ECR Forum on Future Colliders

Monday 25 Apr 2022, 09:00 → 16:30 Europe/London

Corelli and Lodge rooms (Edgbaston Park Hotel)

Andrew Chisholm (University of Birmingham (GB)), Cristiano Sebastiani (University of Liverpool (GB)), Matthew William Kenzie (University of Warwick (GB)), Michaela Queitsch-Maitland (University of Manchester (GB)), Sarah Louise Williams (University of Cambridge (GB))

Discussion focussed meeting for UK early-career researchers (ECRs) to discuss the physics opportunities, accelerator and instrumentation requirements and career-related issues associated with the multiple options for future colliders, beyond the LHC.

Meeting is hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies at Birmingham.

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10:30 → 11:00 Welcome and Coffee

11:00 → 11:05 Welcome and Introduction

Convener: Andrew Stephen Chisholm (University of Birmingham (GB))

11:05 → 12:00 Physics Opportunities and Existing Anomalies

Convener: Matthew William Kenzie (University of Warwick (GB))

11:05 Review of Physics Landscape

Speaker: Mika Anton Vesterinen (University of Warwick (GB))

Birmingham_ECR_Future_Colliders_Vesterinen.pdf

11:20 Discussion Session

• We do not want to discuss the details of current physics results.
• Given a blank cheque and assuming appropriate technology, what would we build first?
• Do we agree with the priorities of the current / nominal road map (Euro Strategy Doc)?
• What future physics scenarios could we find ourselves in, in the next 5, 10, 20 years and what does this mean for the best approach to future colliders?
• What do we build if we see nothing BSM anywhere?

12:00 → 13:00 Accelerator and Detector Technologies

Convener: Michaela Queitsch-Maitland (University of Manchester (GB))

12:00 Accelerators Talk

Speaker: Laurie Nevay (Royal Holloway University of London)

2022-05-25-nevay-future-colliders-v4.pdf

12:15 Accelerators Urgent Questions

12:20 Detectors Talk

Speaker: Jens Dopke (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

Slides

12:35 Detectors Urgent Questions

12:40 Technologies Discussion

• We do not want to discuss details of current technology issues.
• What collider options are there and what weighting do people give them in terms of importance - FCC (ee+eh+hh?), linear collider, muon collider - are there others?
• What technology advances are critical to achieve the scenarios agreed above? ECFA R&D Roadmap (https://cds.cern.ch/record/2784893).
• What particular R&D areas is the UK community best placed to make progress on (we cannot do everything)?
• What is the likelihood of technology advances being realised on an appropriate time scale?
• How much R&D - both in terms of FTE and funding is required to achieve this?
• Are there other prohibiting factors aside from financial?

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:00 Facilitating a Future Collider

Convener: Sarah Louise Williams (University of Cambridge (GB))

14:00 Lessons from the LHC and the Funding Landscape

Speaker: Andy Parker (University of Cambridge (GB))

LHC-FCC history.pdf

14:15 Funding landscape discussion

• How do we build a competitive funding model that does not directly take resources from other essential STFC activities?
• What are the differences in the field / funding landscape / CERN budget between the LHC development and now?
• How do we secure funding and ensure sufficient variety / diversity / importance that it is hard to cut in the future?
• What can be learnt from previous successes (e.g. LHC) and challenges (e.g. ILC)?
• How are collaborations built and is this model still suitable in the future?

15:00 → 16:00 Opportunities and Challenges for ECRs

Convener: Cristiano Sebastiani (University of Liverpool (GB))

15:00 Perspective from ECR working on R&D

Speaker: Craig Sawyer (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

220425_ECRForum.pdf

15:15 Career Prospects Discussion

• How sustainable is it to do small fractions of time on future R&D?
• How risky is it to commit to a career in future R&D?
• What is the best strategy as a community (many people giving small fractions of time - fewer people giving larger fractions) and as an individual (how do I get a permanent position)?
• How straightforward is it to start performing R&D / transition from data analysis?

16:00 → 16:20 Closeout

Convener: Andrew Stephen Chisholm (University of Birmingham (GB))