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
Van De Bruck C
(2013)
Constraints on nonconformal couplings from the properties of the cosmic microwave background radiation.
in Physical review letters
Biswas T
(2013)
Cosmological perturbations from statistical thermal fluctuations
in Physical Review D
Gieseke S
(2013)
Multiple Partonic Interactions in Herwig++
in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
Campanario F
(2013)
Electroweak Higgs boson plus three jet production at next-to-leading-order QCD.
in Physical review letters
Choudhury S
(2013)
Low & high scale MSSM inflation, gravitational waves and constraints from Planck
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
PILAFTSIS A
(2013)
ANOMALOUS FERMION MASS GENERATION AT THREE LOOPS
in Modern Physics Letters A
Bezrukov F
(2013)
The Higgs field as an inflaton
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Lyth D
(2013)
The CMB modulation from inflation
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Feng W
(2013)
Baryogenesis from dark matter
in Physical Review D
Wang L
(2013)
Visible sector inflation and the right thermal history in light of Planck data
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Dev P
(2013)
125 GeV Higgs boson and the type-II seesaw model
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Roszkowski L
(2013)
Gravitino Dark Matter with Constraints from Higgs Boson Mass and Sneutrino Decays
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Bezrukov F
(2013)
Light inflaton after LHC8 and WMAP9 results
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Roszkowski L
(2013)
Gravitino dark matter with constraints from Higgs boson mass and sneutrino decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Kowalska K
(2013)
Constrained next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model with a 126 GeV Higgs boson: A global analysis
in Physical Review D
Fowlie A
(2013)
Dark matter and collider signatures of the MSSM
in Physical Review D
Battye R
(2013)
Isospinning baby Skyrmion solutions
in Physical Review D
Lee C
(2013)
Natural TeV-scale left-right seesaw mechanism for neutrinos and experimental tests
in Physical Review D
Lyth D
(2013)
Modulation of the waterfall by a gauge field
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Dimopoulos K
(2013)
Correlated curvature perturbations and magnetogenesis from the GUT gauge bosons
in Astroparticle Physics
Ambrus V
(2014)
Rotating quantum states
in Physics Letters B
Choudhury S
(2014)
Primordial blackholes and gravitational waves for an inflection-point model of inflation
in Physics Letters B
Choudhury S
(2014)
An accurate bound on tensor-to-scalar ratio and the scale of inflation
in Nuclear Physics B
McDonald J
(2014)
Sub-Planckian two-field inflation consistent with the Lyth bound
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Ambrus V
(2014)
Dirac fermions on an anti-de Sitter background
Das A
(2014)
Direct bounds on electroweak scale pseudo-Dirac neutrinos from s = 8 TeV LHC data
in Physics Letters B
Lyth D
(2014)
BICEP2, the curvature perturbation and supersymmetry
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Battye R
(2014)
Classically isospinning Skyrmion solutions
in Physical Review D
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Non-Bunch-Davis initial state reconciles chaotic models with BICEP and Planck
in Physics Letters B
Dev P
(2014)
Flavour covariant transport equations: An application to resonant leptogenesis
in Nuclear Physics B
Brax P
(2014)
Early modified gravity: Implications for cosmology
in Physical Review D
Battye RA
(2014)
Evidence for massive neutrinos from cosmic microwave background and lensing observations.
in Physical review letters
Biswas T
(2014)
Atick-Witten Hagedorn conjecture, near scale-invariant matter and blue-tilted gravity power spectrum
in Journal of High Energy Physics
De Bruck C
(2014)
Power spectra beyond the slow roll approximation in theories with non-canonical kinetic terms
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Gravitational waves from preheating in M-flation
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Dev P
(2014)
Constraining non-thermal and thermal properties of Dark Matter
in Frontiers in Physics
Biswas T
(2014)
Generalized ghost-free quadratic curvature gravity
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Ilakovac A
(2014)
Lepton dipole moments in supersymmetric low-scale seesaw models
in Physical Review D
Crispino L
(2014)
Inferring black hole charge from backscattered electromagnetic radiation
in Physical Review D
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Reconciliation of high energy scale models of inflation with Planck
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Dev P
(2014)
New Production Mechanism for Heavy Neutrinos at the LHC
in Physical Review Letters
Roszkowski L
(2014)
What next for the CMSSM and the NUHM: improved prospects for superpartner and dark matter detection
in Journal of High Energy Physics
McDonald J
(2014)
Negative running of the spectral index, hemispherical asymmetry and the consistency of Planck with large r
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Donnachie A
(2014)
Central soft production of hadrons in pp collisions
in International Journal of Modern Physics A
Bhupal Dev P
(2014)
Maximally symmetric two Higgs doublet model with natural standard model alignment
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Isoyama S
(2014)
Gravitational self-force correction to the innermost stable circular equatorial orbit of a Kerr black hole.
in Physical review letters
McDonald J
(2014)
Hemispherical power asymmetry from a space-dependent component of the adiabatic power spectrum
in Physical Review D
Wardell B
(2014)
Self-force via Green functions and worldline integration
in Physical Review D
Mazumdar A
(2014)
Quantifying the reheating temperature of the universe
in Nuclear Physics B
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Implications of purely classical gravity for inflationary tensor modes
in Modern Physics Letters A
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 |