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DC Washington Trip October 28th 2017 Fermilab Users Executive Committee meeting Louise Suter, FNAL Congressional letters of support As discussed Leland wrote drafts letters which we sent to the Appropriations Committee members on both House

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DC Washington Trip

October 28th 2017 Fermilab Users Executive Committee meeting Louise Suter, FNAL

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Congressional letters of support

October 17th, 2016 Chairman Mike Simpson Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur Subcommittee on Energy and Water Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Development Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building 1016 Longworth House Office Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Chairman Simpson and Ranking Member Kaptur: We are writing on behalf of the Fermilab Users Organization, an organization of approximately 3,500 scientists and engineers that utilize the research facilities provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, located outside of Chicago, Illinois. We thank you for your continued support for the High Energy Physics program in the DOE Office of

Science. As you begin conference negotiations on a Fiscal Year 2017 Energy and Water

Development appropriations bill with the U.S. Senate, we strongly urge you to maintain the Senate funding level of $833 million for High Energy Physics. This funding level is vital to maintain U.S. leadership in particle physics, to enable us to move forward on world-class scientific projects, and to meet scheduled commitments to our international partners. Consistent with the Senate bill, we ask that the $833 million includes $55 million for the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, the first large-scale international facility built on U.S. soil. Since the House passed H.R. 5055, on September 1, 2016, the Department of Energy has approved the start of construction for this project and the $55 million funding level is needed to move forward with major construction work to meet project milestones and build the first prototype detectors. In addition to this major project, the $833 million funding level will advance and support other world-leading undertakings, such as U.S. contributions to the upgrades of the Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN, second generation dark matter and dark energy experiments, and particle physics and accelerator research at U.S. universities and DOE national labs. We are grateful for your continued leadership in this important field of science. Professor Edward Kearns Chair Fermilab Users Executive Committee October 17th, 2016 Chairman Lamar Alexander Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein Subcommittee on Energy and Water Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Development Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations 186 Dirksen Senate Office Building 188 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Feinstein: We are writing on behalf of the Fermilab Users Organization, an organization of approximately 3,500 scientists and engineers that utilize the research facilities provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, located outside of Chicago, Illinois. We thank you for your continued support for the High Energy Physics program in the DOE Office of

Science. In particular, we thank you for including $833 million for High Energy Physics in the

Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Senate Energy and Water Development appropriations bill. As you negotiate a FY 2017 conference agreement with the U.S. House of Representatives, we strongly urge you to maintain this level of funding in the final bill. This funding level is vital to maintain U.S. leadership in particle physics, move forward on world-class scientific projects, and meet scheduled commitments to our international partners. Consistent with the Senate bill, we ask that the $833 million include $55 million for the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, the first large-scale international facility built on U.S. soil. On September 1, 2016, the Department of Energy approved the start of construction for this project and the $55 million funding level is needed to move forward with major construction work, to meet project milestones, and build the first prototype detectors. In addition to this major project, the $833 million funding level will advance and support other world-leading undertakings, such as U.S. contributions to the upgrades of the Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN, second generation dark matter and dark energy experiments, and particle physics and accelerator research at U.S. universities and DOE national labs. We are grateful for your continued leadership in this important field of science. Professor Edward Kearns Chair Fermilab Users Executive Committee

As discussed Leland wrote drafts letters which we sent to the Appropriations Committee members on both House and Senate side

Discussed getting official UEC letter head paper to make future letters easier

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Impact of 2017 trip

You have probably noticed that there is an election ongoing at the

moment

Not just for the President but for Senators and Representatives
Can expect that could be large change in Congress and in OMB and

executive branch meetings

This means new people who we don’t have prior connections with.
Important offices maybe not about P5 or even about HEP
Will need to work hard to make connections with these new

people

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Meeting with Katie

Ed, I,Sowjanya, Carrie, Frank meet with Katie Yurkewicz from Office of Communication
Points of dissuasion
With the election the schedule for next year may be abnormal
If our trip is at normal march/april maybe be out of sync with the schedule
Is the ASK most important or the message?
Discussed what we want to bring next year in addition to p5 2 pager
Do we want to make new additional material? What else is available for us to bring?
Select symmetry articles to bring - can get in nice formatting
Bring articles on topical things - i.e. gravity waves
What ‘Fermilab’ brochure do we want to bring?

