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Particle Astrophysics Opportunities

Programs Started or Enhanced with Argonne Strategic Lab Directed Research & Development Funds ($2M in FY08)

Very High Energy Gamma-Rays Dark Energy Survey Nuclear Astrophysics Transition Edge Sensors (CMB/SPT) FLASH on Blue Gene/P – 3D Supernova Explosion Modeling Computational Cosmology

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Argonne Strategic Initiative Leadership

Strategic Initiative Committee

Karen Byrum (SI Leader)Jim TruranCarlos Wagner

Astrophysics Steering Committee

Harry Weerts (Chair) – HEP Bruce Winstein - UChicagoKaren Byrum – HEP Rocky Kolb – UChicagoBob Wagner - HEPSteve Kuhlmann – HEPErnst Rehm – PHY Josh Frieman - FermilabKen Nollett – PHY Roger Dixon - FermilabJim Truran – PHYMike Pellin – MSDStephen Streiffer – CNMMike Papka – MCS

16 Proposals in FY08, 6 received funding

Guidance from Michael Turner during tenure as Chief Scientist

ANL TrICE Telescope

VHE Gamma-Ray ProgramK.Byrum,D.Horan,A.Smith,R.Wagner (ANL), D. Hooper (FNAL)

S.Swordy,D.Muller, S.Wakely, B.Humensky, L.Reyes, S.Wissel (U.ofChicago)

TeVCat Online Catalogtevcat.uchicago.edu

VERITAS

AGIS (Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System)

AGIS or CTA

VERITAS

GLAST

R&D Proposal, Swordy NSF PI, Byrum DOE Co-PI

When GLAST discovers dark matter candidates,

ANL/UC in perfect position to lead AGIS

construction.

Theory leadership at FNAL.

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Dark Energy Survey

Halogen Lamp and Optical Power Meter

DAQ System

Filter Wheel, Monochromator, and Integrating Spheres

Vacuum Vessel

ANL Group: J. Bernstein, V. Guarino, S. Kuhlmann, H. Spinka, R. Talaga, A. Zhao

Portable ANL CCD test-stand, initial X-ray tests

at APS next month. Working with J. Estrada, S. Gruenendahl, D. Kubik from Fermilab.

Working with J. Marriner (FNAL), R. Kessler (UC) on DES Supernova Strategy

DES Mechanical Engineering with FNAL A. Stefanik, H. Cease

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Nuclear Astrophysics Program and Preparations for FRIB

Using COUPP bubble chamber design for critical 12C16O rate

Theoretical and Experimental Leadership: J. Truran (ANL/UC), R. Holt, K. Rehm, G. Savard, K. Nollett, C. Roberts (ANL)

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Successful development of first prototypes of single pixel TES devices for polarization measurements @ 95GHz, and 2x2 pixel

arrays for multicolor (150GHz, 220GHz, 270GHz, and 350GHz bands) measurements.

Transition Edge Sensor Development for CMB Polarization Measurement

South Pole Telescope

V. Novosad ANL PI for TES Development

J. Carlstrom and S. Meyer groups UC

V. Yefremenko, A. Datesman,

G. Wang, J. Pearson, R. Divan ANL

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FLASH on ANL Blue Gene/P – Type 1a Supernova Explosions

World’s Fastest Open-Science Supercomputer

FLASH has demonstrated scaling to 131,072 processors, largest 2008 INCITE award with 21 million cpu-hours

Initial 3D Simulation – velocities show complex flow

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Computational Cosmology I (working with S. Dodelson FNAL/UC, N. Gnedin FNAL/UC, A. Kravtsov UC)

Halo Database

Dark-Matter Particle

Level Files

ANL/HEP Computing Group

Baryon Gas (Mesh)

Level Files

Optimize Adaptive Refinement Tree data

format for performance and visualization.

Converting to NCSA-developed HDF5 format.

ANL/MCS

Qizhi Zhang from ANL/HEP is MySQL database administrator for FNAL-KICP Cosmos cluster, and developed DB tables.

Halo mass distibution made from database files.

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Computational Cosmology II (J. Bernstein, S. Kuhlmann ANL working with S. Habib and B. O’Shea LANL)

N-Body Simulations on Blue Gene/P, Enzo currently running, working to implement FLASH cosmology code for comparisons.

Enzo simulation of 64/h Mpc box at z=10 (left) and z=1 (right)

Last 3 slides illustrate vast potential of collaborations, and motivation for future joint SciDAC proposal

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Particle Astrophysics Opportunities

Rapid expansion of Astrophysics at ANL, all joint projects with FNAL and/or UC

Very High Energy Gamma-Rays Dark Energy Survey Nuclear Astrophysics Transition Edge Sensors (CMB/SPT) FLASH on Blue Gene/P – 3D Supernova Explosion Modeling Computational Cosmology