Update on the Case for the Run IIb DZero Detector Project August, 2003

Summary Document on Recent Progress ¬ read this first

Source Documentation:

• Further Simulation Studies of b-tagging Performance
• Reconsideration of the Higgs Reach in Run II
• Installation Plan for the Run IIb Upgrade
• Installation Schedule (pdf format)
• Technical Status of the Run IIb Upgrade Project
• Projected Natural Longevity of the Current Silicon Detector
• Sensitivity of the Current Silicon Detector to Integrated Radiation Exposure

Recent Letters Stating Collaboration’s Position on Run IIb:

• Letter to Director from DZero European Institutions, August 11, 2003
• Letter to Director from Spokespersons & Run IIb Project Manager, July 9, 2003
• Letter to Director, Abe Seiden, and Jim Alexander from DZero Institutional Board, June 12, 2003
• Letter to Director from Spokespersons, May 28, 2003
• Letter to Abe Seiden from DZero Institutional Board, March 17, 2003

Recent Supplemental Information:

• URA Board of Overseers:
• DZero Presentation to the URA Board of Overseers (Blazey), August 6, 2003, Fermilab

• Aspen PAC Meeting, June 2003:
• Responses to Questions from Committee
• Run IIb Financial Summary through May 2003 (Kotcher)
• DZero Presentation (Womersley)

• P5 Meeting, Fermilab, March 2003:
• Presentation on the Run II Physics Program (Womersley)
• Web Page for March 2003 P5 Meeting at Fermilab

Links to previous reviews and more comprehensive past documentation can be accessed from the p5 web page.

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Last updated August 11, 2003, J. Kotcher