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
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
Bélanger G
(2015)
Limits on dark matter proton scattering from neutrino telescopes using micrOMEGAs
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Bœhm C
(2013)
Naturalness of light neutralino dark matter in pMSSM after LHC, XENON100 and Planck data
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bœhm C
(2013)
Probing the supersymmetric inflaton and dark matter link via the CMB, LHC, and XENON1T experiments
in Physical Review D
Calmet X
(2014)
Quantum Black Holes
Campanario F
(2013)
Electroweak Higgs boson plus three jet production at next-to-leading-order QCD.
in Physical review letters
Casals M
(2013)
Self-force and Green function in Schwarzschild spacetime via quasinormal modes and branch cut
in Physical Review D
Casals M
(2013)
Quantization of fermions on Kerr space-time
in Physical Review D
Chatterjee A
(2015)
Bound on largest r ? 0.1 from sub-Planckian excursions of inflaton
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
Chen C
(2013)
Probing heavy-light neutrino mixing in left-right seesaw models at the LHC
in Physical Review D
Chen C
(2014)
Standard model explanation of the ultrahigh energy neutrino events at IceCube
in Physical Review D
Chialva D
(2015)
Cosmological implications of quantum corrections and higher-derivative extension
in Modern Physics Letters A
Chialva D
(2013)
Multiple dark matter scenarios from ubiquitous stringy throats
in Physical Review D
Choi K
(2013)
Review of axino dark matter
in Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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
Choudhury S
(2013)
Low & high scale MSSM inflation, gravitational waves and constraints from Planck
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Choudhury S
(2014)
Constraining $ \mathcal{N} $ = 1 supergravity inflationary framework with non-minimal Kähler operators
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Conroy A
(2015)
Nonlocal gravity in D dimensions: Propagators, entropy, and a bouncing cosmology
in Physical Review D
Conroy A
(2015)
Wald Entropy for Ghost-Free, Infinite Derivative Theories of Gravity.
in Physical review letters
Conroy A
(2014)
Geodesic completeness and homogeneity condition for cosmic inflation
in Physical Review D
Conroy A
(2015)
Generalized quadratic curvature, non-local infrared modifications of gravity and Newtonian potentials
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Crispino L
(2015)
Scattering from charged black holes and supergravity
in Physical Review D
Crispino L
(2014)
Inferring black hole charge from backscattered electromagnetic radiation
in Physical Review D
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 |