Muon Collider Steering Board #2

Tuesday 16 Jan 2024, 16:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

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1 Welcome and updates concerning recent LDG interactions

• Draft minutes previous meeting
• Presentations in Frascati meeting in the July, and presentation and related report in the LDG session in November

Speaker: Steinar Stapnes (CERN)

Frascati LDG meeting - see muon session and muon related talk in the RF session

LDG_muColl-7.pdf

Minutes-SG1.docx

Minutes-SG1.pdf

Muon_LDG_November_2023.pdf

Update LDG report with more on IMCC US initial interactions 

Minutes comments by end of the week -> final 

2 Muon Collider Interim report - status and next steps

• Including key issues identified as priorities for the study

Speaker: Daniel Schulte (CERN)

SB_January_2024_final.pdf

SB_January_2024_final.pptx

Refer to slides, presented status, schedule and critical items, EU project for HTS underway. 

Interim report on its way 

Describe final goals for 2025 such that reviews can evaluate status 

3 International Advisory Committee (IAC)

• Their first task is to review the interim report
• Proposal of members - with mandate
• Guidelines: small number of fixed members, one or two SB members ex-officio, a number of specialists chosen review by review

Speaker: Steinar Stapnes (CERN)

charge-IAC.docx

charge-IAC.pdf

Ask members with r for IAC, with e as experts, one-two more from the US phys&det, UK acc name to be agreed 

Improve charge (what is general and what is specific not clear, use different wording) - comments by SG by end week 

 

Note for self: S Krishnagopal from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre an accelerator person may be a good choice from India. He is on ICFA and will be useful in future.

4 Collaboration status and news

Speaker: Nadia Pastrone (INFN Torino (IT))

IMCC_SB_ICB_NPastrone_16jan23.pdf

Emphase growing collaboration and arrangements needed, contacts SG and CB 

5 Update from the US after P5

• Including key issues considered important/priorities for ramping up the US effort related to muon collider studies and participation and integration in the IMCC

Speakers: Dr Mark Palmer (BNL), with US colleagues ....

P5-IMCC_SC_2024_0116.pdf

P5-IMCC_SC_2024_0116.pptx

Detailed slides, key point US CERN agreement - add protocol, university engagement to be encouraged, SG reporting to US requires changes in the SG - how and when, demonstrator plannning important for IMCC including US 

6 AOB and next meeting

Possible topics for next meeting:
- IAC report
- Collaboration organisation in more detail - also related to expanding the collaboration
- Demonstrator ideas and process
- More from the US, and other regions
- Other

Speakers: All comments welcome, Steinar Stapnes (CERN)