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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> BDXlist <bdxlist-bounces@jlab.org> on behalf of Andrei Afanasev via BDXlist <bdxlist@jlab.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 29, 2023 5:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Elton Smith <elton@jlab.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> BDXlist@jlab.org <BDXlist@jlab.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [BDXlist] [EXTERNAL] BDX experiment got re-approved by PAC51!</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Dear Marco and the team,<br>
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Congratulations on the go-ahead from PAC.<br>
This is a discovery-level science, and I look forward to the experiment.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Andrei<br>
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Andrei Afanasev, Gus Weiss Professor of Physics<br>
Director, GW Institute for Nuclear Studies<br>
The George Washington University<br>
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tel. 757-358-2852(cell)<br>
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> On Jul 29, 2023, at 3:10 PM, Elton Smith via BDXlist <bdxlist@jlab.org> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Hi Marco et al.,<br>
> <br>
> Great news and all the best in the ongoing preparations. I will support the effort as best from the sidelines.<br>
> <br>
> Cheers, Elton<br>
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> Elton Smith<br>
> elton@jlab.org<br>
> Cell: 757-749-5262<br>
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>> On Jul 29, 2023, at 9:33 AM, Andrea Bianconi via BDXlist <bdxlist@jlab.org> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> Very good, Marco. Your tenacious lobbying got relevant results.<br>
>> Ciao<br>
>> andrea<br>
>> <br>
>>> On 29/07/23 14:49, Annalisa D'Angelo via BDXlist wrote:<br>
>>> Great news!<br>
>>> My best congratulations for the excellent work you are doing!<br>
>>> All the best<br>
>>> Annalisa<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Prof.ssa Annalisa D'Angelo<br>
>>> Dip Fisica Università di Roma Tor Vergata e INFN Roma Tor Vergata<br>
>>> Jefferson Lab<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>>> Il giorno 29 lug 2023, alle ore 13:45, Marco Battaglieri via BDXlist <bdxlist@jlab.org> ha scritto:<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Dear BDXers,<br>
>>>> the PAC51 committee granted the renewal to BDX experiment!<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> 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.<br>
>>>> 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.<br>
>>>> 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).<br>
>>>> We should wait for mid August to read the full text in the PAC51 report. I'll send around as soon as available<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> 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<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Thanks to everybody for the important result: we start seeing the light at the end of the ... pipe!<br>
>>>> Cheers<br>
>>>> Marco<br>
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