<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto">Dear Marco, dear all,<div dir="auto">Compliments!</div><div dir="auto">Best, Elena</div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Messaggio originale --------</div><div>Da: Marco Battaglieri via BDXlist <bdxlist@jlab.org> </div><div>Data: 29/07/23 13:45 (GMT+01:00) </div><div>A: "bdxlist@jlab.org" <BDXlist@jlab.org> </div><div>Oggetto: [BDXlist] [EXTERNAL] BDX experiment got re-approved by PAC51! </div><div><br></div></div>Dear BDXers,<br>the PAC51 committee granted the renewal to BDX experiment!<br><br>During the closout session it was not mentioned explicitly (only <br>reported the final decision) but from an informal conversation with a <br>PAC member, it seems we convinced the committee about: - the physics <br>case still up-to-date, - the reach of the experiment wrt the others; - <br>the commitment of the BDX Collaboration.<br>They also recognized the urgency to run the experiment (in competition <br>with NA64) pushing on lab leadership to schedule BDX in the same time <br>window of the Moeller experiment.<br>We will have a meeting with the lab leadership in the next few weeks to <br>workout a plan to make real the BDX-PIPE option we discussed at the last <br>meeting. It seems very likely that the wells will be dug starting soon <br>and staged in the next few years (the ideal would be 5 per years for the <br>next 3 years).<br>We should wait for mid August to read the full text in the PAC51 report. <br>I'll send around as soon as available<br><br>Considering the great news and the significant work expected in the next <br>months (re-design the detector, background simulation, investigation of <br>BDX sensitivity to different DS scenario such as scalar DM, iDM, L-B <br>coupling, ..., actions to procure ~5000 PbWO crystals, actions to seek <br>funding for the detector, ...) we will resume our weekly meeting <br>starting from September. I'll send a doodle around to find a convenient <br>time<br><br>Thanks to everybody for the important result: we start seeing the light <br>at the end of the ... pipe!<br>Cheers<br>Marco<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>BDXlist mailing list<br>BDXlist@jlab.org<br>https://mailman.jlab.org/mailman/listinfo/bdxlist<br></body></html>