Letter: Chinese high-energy physics
In your recent editorial (Feb. 2006), you mention the upgrade of the facilities at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) in China, but do not give details of the BEPCII/BESIII construction. The BEPCII linac installation is complete, that of the storage ring started, and the installation of the muon counter and the superconducting magnet into the BESIII detector are also complete.
BEPCII is a two-ring electon-positron collider that will run in the tau-charm energy region with a luminosity improvement factor of 100 over the previous BEPC. BESIII is a new collider detector with significant improvements over the previous BES detectors. Commissioning of both the detector and accelerator are expected in summer 2007.
The next BESIII collaboration meeting is planned for June 8-10, 2006 at IHEP in Beijing. From June 11-18, there will be a workshop on Future PRC/US Cooperation in High Energy Physics, to promote and strengthen cooperation in high-energy physics between the People’s Republic of China and the United States. The meetings will review the current status of the Chinese HEP program, including BESIII and the Daya Bay neutrino reactor experiment, and explore the physics potential of these experiments. Anyone interested in BESIII or the workshop should contact me for details.
Frederick A. Harris, BESIII Co-spokesman
University of Hawaii
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