We present our proposal for the funding plan for the detector and R&D costs
for E-864 in Table 
. In preparing this plan we have
assumed that the experiment will be staged as discussed in the overview
section. Thus, the plan provides for H1, H2, H3, S2, S3,
and 1/4 of the calorimeter, in time for the
heavy ion run in FY 94. It also provides for the centrality trigger and
enough of the late energy trigger to operate with the 1/4 of the calorimeter
that will be available for the FY 94 run. As noted below, we propose to
construct 1/3 of the towers by FY 94
(rather than 1/4) in order to lessen the burden
of completion in time for the FY 95 heavy ion run. However, only 1/4 will
be instrumented for the FY 94 run.
The details of the cost estimates are presented in the section on detector costs, and the details of the R&D costs are presented in the sections on progress of the detector subsystems. In the discussion given below, following the table, we simply indicate how the funds would have to be allocated by fiscal year in order to stage the experiment.
It is perhaps worth repeating that the cost estimate we are using includes the full ``value'' of all the equipment, assuming that all items which can be obtained commercially are indeed purchased. We believe that there may be some economies possible in the use of existing equipment, and in ``in house'' construction of some items that are commercially available. However, we have not carried out a reliable analysis of such economies at this time, and prefer to present a cost estimate which can be clearly explained even though it may represent the ``list'' price of the experiment.
Of course, our suggestions as to the details of the split between the DOE high energy and nuclear physics divisions are open to negotiation. However, the approximate balance of support represents the true joint nature of the experiment, which addresses key questions in both disciplines.
Table: Breakdown of E-864 equipment costs and R&D costs (in parentheses).