Particle Physics Meeting

Thursday Sep 18, 2025, 12:30 p.m. → 2:00 p.m. Canada/Pacific

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Meeting ID: 943 0035 9157 Passcode: 4321

12:30 p.m. → 12:40 p.m. News / Updates

PP_Dept_Sep18_2025.pptx

PP_Dept_Sep25_2025.pptx

12:45 p.m. → 2:00 p.m. PSD Retreat Planning

12:45 p.m. Planning the goals for current 5YP 2025 – 2030 Department reports (10+5min)

1. Particle Physics Department   (10 mins + 5 mins)

1:00 p.m. Round Table Discussion Current 5 year plan period 2025 – 2030

1. Mid term review of establishing research centres (Quantum Science, A.I., Detector)  (15 mins)
2. UCN User Facility
3. Current CFI's in evaluation 
4. He Liquifier 

1:20 p.m. Discussion points for next 5 year plan 2030 -2035

New projects and new directions in the next Five Year Plan

Includes discussion on hiring plans (where significant change or refocus or new initiatives are expected)

1. Expanded scope for E-Linac after DarkLight era, common interest with Accelerator potentially Nuclear Physics: Strong interest from US collaborators 
2. Future Collider Collaboration in Canada, building on detector R&D in DRD effort, potential large scale contributions from Accelerator 
3. Strengthen TRIUMF key expertises as an Asset to the Canadian community "What is TRIUMF for " Part of the case for Research centres (Quantum Science, A.I., Detector) -

 

1:40 p.m. Discussion points for beyond 2035 ; 20 year vision

New large scale projects thoughts at TRIUMF

1. Strengthen TRIUMF key expertise for an Asset to the Canadian community "What is TRIUMF for " Part of the case for Research centres (Quantum Science, A.I., Detector). In Particle Physics will support ongoing projects with a long  timescale ATLAS + Future Collider, Hyper-K, ALPHA, UCN (user facility), PIONEER
2. Quantum Sensing, e.g. accelerator based superconducting cavities for low mass Dark Matter