[APEX] Invitation to Join Intensity Frontier Working Group

[Rouven Essig]

Dear APEX Collaborators,

We would like to invite you to join the "Hidden Sector Photons and Axions"
working group that will be part of the "Fundamental Physics at the Intensity
Frontier" workshop to be held in the Washington, D.C. area November 30-
December 2, 2011.  See http://www.intensityfrontier.org/

This workshop is being organized in response to a request from the Office of
High Energy Physics of the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DoE). They've asked the
community to identify the most exciting opportunities for future experiments
on the intensity frontier. The Workshop will provide important input to DoE
for deciding the future of the US particle physics program.

The "Hidden Sector Photons and Axions Working Group" is one of the six
working groups exploring new physics opportunities for the Intensity
Frontier Workshop.  Our Working Group will examine the physics behind
searches for hidden sector photons and axions, the scientific opportunities
presented by such searches, the facilities and technologies required for
these searches, and how new facilities and technologies can expand them.

Our goal will be to present a compelling case for this physics at the
Intensity Frontier Workshop, demonstrate support from both the Nuclear
Physics and High Energy Physics communities, and characterize on-going and
future research possibilities.

Our group is responsible for summarizing its findings in a written report to
DoE, 20-50 pages in length, to be submitted within two months of the
Workshop.

We hope you will join us in this task. We ask you to do the following:

1. Register for the Hidden Sector Photons and Axions Working Group on our
webpage:
https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/hspawg

2. Plan to attend the Intensity Frontier Workshop Nov. 29-Dec. 2. You may
register at http://www.intensityfrontier.org/
We strongly encourage your attendance.  While we still have to decide on the
workshop agenda, we will be asking several people to present talks at the
workshop, and it will help us to know if you will be able to attend.

3. Attend phone meetings for our working group.
We are planning to hold 2-3 phone meetings before the Intensity Frontier
Workshop itself, to discuss the goals of this group, to survey experiments
being planned or proposed, review theoretical developments, plan
presentations at the workshop, and prepare for writing our report. We urge
everyone interested to attend these meetings. They will be announced to all
who register for this group.

4. Spread the word.
Please send the invitation email to your collaborators and encourage them to
attend this important workshop.

Please let us know if you will be able to participate and if you have any
questions, comments, or suggestions.

Thank you and kind regards,

Juan Collar, Rouven Essig, and John Jaros (Working Group Convenors)

[Apologies to those of you who receive this email more than once.]
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