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Meeting with SLAC/LHC

Should have good commination with the other groups
We have suggested in the past inviting them to parts of UEC meeting. Perhaps

Lelands talks and the Government Relations talk

Can send links to links to our public minutes and talks to the other groups to

keep them informed.

Reached out to heads of LHC and SLAC users group. Discussion points
Late in 2016 trip - arrived 1 week after the appropriations bills - but we had a

warm welcome and message was well received

Important to promote NFS. Commented that been less prompted in the past
What ‘trinkets’ can be bring - in the past buttons, post cards, bookmarks
Put together Milestones and schedule so every is not again last min.
Need for complementary visual part to p5 message
Produce documentation with uniform style

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Meet with Michael Cooke Program Manager for Strategic Planning and Communications Office of High Energy

We asked for beyond the PB - $833M

Civics talk which he gave at ICHEP http://indico.cern.ch/event/432527/contributions/2269599/

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Meet with Michael Cooke Program Manager for Strategic Planning and Communications Office of High Energy

Civics talk which he gave at ICHEP http://indico.cern.ch/event/432527/contributions/2269599/

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Meet with Michael Cooke Program Manager for Strategic Planning and Communications Office of High Energy

Civics talk which he gave at ICHEP http://indico.cern.ch/event/432527/contributions/2269599/

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http://www.usparticlephysics.org/

Meet with Michael Cooke Program Manager for Strategic Planning and Communications Office of High Energy Physics at DOE, we discussed the P5 and outreach material that exist that we could potentially also used for this trip

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http://www.usparticlephysics.org/

Meet with Michael Cooke Program Manager for Strategic Planning and Communications Office of High Energy Physicsat DOE, we discussed the P5 and outreach material that exists that we could potentially also used for this trip

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http://www.usparticlephysics.org/

This is the main document the group has put together, at high level expected high level knowledge of HEP and p5. Normally put together after President budget ~ Feb short time scale to get done

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http://www.usparticlephysics.org/

Andy Lankford has started effort to provide useful information to the broad U.S. particle physics community through the usparticlephysics.org website.

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http://www.usparticlephysics.org/

From the earliest days of high energy physics in the 1930s to the latest 21st century initiatives, the innovative ideas and technologies of particle physics have entered the mainstream of society to transform the way we live. Selected examples illustrate a long and growing list of beneficial practical applications with contributions from particle physics. Medicine: cancer therapy Every major medical center in the nation uses accelerators producing x-rays, protons, neutrons or heavy ions for the diagnosis and treatment of disease. It is estimated that there are over 7,000 operating medical linacs around the world that have treated over 30,000,000 patients. Homeland security: monitoring nuclear waste nonproliferation In nuclear reactors, the amount of plutonium builds up as the uranium fuel is used. Because plutonium and uranium emit different kinds of particles, a particle detector can be used to monitor and analyze the contents of the nuclear reactor core. A prototype detector, originally developed by physicists for experiments, has already demonstrated the potential use of this new monitoring technology. Industry: power transmission Cables made of superconducting material can carry far more electricity than conventional cables with minimal power

losses. Further superconducting technology advances in particle physics will help advance this industry, offering an
pportunity to meet continued power needs in densely populated areas where underground copper transmission

