March 18, 2004
Dear ICFA BD Panel Members,
At the last ICFA meeting, I proposed to the committee to compile a
new accelerator catalog. The existing
one was compiled in 1989 (by Kurokawa, KEK) and obviously needs an update. The
ICFA was supportive for this project.
The new catalog will include five groups of accelerators. Each
group will have a panel member as the leading person for this project. He or
she will work with other panel or non-panel members in this task. I am glad to
announce that the following panel members have agreed to take the
responsibility of the leading person in this project.
(1) electron colliders - Caterina Biscari (LNF-INFN)
(2) Light sources (including FEL) - Kwang-Je Kim (ANL)
(3) Ion accelerators - Ingo Hofmann (GSI)
(4) Cyclotrons and FFAG - Yoshiharu Mori (KEK)
(5) Proton machines - Weiren Chou (Fermilab)
There are of course some ambiguous areas (e.g., electron-ion
machines) that need to be sorted out. We'll address this and some other issues
(e.g., energy cut in each group) during the course of this project. Your
opinion will be very welcome. If you have specific interest in helping with a
group, please feel free to contact that member.
The plan is as follows:
1. We will design a generic form (HTML or WORD or fillable PDF)
for people to fill in the machine name and top level parameters. Each group may
also design its own form for specific parameter sheets.
2. These forms will be sent electronically to each lab and
institution. The group leaders are responsible to collect these forms and put them together in a uniform format.
3. We are also considering to design a relational database to link
them together.
4. The catalog will be published both online and in paper copy.
5. We plan to finish this project by the next ICFA meeting (Feb
2005).
Caterina's lepton collider
database(http://www.lnf.infn.it/icfa/#resources) is a good starting point. The
form used in the old catalog can also be a useful reference.
I expect active participation of the whole panel in this project.
Should
you have any comments; please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank
you.
Peace,
Weiren Chou