1. PHENIX Timetable FY 2002 FY 2003 Prepare S  S  with Au-Au beams May 2001 March 2002 Jan 2001 June 2002 Sept 2002 1st  physics (J/  suppression & single  ’s) Run N  & S  Au-Au BeamsBeam Build N  chambers Install N  FEE Start Building N  FEE Install N  chambers 2-Arm physics Prepare MVD (60%) Run MVD Finish MVD 1st MVD physics (dN/dη, vertex & fluctuations) Si vertex upgrade R&D for charm physics Complete N  FEE Jan 26 2002 Fix S  p-p In FY2003 d-A, p-p and Au-Au collisions are all likely

2. E772 (1987 - …) DY, J/ ,  ’,  Nuclear Dep. Spokesman: Moss E789 (1990 - …)  bb,  J/ , D 0 Nuclear Dep. Spokesman: Peng E866/NuSea (1996 - …), J/ ,  ’, Nuclear Dep. Spokesmen: Garvey,McGaughey,Leitch E906 (2006?) at high-x, parton dE/dz Spokesman: Reimer (ANL) NA44 (1990 - …) Bose-Einstein Corrlations,… Jacak, Sullivan,van Hecke PHENIX (1990 - …) Muons: J/ , single- , open-charm, spin, p-A, QGP MVD: dN/dη, Z VERTEX SSC (GEM,SLD 1990 - …) GEM Silicon tracker (Brooks, Lee, Palounek) History of the LANL HENP Program

3. People & Highlights of Responsibilities Physicists: –Barnes (1/2 on EDM, return-to-research funding ended last year) : chamber construction, PHENIX physics. –Brooks :  -tracking detector council representative,  -software leader,  -electronics, PHENIX Institutional Board representative. –Garvey (retired) : E866, eRHIC, advisor to BNL management & John Browne, RHIC program supporter but no direct involvement in PHENIX. –Hansen (postdoc) : hadron physics, MVD electronics & software. –Lee : chamber construction manager, silicon-vertex upgrade. –Leitch : HENP team leader,  -electronics,  -calibration system,  -software, J/  suppression, p-A, shadowing, parton energy-loss, E866 spokesman, PHENIX Executive Council –McGaughey :  -electronics,  -calibration system,  -software, parton enegy-loss, silicon-vertex upgrade LDRD spokesman, former E866 spokesman, E906. –Liu (newest staff member) :  -electronics,  -software, online monitoring, spin physics –Mischke (now off the program) : was  -electronics manager & is now expert consultant. –Moss : spin physics, parton energy-loss, silicon-vertex upgrade, APS DNP chair. –Peng (1/4 time on EDM; leaving LANL in Jan) : E866 physics, parton energy-loss, p-A and parton physics at RHIC, PHENIX upgrades, extensive long-range planning work, FNAL/E906, JHF. –Sullivan : MVD PHENIX detector council representative, hadron physics, MVD electronics & software. –Van Hecke : MVD ancillary systems & DAQ, hadron physics Engineers –Boissevain (1/4) : MVD constuction,  layout engineering. –Sondheim (funded by construction $’s) : PHENIX  lead engineer & system integration