lines are near their capacity. Industry: biomedicine and drug development Biomedical scientists use particle physics technologies to decipher the structure of proteins, information that is key to understanding biological processes and healing disease. A clearer understanding of protein structure allows for the development of more effective drugs, such as Kaletra, one of the world’s most-prescribed drugs to fight AIDS. Industry: understanding turbulence From long distance oil pipelines to models for global weather prediction, turbulence determines the performance of virtually all fluid systems. Silicon strip detectors and low-noise amplifiers developed for particle physics are used to detect light scattered from microscopic particles in a turbulent fluid, permitting detailed studies of this challenging area. Computing: the World Wide Web Particle physicists developed the World Wide Web to give them a tool to communicate quickly and effectively with colleagues around the world. Few other technological advances in history have more profoundly affected the global economy and societal interactions than the Web. In 2001, revenues from the World Wide Web exceeded one trillion dollars, with exponential growth continuing. Computing: the Grid The Grid is the newest particle physics computing tool that allows physicists to manage and process unprecedented amounts of data across the globe by combining the strength of hundreds of thousands of individual computing

farms. Industries such as medicine and finance are examples other fields that also generate large amounts of data and

benefit from advanced computing technology. Sciences: synchrotron light sources Researchers use the ultra-powerful X-ray beams of dedicated synchrotron light sources to create the brightest lights

n earth. These luminous sources provide tools for such applications as protein structure analysis, pharmaceutical

research, materials science and restoration of works of art. Medicine: diagnostic instrumentation Particle detectors first developed for particle physics are now ubiquitous in medical imaging. Positron emission tomography, the technology of PET scans, came directly from detectors initially designed for particle physics experiments sensing individual photons of light. P a r t i c l e P h y s i c s : B e n e f i t s t o S o c i e t y MO MI MS GA VA PA LA FL IA IN TN WV ME NH DC MD MA DE NJ RI CT IL AL NC OH NY MN KY SC AR WI VT CA NV MT TX CO NM WY KS ND WA UT NE OK OR AZ SD ID S National laboratories and facilities DOE funded programs NSF funded programs DOE, NSF and/or other sources HI AK Puerto Rico High-Energy Physics in the United States A national laboratory funded by the Office of Science of the Department of Energy. www.fnal.gov symmetrymagazine.org High-energy physics research in the United States is a distributed effort involving researchers across the country. In 2013, more than 190 universities and laboratories in 45 states (plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico) received funding from the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation and other sources to explore the nature of matter, energy, space and time. A national laboratory funded by the Office of Science of the Department of Energy. www.fnal.gov Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory February 2016

Fostering a STEM workforce

Fermilab partners with educators to introduce youth to the world of science and trains college and university students in high-tech research and development. K–12 students FY2014 FY2015 K–12 teachers FY2014 FY2015 Statistics Students participating 17,226 16,253 in activities at Fermilab Students visited in 25,790 26,279 classrooms by Fermilab staff Educators attending 192 342 workshops at Fermilab Educators using the 158 251 Teacher Resource Center Teachers holding 9 9 summer research internships Ph.D. degrees received 2,138 since 1974 from research at Fermilab Students involved in About 1,000 every year

n-site programs or

internships Public tour participants 5,975 in 2015 College & university students & adults Activities Learn more about Fermilab’s Education Office at ed.fnal.gov. Fermilab operates a Teacher Resource Center and the Lederman Science Center, a free hands-on science education center that hosts more than 3,000 walk-in visitors and about 10,000 students on field trips every year. Fermilab staff members serve as mentors to high school students for periods ranging from 6 weeks to 8 months. Students learn how scientists pursue discoveries in science, engineering and computing. The Saturday Morning Physics program offers a nine-week course for about 300 local high-school students a year. The national QuarkNet program, led from Fermilab, involves about 500 high school physics teachers and gives their students hands-on research experience as part of an international scientific collaboration. Every year more than 3,000 local residents meet with physicists, engineers and computer specialists at Fermilab as part of the Ask-a-Scientist program, held on Sunday afternoons and at special events. Fermilab offers internships for college students studying science, engineering, computing, ecology and science journalism. A national laboratory funded by the Office of Science of the Department of Energy. www.fnal.gov Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory February 2016

