1. Draft Report of the RHIC Planning Group T. Ludlam Open Meeting on RHIC Planning Dec. 3-4, 2003

2. RHIC Planning Group: Goal/Charge Map the broad scientific priorities of the RHIC community onto a realistic schedule for facility operations and upgrades. Starting points… Beam Use Requests and Decadal Plans PAC and Detector Adv. Comm. Recommendations Requirements for machine operation and evolution DOE Budget Guidance NSAC Long Range Planning process 5 Year Plan 20 Year Outlook Optimize ops scenarios Establish the scope and spec.s for RHIC II Update plans for eRHIC Input to BNL plan for DOE Review, 12/31/03

3. RHIC Planning Group PHENIX G. Bunce A. Drees E. O’Brien W. Zajc STAR W. Christie T. Hallman R. Majka S. Vigdor PHOBOS M. Baker G. Roland P. Steinberg BRAHMS F. Videbaek J.H. Lee Accelerator J. Alessi I. Ben Zvi W. Fischer P. Pile V. Ptitsyn T. Roser Theory D. Kharzeev W. Vogelsang Computing B. Gibbard T. Throwe PAC/DAC Invited R. Betts P. Jacobs S.-Y. Lee J. Nagle Convenors: T. Kirk, T. Ludlam Ex Officio: S. Aronson, D. Lowenstein, P. Paul

4. Some planning mileposts… 20042006200820102012 Near-term beam use plans Extended Beam Use planning New NSAC LRP RHIC II CD-0 First LHC data START RHIC II Constr. New NSAC LRP Start eRHIC Constr.

5. Section I: Overview Page 1

6. Section II: Near-term planning Page 2

7. C-A guidance for machine performance Page 2

8. From the Collider Projections document

9. Table of minimal 5-year goals Page 3 Page 2

10. Not included in table 1…. Page 3

11. Summary of Beam Use Proposals 27 weeks/yr

12. Alternative ops scenarios, averaging 27 wk/yr Page 4

13. 5-week addition to Constant Effort scenario Page 4 Page 5

14. Constant-effort budget table

15. Near-term priorities under a constant-effort budget Page 6-7

16. Section III: Near term upgrades Page 7

17. Near-Term Upgrades PHENIX Si Tracker: $6M + Japanese contrib $3M STAR Time of Flight: $5M + Chinese contrib $2M EBIS Ion Source: $17.5M

18. Sec. IV: Mid term outlook - RHIC II Page 9

19. RHIC II Scope Page 10

20. RHIC II and LHC Page 10

21. Sec. V: Long Term outlook - eRHIC Page 11

22. eRHIC scope, cost, schedule Page 12

23. eRHIC parameters

24. DOE Office of Science 20-year “Roadmap” RHIC II eRHIC

25. Constant Effort Run Scenario FY04FY05 FY06FY07 FY08 FY09 ON DJ F MA MJ J AS PHENIX 27- WEEK STAR 27- WEEK PHENIX STRAWMAN* 54-WEEK STAR STRAWMAN* 54-WEEK PHENIX STRAWMAN* SHORT/LONG STAR STRAWMAN* ~36-WEEK STAR STRAWMAN for 32 wks/yr Alternative RHIC Run Scenarios Under Discussion 5+14 Au+ Au 200; 5+0 pp 200 5+9 Si+ Si 200; 5+5 pp 200 5+19 Au+Au 62.4 5+19 pp 200 5+19 Au+Au 200 5+14 Au+ Au 200; 5+0 pp 200 5+9 Au Escan or Cu; 5+5 pp 200 5+9 d+Au 200; 5+5 pp 200 5+5 Au+ Au 200; 5+9 pp 200 5+10 Au+ Au 200; 5+5 pp 500 85 prod. Wks., but no long pp until 2007 71 prod. Wks., pp every year, but no long runs 5+9 Si+Si 200; 5+17 Au+Au 62.4; 5+10 pp 200 5+24 Au+Au 200; 5+17 pp 200 5+9 Cu+Cu 200; 7+13 Au+Au low-E; 5+12 pp 200 5+9 d+Au 200; 5+14 Au+Au 200; 5+13 pp 200 Cold AGS Snake + ~1/2 RHIC NEG pipes Comp- lete RHIC NEG pipes Install Si tracker Install TOF barrel Cold AGS Snake + all RHIC NEG pipes Install Si tracker??? Install TOF barrel??? 91 prod. Wks., 2 longish pp runs post-improvem’ts 84 prod. Wks., 2 longish pp runs post-improvem’ts 6+11 Au+Au low-E; 5+12 pp 200 5+8 Cu+Cu 200; 5+14 pp 200 5+15 Au+Au 200; 5+8 d+Au 200 Cold AGS Snake + all RHIC NEG pipes 20% TOF barrel comp- lete TOF barrel 82 prod. Wks., 2 longish pp runs post-improvem’ts 5+10 pp 200 Cold AGS Snake + all RHIC NEG pipes?? 5+14 Au+Au 62.4; 5+9 Si+Si 200 5+14 pp 200 5+24 Au+Au 200 Install Si tracker 85 prod. Wks., 2 longish pp runs post-improvem’ts, no summer runs * N.B. Strawman scenarios are illustrative only, not proposed BUR’s approved by the collaborations. 5+14 Au+ Au 200; 5+0 pp 200 6+8 Au+Au low-E; 5+10 pp 200 5+14 Au+ Au 200; 5+0 pp 200 5% TOF barrel 5+8 d+Au 200; 5+11 pp 200 comp- lete TOF barrel 5+10 AuAu 200; 5+9 Cu+Cu 200 Install Si tracker 5+10Au+ Au 200; 5+9 pp 500 89 prod. Wks., 2 longish pp runs, E scan, 1 species, no summer runs Cold Snake + ~1/2 NEG pipes