. FAIR – 16 Partner Countries AustriaIndiaChinaFinnlandFranceGermanyGreeceUKItalyPolandSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenRomaniaRussia Observers New FAIR Joint Core Team Leader: Horst Wenninger New STI Chairman: Alex Müller

3. FAIR RealizationStart Version Phase B Accelerator systems Super-FRS X CR X NESR X Proton-linac X SIS 100 X SIS 100 RF Phase B X Antiproton-target and separator X RESR X HESR no electron-cooling X electron-cooler X SIS 300 X electron-ring (incl. electron-linac) X Basis experiments PANDA X CBM X NUSTAR X APPA (Applied, Atomic and Plasma Physics X FAIR RealizationStart Version Phase B Beam Lines from SIS18 to SIS100/300X from SIS 18 to HESRX from SIS18 to plasma physics caveX from SIS18 to NESRX from SIS 100 to Super-FRSX from SIS100 to antiproton targetX from SIS100 to CBMX from SIS100 to plasma physicsX from SIS300 to cavesX from SIS100/300 to high-energy atomic physics X from Super-FRS to CRX from CR to RESR/NESRX from RESR to HESRX from Super-FRS to NUSTAR Experiments X from NESR to SPARC/FLAIR- Experiments X FAIR start version as of Nov. 2007 (940 Mio €)

4. 4 FAIR accelerator schedule Beams available for experiments: SIS100 in 2014: nuclei up to 14 (11) A GeV, Z/A=0.5 (0.4) protons up to 29 GeV SIS300 in 2016-2017: nuclei up to 44 (34) A GeV, Z/A=0.5 (0.4) protons up to 89 GeV

5. CBM Collaboration Meeting - Zbigniew Majka 5 Roadmap for FAIR Nov. 2007:FAIR Start Event Definition of Start Version (ad valorem 940 M€) Oct. 2008: Finalization of legal documents the Convention with its five Annexes and the Final Act May 2009: Cross-Checking Conference German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Italien? ~July 2009:Signature of the Final Act for FAIR Formation of FAIR GmbH 11.03.2009

6. CBM Collaboration Meeting - Zbigniew Majka 6 FAIR START VERSION FUNDS 940 MEuro Accelerator 420 MEuro Civil construction 282 MEuro Manpower 150 MEuro Left over 78 MEuro

7. CBM Collaboration Meeting - Zbigniew Majka 7 Accelerator EoIs ►Components worth 60.5M€ are currently not covered by EoIs ►FAIR Joint Core Team assumes that further EoIs will arrive from FAIR partner countries (France, Slovakia, Slovenia...) ►In any case Germany is willing to contribute up to 60.5M€ in cash earmarked for accelerator components Accelerator Current acc. EoIs 430.0 369.5 M€ German cash commitment 60.5 Accelerator funding is secure! Status Expression of Interest for the Accelerators 11.03.2009

8. March, 10, 2009AFI and STI Meeting in Bonn, Zbigniew Majka 8

9. 11.03.2009CBM Collaboration Meeting - Zbigniew Majka 9 Several possible selection criteria were discussed: STI chose the approach to take into consideration the interests of all countries and suggests to guarantee each of the partners a certain contribution to experiments

10. 11.03.2009 CBM Collaboration Meeting - Zbigniew Majka10 Table 1

11. 11.03.2009 CBM Collaboration Meeting - Zbigniew Majka11 Cost of the FAIR Start Version is 940 MEuro ( 2005 prices / CostBook 5) Considering accelerator construction -, civil construction -, and personell costs, only 78 MEuro were left over to assure a minimum base for guaranteed funding of the approved experiments program within the FAIR Start Version budget. Declared intentions by experiment collaborations to apply for funding amount, however, to 185 MEuro and correspondingly high were announced contributions to the FAIR experiments by the partner countries. Only France and Italy declared that they do not want their contribution to experiments recognised as FAIR construction costs.

12. FAIR Newsletter No. 12 April 2009 FAIR Scientific Director appointed A Search Committee for choosing a FAIR Scientific director, composed of Chairman Jacek T. Gierlinski, Prof. Witek Nazarewicz (Poland), Prof. V. S. Ramamurthy (India), Dr. Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph (Germany, BMBF) and Prof. Oleg O. Patarakin (Russia) announced their outcome at the latest ISC meeting in April: They will recommend Prof. Boris Yu. Sharkov (Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) in Moscow to the future FAIR Company’s Council for the position of the FAIR Scientific Director. Following this, Dr. B. Vierkorn-Rudolph, Director at the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), suggested that GSI may offer Prof. Sharkov a position in the FAIR Joint Core Team with immediate effect. This is to involve Prof. Sharkov early and actively in the business of the FAIR project and to speed up the preparation process for establishment of the Company. Prof. Sharkov has agreed to get in touch with the Ministry on this matter. Prof. Boris Yu. Sharkov