Particle Physics Phenomenology in the Standard Model and Beyond (2008-2013)JF
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Particle physics is the branch of physics concerned with the behaviour of matter at the smallest distances. Over the years, physicists have developed the 'Standard Model' of particle physics. It is a very elegant theory capable of describing pretty much all known phenomena (at least in principle) with the exception of gravity and it has been tested to remarkable precision in equally remarkable experiments based at the world's 'atom smashers' (a.k.a. particle accelerators). However, we know that the Standard Model is flawed and so we expect there to be physics 'Beyond the Standard Model'. This research project is concerned with identifying possible sources of new physics and exploring how it might manifest itself in experiments. This study is very timely because the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will soon start up at CERN, the European Centre for Particle Physics. This is the most powerful accelerator ever built and it is seriously expected to push the Standard Model to breaking point. QCD is that part of the Standard Model concerned with the strong nuclear force. It is rich in interesting physics and not so well understood as the rest of the Standard Model. We are experts in its study and will explore various aspects of QCD in this project. Moreover, QCD effects are almost always present in particle collisions and they must be understood if we are to make the most of our experiments. We will pay close attention to understanding the role of QCD when searching for new physics. The Big Bang model of the Universe implies there was a time, very early in the Universe's history, when particle physics played a crucial role in the evolution of the Universe. We will devote time in this project to exploring the particle physics of the Early Universe.
Organisations
Publications
Biswas T
(2014)
Generalized ghost-free quadratic curvature gravity
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Non-Bunch-Davis initial state reconciles chaotic models with BICEP and Planck
in Physics Letters B
Dev P
(2014)
Neutrino mass and dark matter in light of recent AMS-02 results
in Physical Review D
Battye RA
(2014)
Evidence for massive neutrinos from cosmic microwave background and lensing observations.
in Physical review letters
Choudhury S
(2014)
Primordial blackholes and gravitational waves for an inflection-point model of inflation
in Physics Letters B
McDonald J
(2014)
Sub-Planckian two-field inflation consistent with the Lyth bound
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Dev P
(2014)
New Production Mechanism for Heavy Neutrinos at the LHC
in Physical Review Letters
Wardell B
(2014)
Self-force via Green functions and worldline integration
in Physical Review D
Dev P
(2014)
Leptogenesis constraints on the mass of right-handed gauge bosons
in Physical Review D
Conroy A
(2014)
Geodesic completeness and homogeneity condition for cosmic inflation
in Physical Review D
Biswas T
(2014)
Atick-Witten Hagedorn conjecture, near scale-invariant matter and blue-tilted gravity power spectrum
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bhupal Dev P
(2014)
Maximally symmetric two Higgs doublet model with natural standard model alignment
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Lyth D
(2014)
BICEP2, the curvature perturbation and supersymmetry
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Isoyama S
(2014)
Gravitational self-force correction to the innermost stable circular equatorial orbit of a Kerr black hole.
in Physical review letters
Mazumdar A
(2014)
Dynamical breaking of shift symmetry in supergravity-based inflation
in Physical Review D
Crispino L
(2014)
Inferring black hole charge from backscattered electromagnetic radiation
in Physical Review D
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Effect of transitions in the Planck mass during inflation on primordial power spectra
in Physical Review D
Choudhury S
(2014)
An accurate bound on tensor-to-scalar ratio and the scale of inflation
in Nuclear Physics B
Ambrus V
(2014)
Rotating quantum states
in Physics Letters B
Brax P
(2014)
Early modified gravity: Implications for cosmology
in Physical Review D
Kowalska K
(2014)
Low fine tuning in the MSSM with higgsino dark matter and unification constraints
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Sanchez J
(2014)
Inflationary buildup of a vector field condensate and its cosmological consequences
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Altheimer A
(2014)
Boosted objects and jet substructure at the LHC. Report of BOOST2012, held at IFIC Valencia, 23rd-27th of July 2012
in The European Physical Journal C
Dolan S
(2015)
Stability of black holes in Einstein-charged scalar field theory in a cavity
in Physical Review D
Bhupal Dev P
(2015)
Erratum to: Maximally symmetric two Higgs doublet model with natural standard model alignment
in Journal of High Energy Physics
McDonald J
(2015)
Signatures of Planck corrections in a spiralling axion inflation model
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Kent C
(2015)
The global rotating scalar field vacuum on anti-de Sitter space-time
in Physics Letters B
Bélanger G
(2015)
Limits on dark matter proton scattering from neutrino telescopes using micrOMEGAs
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Dickinson R
(2015)
Negative-frequency modes in quantum field theory
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Dasgupta M
(2015)
Small-radius jets to all orders in QCD
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Dolan S
(2015)
Bound states of the Dirac equation on Kerr spacetime
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Kowalska K
(2015)
GUT-inspired SUSY and the muon g - 2 anomaly: prospects for LHC 14 TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Burns D
(2015)
Matter quantum corrections to the graviton self-energy and the Newtonian potential
in Physical Review D
Ángeles-Martínez R
(2015)
Coulomb gluons and the ordering variable
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bezrukov F
(2015)
Inflation, LHC and the Higgs boson
in Comptes Rendus. Physique
Faraggi A
(2015)
Extra $$Z^{\prime }$$ Z ' s and $$W^{\prime }$$ W ' s in heterotic-string derived models
in The European Physical Journal C
Fischer N
(2015)
Measurement of observables sensitive to coherence effects in hadronic Z decays with the OPAL detector at LEP
in The European Physical Journal C
Lyth D
(2015)
Generating f NL at l ? 60
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
McDonald J
(2015)
A minimal sub-Planckian axion inflation model with large tensor-to-scalar ratio
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Bezrukov F
(2015)
Living beyond the edge: Higgs inflation and vacuum metastability
in Physical Review D
Van De Bruck C
(2015)
Simplest extension of Starobinsky inflation
in Physical Review D
Kahlhoefer F
(2015)
WIMP dark matter and unitarity-conserving inflation via a gauge singlet scalar
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Bélanger G
(2015)
Probing U(1) extensions of the MSSM at the LHC Run I and in dark matter searches
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Dev P
(2015)
Natural Standard Model Alignment in the Two Higgs Doublet Model
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
De Bruck C
(2015)
Disformal couplings and the dark sector of the universe
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Chen C
(2015)
Two-component flux explanation for the high energy neutrino events at IceCube
in Physical Review D
Dev PS
(2015)
Unified Explanation of the eejj, Diboson, and Dijet Resonances at the LHC.
in Physical review letters
Bhupal Dev P
(2015)
Kadanoff-Baym approach to flavour mixing and oscillations in resonant leptogenesis
in Nuclear Physics B
Bezrukov F
(2015)
Semiclassical S-matrix for black holes
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bomark N
(2015)
A light NMSSM pseudoscalar Higgs boson at the LHC redux
in Journal of High Energy Physics
| Description | Progress on many fronts towards a better understanding of the universe, by developing theoretical models constrained by data from the LHC and cosmology experiments such as Planck. |
| Exploitation Route | Other scientists will develop their research in light of our publications. |
| Sectors | Energy |
| Description | Researchers supported by this award have been very active in outreach activities for the general public, schools and scientists from other fields |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |