[BDXlist] [EXTERNAL] BDX experiment got re-approved by PAC51!

[Marco Battaglieri]

Dear BDXers,
the PAC51 committee granted the renewal to BDX experiment!

During the closout session it was not mentioned explicitly (only 
reported the final decision) but from an informal conversation  with a 
PAC  member, it seems we convinced the committee about: - the physics 
case still up-to-date, - the reach of the experiment wrt the others; - 
the commitment of the BDX Collaboration.
They also recognized the urgency to run the experiment (in competition 
with NA64) pushing on lab leadership to schedule BDX in the same time 
window of the Moeller experiment.
We will have a meeting with the lab leadership in the next few weeks to 
workout a plan to make real the BDX-PIPE option we discussed at the last 
meeting. It seems very likely that the wells will be dug starting soon 
and staged in the next few years (the ideal would be 5 per years for the 
next 3 years).
We should wait for mid August to read the full text in the PAC51 report. 
I'll send around as soon as available

Considering the great news and the significant work expected in the next 
months (re-design the detector, background simulation, investigation of 
BDX sensitivity to  different DS scenario such as scalar DM, iDM, L-B 
coupling, ..., actions to procure ~5000 PbWO crystals, actions to seek 
funding for the detector, ...) we will resume our weekly meeting 
starting from  September. I'll send a doodle around to find a convenient 
time

Thanks to everybody for the important result: we start seeing the light 
at the end of the ... pipe!
Cheers
Marco