This is the first announcement on the 2nd International Workshop on Nuclear and Particle Physics at 50-GeV PS, which will be held at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, from September 27 through 29, 2002.
The KEK/JAERI Joint Project for high-intensity proton accelerators proceeded into a construction phase since April, 2001. The civil engineering of the accelerators is about to start now.
When we turn to the experimental all, the building plan for the Phase 1 construction should be finalized by March 2003 to complete its construction by March 2007. In addition, Letters of Intent for the experiments at the 50-GeV PS will be called soon and the deadline will be set around the end of this year. Towards these goals, it is about a time to discuss the physics programs and beamline installation in the early stage of the facility operation starting in 2007. We also need to consider future extensions of the facility at the 50-GeV PS.
The first International Workshop on Nuclear and Particle Physics at 50-GeV PS was held at KEK in December, 2001. We discussed many interesting physics topics and experimental techniques, which are unique for this facility. (Transparencies are available at http://www-jhf.kek.jp/NP01/ ).
As the 2nd workshop on this topic, we would like to extend the discussion towards more concrete and detailed one especially to materialize our physics plan into LOIs. The dates of this workshop are set to right before the PANIC02 conference (http://www.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~panic02) and the location is chosen to be Kyoto, which is about 50 km northeast from PANIC02 conference site in Osaka. If you plan to attend PANIC02, we hope you can come to Japan a few days earlier to join this workshop.
The details of the workshop will be distributed in the next circular. The Workshop Home Page is located at http://www-jhf.kek.jp/NP02/.We plan to provide a link for the online registration form including hotel reservation from PANIC02 home page for your convenience.
Subjects to be discussed:
Local Organizing Committee:
If you have questions or comments, please send us an e-mail to Naohito Saito (Kyoto University) at np02@nh.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp.