Dr. Mike McCumber of University of Colorado on

"sPHENIX: The Future of Jet Physics at RHIC"

The past decade of heavy ion physics at RHIC has produced many surprising discoveries and puzzles. Currently the experiments at the LHC are providing a first look at things to come: a burgeoning program for studying the Quark-Gluon Plasma with reconstructed jets. The PHENIX collaboration is in the process of developing a long term plan involving a series of aggressive upgrades designed to expand the physics capabilities and make use of the full enhanced luminosity at RHIC. With increased coverage and the addition of hadronic calorimetry, the sPHENIX upgrade will be well positioned to provide a broad program of jet probe and heavy flavor measurements combined with a flexible accelerator facility capable of providing a wide range of collision systems.