ECR Forum on Future Colliders

Name: ECR Forum on Future Colliders
Start: 2022-04-25T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2022-04-25T16:30:00+01:00
Location: Edgbaston Park Hotel

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

Corelli and Lodge rooms (Edgbaston Park Hotel)

Corelli and Lodge rooms

Edgbaston Park Hotel

The University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT United Kingdom

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))

Description

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.

Registration

Attendance is by invitation only, presence in person is required, please only register if you have received an invitation

Participants

Adam Edward Barton
Alison Elliot
Andrew Chisholm
Andy Parker
Antonio Jacques Costa
Chris Pollard
Christian Gutschow
Craig Sawyer
Cristiano Sebastiani
Daniel Winterbottom
Eleanor Jones
Fionn Bishop
Giuseppe Callea
Graham Van Goffrier
Helen Maguire
Holly Pacey
Jacob Julian Kempster
Jens Dopke
Jesse Liu
Jonathon Langford
Josh McFayden
Laurie Nevay
Lingxin Meng
Marco Aparo
Martin Tat
Matthew James Sullivan
Matthew Kenzie
Michaela Queitsch-Maitland
Mika Vesterinen
Nathan Readioff
NICHOLAS WARDLE
Philipp Windischhofer
Ross Hunter
Sarah Louise Williams
Savannah Clawson
Sudha Ahuja
Tom Neep
Valentina Vecchio
Will Buttinger
William Barter

- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  Welcome and Coffee 30m
- 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 15m
    
    Speaker: Mika Anton Vesterinen (University of Warwick (GB))
    
    Birmingham_ECR_Future_Colliders_Vesterinen.pdf
  - 11:20
    Discussion Session 40m
    
    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 15m
    
    Speaker: Laurie Nevay (Royal Holloway University of London)
    
    2022-05-25-nevay-future-colliders-v4.pdf
  - 12:15
    
    Accelerators Urgent Questions 5m
  - 12:20
    
    Detectors Talk 15m
    
    Speaker: Jens Dopke (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))
    
    Slides
  - 12:35
    
    Detectors Urgent Questions 5m
  - 12:40
    Technologies Discussion 20m
    
    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 1h
- 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 15m
    
    Speaker: Andy Parker (University of Cambridge (GB))
    
    LHC-FCC history.pdf
  - 14:15
    Funding landscape discussion 45m
    
    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 15m
    
    Speaker: Craig Sawyer (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))
    
    220425_ECRForum.pdf
  - 15:15
    Career Prospects Discussion 45m
    
    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))