(taken from S1 proposal)
We have identified fourteen working groups and chosen two coordinators for each. All
coordinators are well-known specialists in the considered disciplines:
Tom Bowles (LANL) and Bruce Vogelaar (Virginia Tech)
The principal experiment in this area will be a measurement of the low energy pp νs
emitted by the Sun to measure the ν luminosity of the Sun. The group will also study
measurements of geoneutrinos from the Earth's interior, of relic supernova νs as a
constraint on the history of star formation in the universe, and of contemporary
supernovae to understand the dynamics of gravitational collapse of a stellar core.
John Wilkerson (U. of Washington) and Charles Prescott (SLAC)
Observation of neutrinoless double β decay would show that lepton number conservation
is violated and that a matter particle, the ν, is its own antiparticle. If double beta decay
occurs in nature, it is sensitive to a linear combination of neutrino masses, and can
provide an important constraint on the absolute scale of neutrino masses.
Milind Diwan (BNL) and Gina Rameika (Fermilab)
A long baseline ν experiment in the DUSEL era will measure the "small" mixing in the ν
sector and could determine whether matter/antimatter symmetry is violated in the ν
sector. A detector for this experiment could be made suitable for studying nucleon
stability.
Hank Sobel (UC Irvine) and Chang-Kee Jung (Stony Brook)
Observation of nucleon decay would be an indication of important physics at energies
well above those attainable with accelerators. A nucleon decay detector that is
multipurpose would have sensitivity to some of the low energy neutrino physics studied
by Working Group 1.
Dan Akerib (Case Western Reserve U.) and Elena Aprile (Columbia)
This group will not only focus on the searches for dark matter but will attempt to identify
other uses of underground space for cosmology and gravitational physics
Michael Wiesher and Joachim Goerres (U. Notre Dame)
This group will study the potential for making important measurements for nuclear
astrophysics that require a small particle accelerator and very low backgrounds. The
measurements made will be applied to the understanding of nuclear reactions and other
processes in stars.
Brian McPherson (New Mexico Tech), and Eric Sonnenthal (LBNL)
Building on our current understanding of petrology, hydrology, geochemistry and
geomicrobiology, this group will focus on understanding the interactions that must be
considered to explain many of the phenomena observed in geological processes.
Larry Costin (Sandia), Paul Young (U. of Toronto)
This group will study how to integrate studies of rock deformation and stability and
whole earth geophysical studies with the development of the DUSEL.
Francois Heuzé (LLNL), Jean-Claude Roegiers (U. Oklahoma)
Use of the subsurface includes many traditional (e.g. mineral extraction) and an
increasing number of novel applications. This working group will examine opportunities
for research in DUSEL to advance these uses.
Tommy Phelps (ORNL), Tom Kieft (New Mexico Tech)
This group will investigate microbial community composition and dynamics, microbial
physiologies and abiotic-biotic interactions, as well as pioneer the sampling strategies and
insure contamination control.
Jim Fredrickson (PNNL) and Nancy Moran (U. Arizona)
This group will focus on the fundamental questions involving molecular evolution,
cellular and molecular biology, systems biology, and ancient molecules.
Prisca Cushman (U. Minnesota) and Harry Miley (PNNL)
Many experiments that will be performed at DUSEL require materials with very low
trace radioactivity. Assays of these materials and construction of prototype detectors can
only performed in an underground facility. The group will also explore other
applications, such as earth sciences and national security.
Lee Petersen (CNA Engineers), Derek Ellsworth (Penn State U.), and David Berley (U. Maryland)
This group will define and analyze the infrastructure requirement matrices, paying
attention to the commonality and differences between physics, earth science, biology and
engineering and extract from these data the generic requirements for laboratory layouts
underground and common infrastructure. A subgroup will deal with generic principles of
management of the laboratory.
Willi Chinowski, (LBL) Susan Pfiffner (U. of Tennessee).
We have specifically chosen scientists to coordinate this working group, as we believe it
important to involve scientists in the E&O effort from the beginning. The group will also
enlist help of professional educators.
The charge of these working groups is to
• Summarize the scientific opportunities: What are the big questions that can be addressed
by DUSEL in a unique way?
• Develop roadmaps establishing the likely evolution of the subfields and the succession of
generic experiments or experimental/observational facilities. The working groups will
obviously look into the results of previous workshops and reports and focus on missing
components—important aspects not yet studied, points of disagreements, etc. Very likely,
these will be the medium- and long range projections.
• Participate in the definition of the infrastructure requirement matrices and fill them for
each discipline.
• Work with other working groups to identify "modules" (set of generic experiments with
similar or compatible infrastructure requirements).
• Identify within each discipline the most significant education and outreach opportunities.