Particle Physics: Benefits to Society

From particle accelerators to the World Wide Web, and from medical imaging techniques to high-performance computing, the bold and innovative ideas and technologies of particle physics have entered the mainstream of society and helped transform the way we live. Particle physics research pushes the frontiers of knowledge and

technology. The development and construction of particle accelerators,

particle detectors and other research tools has led to many benefits to society. The invention of the World Wide Web, the use of particle accelerators to treat cancer and contributions to the development of medical imaging techniques such as PET scans and MRIs are among the better known examples of particle physics innovations. But particle physics has myriad lesser-known impacts. For example, few people have probably heard that low-energy electron beams from particle accelerators provide an environmentally friendly way of sterilizing food packaging. There are more than 30,000 particle accelerators in operation around the world today. They shrink tumors, make better tires, spot suspi- cious cargo, clean up dirty drinking water, help design drugs, discover the building blocks of matter, and do much more. Experts estimate that medical accelerators have treated more than 30 million people around the world. The market for medical and industrial accelerators now exceeds $3.5 billion dollars a year. Particle detectors first developed for particle physics are now ubiquitous in medical imaging. The technology for PET scans came directly from detectors initially designed to sense photons. Digital electronics now depends on particle beams for ion implantation and created a $1.5 billion annual market for ion-beam accelerators. The products that are processed, treated or inspected by particle beams have a collective annual value of more than $500 billion. Ten thousands of scientists, engineers and technicians who were trained in particle physics have gone on to apply their knowledge in medicine, computing, industry, homeland security, research and other areas of society. The next page highlights examples of their innovations.

Based on conversation with Users Groups I suggested material such items shown here that it would be nice to have a uniform ‘all hep’ version off. Additional feedback on needed material would be welcome

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Accelerating National Innovation

1. More than 1,700 U.S. scientists and students drive science forward through experiments

at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, including using the CMS experiment.

2. High-energy physics partners with other scientific fields and agencies like NASA to push

the boundaries of research through experiments including the Fermi Gamma-ray Space

Telescope. 3. The United States is a leader in the study of neutrinos, mysterious particles that

may help explain why the universe has evolved to the form we know today. New technologies such as innovative large-scale liquid argon detectors are being developed to study neutrinos.

4. Computing tools and distribution systems created to process and analyze high-energy

physics data have found their way into many areas of industry and society. 5. National laboratories work with industry to train workers and develop manufacturing capabilities, such as building components for the next generation of particle accelerators.

High-Energy Physics Is a National Efgort

Scientists, engineers, and technicians at more than 190 universities and laboratories in 45 states partner with their international colleagues to build high-tech tools and components, conduct scientific research, and train and educate the next generation of innovators. High-energy physics facilities at laboratories in the United States attract more than 4,000 scientists from around the world every year.

Please sustain funding for High-Energy Physics through the Department of Energy’s Ofce of Science and the National Science Foundation to continue the process of innovation and discovery.

1 2 3 4 5

High-Energy Physics in the United States

http://www.usparticlephysics.org/

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Meeting with FSPA

Meet with new FSPA officers, explained them the idea of the trip now

they could help out and invited them to join committee

Floated idea of implementing scheme like one used by LHC users

group - where New Perspectives prize winner could be awarded travel support to one grad/post doc

We have always invited people that benefited the trip. Would be

some logistic to work out but seen doable

Time schedules are not great. Trip in ~april, New Perspectives in

June

Sebastian agreed to take on maintaining the wiki - which is awesome -

it has been in unstable state for over a year

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DC trip wiki

Wiki fixes not up and running yet, but we have administer privileges again
It had been unstable since an upgrade a year or so back
Thanks to Jesus for all his work getting this running again
Hope we can get everyone a real account soon
Wiki is hosted by Dreamiest
Note. this is an expense that it is not clear who is paying for right now
Can not be hosted at FNAL

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Additional news

Aim to reach out to past trip goers at CERN so they can

set up separate training schedules there as it had been hard for them to take part in preparations over the phone

Reached out to Steve Ritz and to DPFExCom to make

sure all relevant people in loop

Looking for a volunteers to take on improving the

‘connections’ code we use to work out which offices people try to get meetings with and the matching of secondaries

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Color of Rulers

We have taken these rulers on DC trip for many past years- offices collect them

and many now have both orange and green ones

Question was raised can be get a different color - blue seemed to be the