P-986 Letter of Intent: Medium-Energy Antiproton Physics at Fermilab

Technical Report · Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/984627· OSTI ID:984627

Asner, David M. ^[1]; Phillips, Thomas J. ^[2]; Apollinari, Giorgio ^[3]; Broemmelsiek, Daniel R. ^[3]; Brown, Charles N. ^[3]; Christian, David C. ^[3]; Derwent, Paul ^[3]; Gollwitzer, Keith ^[3]; Hahn, Alan ^[3]; Papadimitriou, Vaia ^[3]; Stefanski, Ray ^[3]; Werkema, Steven ^[3]; White, Herman B. ^[3]; Baldini, Wander ^[4]; Stancari, Giulio ^[4]; Stancari, Michelle ^[4]; Jackson, Gerald P. ^[5]; Kaplan, Daniel M. ^[6]; Torun, Yagmur ^[6]; White, Christopher G. ^[6] ; Park, HyangKyu ^[7]; Pedlar, Todd K. ^[8]; Gustafson, H. Richard ^[9]; Rosen, Jerome ^[10]; Wayne, Mitchell ^[11]; Chakravorty, Alak ^[12]; Dukes, E. Craig ^[13]

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1. Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON (Canada)
2. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
3. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Ferrara (Italy)
5. Hbar Technologies, Chicago, IL (United States)
6. Illinois Inst. of Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)
7. HyungPook National Univ., DaeGu (Korea, Republic of)
8. Luther College, Decorah, IA (United States)
9. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
10. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
11. Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
12. St. Xavier Univ., Chicago, IL (United States)
13. Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)

Fermilab has long had the world's most intense antiproton source. Despite this, the opportunities for medium-energy antiproton physics at Fermilab have been limited in the past and - with the antiproton source now exclusively dedicated to serving the needs of the Tevatron Collider - are currently nonexistent. The anticipated shutdown of the Tevatron in 2010 presents the opportunity for a world-leading medium-energy antiproton program. We summarize the current status of the Fermilab antiproton facility and review some physics topics for which the experiment we propose could make the world's best measurements. Among these, the ones with the clearest potential for high impact and visibility are in the area of charm mixing and CP violation. Continued running of the Antiproton Source following the shutdown of the Tevatron is thus one of the simplest ways that Fermilab can restore a degree of breadth to its future research program. The impact on the rest of the program will be minor. We request a small amount of effort over the coming months in order to assess these issues in more detail.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 984627
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-LOI-2009-04; TRN: US1006014
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANTIPROTON SOURCES
ANTIPROTONS
FERMILAB
FERMILAB TEVATRON
PHYSICS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SHUTDOWN
VISIBILITY
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