The KM3NeT Preparatory Phase Project Objectives Current membership and funding The Preparatory Phase project KM3NeT Meeting, Pylos, April 16, 2007

The KM3NeT Preparatory Phase Project

Objectives

Current membership and funding

The Preparatory Phase project

KM3NeT Meeting, Pylos, April 16, 2007

Uli KatzUniv. Erlangen

KM3NeT meeting, Pylos, 16.04.07 U. Katz: The KM3NeT Prepratory Phase 2

KM3NeT Objectives

Observe high-energy cosmic neutrinos- Opens new window to the most violent processes in the universe- Key objective of astroparticle physics- Convergence towards two major neutrino telescopes covering the full sky:

Mediterranean Sea:

Lake Baikal:

KM3NeTANTARES

NEMONESTOR

Antarctica: AMANDA IceCube

Baikal experiment

?

Provide infrastructure for long-term deep-sea measurements- Highly interesting for marine biologists, geologists and geophysicists,

environmental scientists, oceanographers, ….- Strong links to the EMSO project.


3-year FP6 Design Study, Feb. 2006 – Jan. 2009, 9 M€ from EU, overall budget ~20 M€

Participants: 30 Particle/Astroparticle institutes + 7 Sea science/technology institutes

Main Deliverables- Conceptual Design Report (fall 2007)- Technical Design Report (early 2009)

The KM3NeT Design Study

} from 9 EU countries:

CYP

IT

FR GE GR IRL

NL ES UK


Technological/scientific:- ANTARES:

5 lines in operation, continuous data taking, first ’s Completion (12 lines) expected by January 2008

- NEMO: Prototype modules (junction box, 5-storey tower) deployed and connected, data taking ongoing

- NESTOR: DOE proposal with Berkeley

(GRBs with 4-floor tower + autonomous lines)

Strategic/political:- ESFRI:

KM3NeT included in ESFRI roadmap (Sept. 2006) ESFRI has initiated top-down political process (national prioritization, expressions of interest) Strong support for KM3NeT in several countries

Recent Progress


Pilot projects:- ANTARES (cap. investment only) 20.1 M€

• FR, GER, IT, NL, ES funding agencies 14.5 M€• France: Regional sources 1.9 M€• FEDER/France 3.7 M€

- NEMO ( IT, cap. investment only) 17.0 M€• IT funding agencies 10.9 M€• FEDER/Italy 6.1 M€

- NESTOR (GR, cap. investment only) 8.0 M€• Greek government 6.5 M€• FEDER/Peloponnese 1.5 M€

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45.1 M€

KM3NeT (cap. + pers.) ca. 11.0 M€• CY, FR, GER, GR, IRL, IT, NL, ES, UK

funding agencies and other sources • +9 M€ from EU

Current National/Regional Funding


ERDF funds may be a major source of KM3NeT construction money

- ERDF and FP7 run concurrently (2007-2013)

- KM3NeT candidate sites are target-1/target-2 regions

Political coordination needed

- Cross-coordination between ESFRI, EU DG Research (FP7), EU DG Regio (ERDF) and national authorities to promote research infrastructures

- Avoid conflicting boundary conditions in both programs

- Support for the concept of spending regional funds locally, but in the framework of pan-European projects

The situation must be clarified very soon!

Structural Funds (slide taken from ESFRI talk)


Top-down call, restricted to ESFRI projects

Objective: Pave the way to construction of ESFRI RIs

- Political and financial convergence

- Legal / governance structure

- Strategic preparation (centers of excellence, user needs, data dissemination etc.)

