[gpd] Preparation of Propsal for FP7

Tue Jul 17 00:10:35 BST 2007

Dear Colleagues,

as you have seen in the Call for Proposals from our newly extended  
Steering Committee,
we have to submit a proposal for a JRA or a Network by 15.9.

I had solicited your input as to whether we should propose a JRA or a  
Network and
have had discussions about it with some of you and with members of  
the Steering
Committee.  So far we have 24 groups from 20 institutes that have  
expressed an
interest in out project. 13 groups are in favour of a JRA, 5 groups  
would prefer a
network and the rest didn't specify a preference. I am attaching a  
current list of
institutes and contact persons at the end of this email.

My Proposal
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-Structure -

My proposal is to submit a JRA with five sub-projects, two of which  
would essentially
be networks. Those sub-projects would be:

1. CLAS12 Central Detector
2. COMPASS Recoil Detector
3. PAX Target Region
4. Global Analysis of Hard Exclusive Reactions
5. Preparation of Future Experiments

This structure is similar to the current JRA5 'GPDs', which also has  
3 experimental
sub-projects, but different in as much as that there is no explicit  
Theory sub-project,
but two sub-projects on analysis of existing data and preparation of  
future
experiments. The largest experimental parts of sub-project 4 would be
HERMES (and JLAB), for sub-project 5 PANDA (and PAX).
Both of these can naturally include theory groups and they would
play the role of 'networks within the JRA'.

-Title-

The title for the activity I would like to propose is 'Hard Exclusive  
Reactions',
acronym 'HardEx'. This would emphasise the kind of physics we want to  
cover
in this project and make an easy connection to the various recoil  
detectors that
make up the hardware parts of the project. Google finds several  
companies with
this name on the web, the largest of which seems to manufacture  
industrial
adhesives. I don't think there is much of a danger of a mix-up.  
However, if you have
a better idea, please suggest it.

- Finances -

The steering committee seems to intend to have more JRAs than  
networks and
also to make on average more funds available per JRA. With our  
application we
can target all in all about 1 Mio Euro. This means that if the  
project will be approved
we will have about as much money as last time, perhaps even a little  
bit more.
This has to be distributed over the 5 different sub-projects and as  
zero-order
approximation I will assume that each sub-project receives about the  
same amount
of money.

- Template/ Input -

Please have a look at http://www.hadronphysics.eu. and download the  
template
for JRAs. This will give you an impression which kind of input I will  
need from you.
To organise the task of writing this proposal efficiently, I would  
like to have
one or two contact persons per sub-project that help me with  
collecting the
information and with writing the text. Some of you have already  
volunteered
(thank you!)

1. CLAS12 Central Detector                                    - M.Guidal
2. COMPASS Recoil Detector                                 -  
N.D'Hose, J.Nassalski
3. PAX Target Region                                               -  
P.Lenisa
4. Global Analysis of Hard Exclusive Reactions
5. Preparation of Future Experiments                    - F.Mass (PANDA)

The HERMES related part of (4) I will take over myself, as well as  
part of (5).
Obviously I still need more contact persons for 4 and 5, in  
particular for JLAB
analysis and for theory.

- Mailing List -

For now I propose to keep the existing JRA5 mailing list. Once we  
have established
which groups will be members of the new JRA, I will set up a new web  
site together
with a new archived mailing list.

** Next Steps **

At this point I would like to ask you to get back to me with:
- your opinion about the structure I am proposing, including  
alternate suggestions,
- different suggestions for a title, if you have one, and
- groups that you think would also like to join us.

Please try to send your answer by the end of this week. I will then  
try to
produce the zero-version draft of the proposal next week. We don't have
a lot of time and it's the holiday season which doesn't make it any  
easier.

I am currently in Vancouver, Canada, and due to the 8-9 hr time  
difference
difficult to reach by phone. However, if you would like to discuss  
anything
over the phone, I can call you early in the morning (9:00) or in the  
evening
(after 18:00) your time. Just send me an email with your phone number  
and
availability and I will call you.

Best Regards,

Ralf

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Prof Ralf Kaiser
Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Glasgow

email: r.kaiser at physics.gla.ac.uk
phone: +44-141-3305287

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List of Institutes and Contact Persons for 'HardEx JRA' as of 16.7.2007

Bonn                           Fritz Klein
Clermont-Ferrand       Charles Hyde-Wright
DESY                           Wolf-Dieter Nowak, Markus Diehl
Erlangen                      Klaus Rith
Ferrara                         Paolo Lenisa
Frascati                       Enzo De Sanctis, Patrizia Rossi
Genova                        Marco Ripani
Giessen                        Michael Dueren
Glasgow                       Ralf Kaiser
Grenoble                      Eric Voutier
Orsay                           Michel Guidal
Palaiseau                     Bernard Pire
Pavia                            Sigfrido Boffi
Regensburg                 Andreas Schaefer
Saclay                          Nicole d'Hose, Michel Garcon, Frank Maas
Tel Aviv                       Leonid Frankfurt
Uppsala                       Lars Westerberg
Valencia                      Santiago Noguera
Warsaw                        Jan Nassalski
Wuppertal                    Peter Kroll