physics coordination

[Thomas Lohse]

To: HERA-B management
A. Schwarz (Spokesman)
B. Schmidt (Deputy)
D. Hansen (Chairman of Collaboration Board)
A. Spengler (Technical Coordinator)

From: Thomas Lohse
Department of Physics
Humboldt University Berlin

Subject: Physics Coordination

I herewith inform you about my decision to resign from the position of
physics coordinator of the HERA-B collaboration.

It is well known that the experiment urgently needs a day to day
coordination of data reconstruction and analysis activities. My own role - as
agreed upon two years ago - explicitly excludes such duties because of
commitments at my home institute in Berlin and because of private boundary
conditions, both of which make any long-term visit to DESY unrealistic.
Since it has proven extremely problematic to find a deputy who can
be fully devoted to the actual data taking and analysis, the best
solution for the experiment as a whole is to make room for a new physics
coordinator who takes over the complete range of responsibilities in
a full time fashion.

I shall continue to support the experiment with all my resources,
and I am also willing to continue the editing of the report on the
future of HERA-B if supported by the collaboration.

Berlin, June 29, 2000

Thomas Lohse

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