- Technical work (must not be the core of the proposal)

Financial framework:

- 135 M€ for 30-35 projects ~4 M€ / project on average

- A frame of 1-7 M€ is mentioned in the Guide for Applicants

Deadline: May 2, 2007, 17:00 Brussels time

The Preparatory Phase Instrument


Application in preparation(time very tight due to overlap with 1st-year Design Study report)

Current list of Work Packages:WPA Management of the PP projectWPB Political convergenceWPC Legal, governance, financial engineering and site issues WPD Strategic issues and international networkingWPE Marine and environmental agencies and networkingWPF Industrial production of telescope componentsWPG International partnerships for auxiliary vesselsWPH Industrial production of deep sea components and partnership for deep sea infrastructures WPI Telescope pre-production and production modelWPJ Data handling and dissemination

Cornerstone data:- Requested amount from EU: ca. 6.5 M€ (~40% technical)- 3-year project, ca. 1/2008-12/201

The KM3NeT Preparatory Phase (PP) Proposal


WPA: Management of the PP project- Contractual, reporting, communication work, meetings, etc.- Special situation: Cross-coordination with Design Study necessary,

use of common resources (web portal etc.)

WPB: Political convergence

- Involve stakeholders, initiate a forum for political and financial negotiations, provide input to negotiations

- Accompany and foster political negotiations on site(s), funding, legal and governance issues, etc.

- Objective: (draft) Memorandum of Understanding, set of commitments

WPC: Legal, governance, financial engineering and site issues

- Governance model, management structure and legal entity for construction and operation

- Assessment of funding sources and related legal constructs

- Site aspects related to these issues

The KM3NeT PP Work Packages (1)


WPD: Strategic issues and international networking- Questions related to science, distributed infrastructures, technological

issues, expandability

- Assess options of international partnerships WPE: Marine and environmental agencies and networks

- Integration with global systems, e.g. GOOS and ESONET/EMSO- Integration with local national systems, marine and environmental

agencies and networks- Use of marine/environmental data, environmental impact of installation- Operation/exploration of funding options (national FAs, ERDF, EIB, …)

and their interrelation WPF: Industrial production of telescope components

- Vertical cables, connectors, glass spheres, industrial resources,…- Goal: Be ready for tenders once the money is available

WPG: Industrial partnerships for auxiliary vessels - Buying, building, chartering and operation of ships and other surface

vessels



WPH: Industrial production of deep sea components and partnership for deep sea infrastructures- buying/chartering of ROVs/AUVs

- horizontal cables, JB, … WPI: Telescope pre-production and production model

- Project planning, production preparation, resource allocation,local infrastructures

- Preproduction and production model

- Prototyping, test stands

- QA/QC WPJ: Data handling and dissemination

- Rules and formats of data publication and data access, multi-messenger aspects

- User needs, scientific relations to APP community

- Granting of observation time, public outreach

- Computing and GRID, virtual control room



Budget allocation (preliminary)

WPA Management INFN 350 350WPB Political convergence FR/GR/IT 300 300WPC Legal, governance,

financial, site issues GR/FR 1200 1200

WPD Strategic issues international networking FR/GR 700 100 100 500

WPE Marine/environmental Aberdeen 500 200 300WPF Telescope components CEA 500 100 150 250WPG Auxiliary vessels GR 500 100 150 250WPH Deep-sea components INFN 500 100 150 250WPI Preproduction and

production FOM 1300 100 200 1000

WPJ Data Erlangen 700 100 100 500Sum 6550 350 1100 2350 2750

Budget (k€)total man. coor. supp. tech.Coord.


Status- WP structure, tasks, rough budget allocation (ok)

- Involvement of funding agencies / governmental authorities (ok)

- Distribution of responsibilities between partners (ok)

- Distribution of budget between partners (not really)

- Administrative part (started)

- Writing of proposal (well …) Prospects

- If we are successful extremely important milestone towards KM3NeT realisation we must do it! please be prepared to provide input (fast!)

- A start of construction in 2010/11 may be in reach.

- All depends on the successful completion of the Design Study.

Status & Outlook

Documents

The KM3NeT Preparatory Phase Project Objectives Current membership and funding The Preparatory Phase project KM3NeT Meeting, Pylos, April 16, 2007