The remit of the Physics Preparatory Group (PPG) is to prepare the scientific contribution to the work of the ESG (the “Briefing Book”), based on the input it gathers from the community. The PPG has the following composition:
Members:
- Strategy Secretary (acting as Chair),
- four members appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the SPC,
- four members appointed by the Council on the recommendation of ECFA,
- SPC Chair,
- ECFA Chair,
- Chair of the European Laboratory Directors Group ,
- one representative appointed by CERN,
- two representatives from Asia appointed by the respective regional representatives in ICFA,
- two representatives from the Americas appointed by the respective regional representatives in ICFA.
The Members of the PPG appointed by the Council in September 2024 are listed below.
| PPG MEMBERS | |
|---|---|
| Strategy Secretariat | |
| Scientific Secretary (Chair) | Prof. Karl Jakobs (DE) |
| SPC Chair | Dr Hugh Montgomery (USA) |
| ECFA Chair | Prof. Pareskevas Sphicas(GR) |
| LDG Chair | Prof. Mike Seidel (CH) |
| SPC | |
| Prof. Pilar Hernandez (ES) | |
| Prof. Gino Isidori (CH) | |
| Prof. Fabio Maltoni (BE/IT) | |
| Prof. Jocelyn Monroe (UK) | |
| ECFA | |
| Dr Tommaso Boccali (IT) | |
| Dr Thomas Bergauer (AT) | |
| Dr Cristinel Diaconu (FR) | |
| Prof. Monica Dunford (DE) | |
| CERN | |
| Dr Gianluigi Arduini (CERN) | |
| ASIA/AMERICAS | |
| Dr Anadi Canepa (USA) | |
| Prof. Xinchou Lou (China) | |
| Prof. Rogerio Rosenfeld (Brazil) | |
| Prof. Yuji Yamazaki (Japan) |
The Strategy Secretariat proposes nine working groups to cover the full range of physics topics as well as the technology areas of accelerators, detector technologies and computing. Each group has two co-conveners and an early-career researcher acts as scientific secretary. The groups and composition are:
| Working Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-convener (PPG member) | Co-convener | Scientific Secretary | |
| Electroweak physics | Monica Dunford (DE, exp) | Jorge de Blas (ES, theory) | Emanuele Bagnaschi (IT) |
| Strong interaction | Cristinel Diaconu (FR, exp) | Andrea Dainese (IT, exp, HI) | Chiara Signorile-Signorile (DE) |
| Flavour physics | Gino Isidori (CH, theory) | Marie-Hélène Schune (FR, exp) | Maria Piscopo (NL) |
| BSM physics | Fabio Maltoni (BE/IT, theory) | Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez (SE, exp) | Benedikt Maier (UK) |
| Neutrino physics and cosmic messengers | Pilar Hernandez (ES, theory) | Sara Bolognesi (FR, exp) | Ivan Esteban (ES) |
| Dark matter and dark sector | Jocelyn Monroe (UK, exp) | Matthew McCullough (CERN, theory) | Yohei Ema (CERN) |
| Accelerator science and technology | Gianluigi Arduini (CERN, acc) | Phil Burrows (UK, exp, acc) | Jacqueline Keintzel (CERN) |
| Detector instrumentation | Thomas Bergauer (AT, exp) | Ulrich Husemann (DE, exp) | Dorothea vom Bruch (FR) |
| Computing | Tommaso Boccali (IT, exp, comp) | Borut Kersevan (SL, exp, comp) | Daniel Thomas Murnane (DK) |