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
Crispino L
(2015)
Scattering from charged black holes and supergravity
in Physical Review D
Dolan S
(2013)
Superradiant instabilities of rotating black holes in the time domain
in Physical Review D
Ilakovac A
(2013)
Charged lepton flavor violation in supersymmetric low-scale seesaw models
in Physical Review D
Battye R
(2013)
Classically isospinning Hopf solitons
in Physical Review D
Dolan S
(2013)
Self-force via m -mode regularization and 2 + 1 D evolution. III. Gravitational field on Schwarzschild spacetime
in Physical Review D
Battye R
(2014)
Classically isospinning Skyrmion solutions
in Physical Review D
Babu K
(2013)
Post-sphaleron baryogenesis and an upper limit on the neutron-antineutron oscillation time
in Physical Review D
Brax P
(2014)
Early modified gravity: Implications for cosmology
in Physical Review D
Kent C
(2015)
Hadamard renormalized scalar field theory on anti-de Sitter spacetime
in Physical Review D
Dev P
(2013)
Light and superlight sterile neutrinos in the minimal radiative inverse seesaw model
in Physical Review D
Conroy A
(2015)
Nonlocal gravity in D dimensions: Propagators, entropy, and a bouncing cosmology
in Physical Review D
Van De Bruck C
(2013)
Modified gravity and the radiation dominated epoch
in Physical Review D
Chen C
(2013)
Probing heavy-light neutrino mixing in left-right seesaw models at the LHC
in Physical Review D
Bœhm C
(2013)
Probing the supersymmetric inflaton and dark matter link via the CMB, LHC, and XENON1T experiments
in Physical Review D
Biswas T
(2013)
Phase transitions during cyclic inflation and non-Gaussianity
in Physical Review D
Mazumdar A
(2013)
Creating perturbations from a decaying field during inflation
in Physical Review D
Ilakovac A
(2014)
Lepton dipole moments in supersymmetric low-scale seesaw models
in Physical Review D
Dev P
(2013)
Constraining neutrino mass from neutrinoless double beta decay
in Physical Review D
Crispino L
(2014)
Inferring black hole charge from backscattered electromagnetic radiation
in Physical Review D
Bezrukov F
(2013)
Higgs-dilaton cosmology: An effective field theory approach
in Physical Review D
Nolan P
(2015)
Octupolar invariants for compact binaries on quasicircular orbits
in Physical Review D
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
Millington P
(2013)
Perturbative nonequilibrium thermal field theory
in Physical Review D
Benone C
(2014)
Absorption of a massive scalar field by a charged black hole
in Physical Review D
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Effect of transitions in the Planck mass during inflation on primordial power spectra
in Physical Review D
Bomark N
(2014)
3.5 keV x-ray line from decaying gravitino dark matter
in Physical Review D
Banerjee S
(2015)
Prospects of heavy neutrino searches at future lepton colliders
in Physical Review D
Dev P
(2015)
TeV scale model for baryon and lepton number violation and resonant baryogenesis
in Physical Review D
Dolan S
(2013)
Scattering by a draining bathtub vortex
in Physical Review D
Burns D
(2015)
Matter quantum corrections to the graviton self-energy and the Newtonian potential
in Physical Review D
Conroy A
(2014)
Geodesic completeness and homogeneity condition for cosmic inflation
in Physical Review D
Chen C
(2014)
Standard model explanation of the ultrahigh energy neutrino events at IceCube
in Physical Review D
Chialva D
(2013)
Multiple dark matter scenarios from ubiquitous stringy throats
in Physical Review D
Van De Bruck C
(2015)
Stabilizing the Planck mass shortly after inflation
in Physical Review D
Mazumdar A
(2016)
Possible resolution of the domain wall problem in the NMSSM
in Physical Review D
Dolan S
(2015)
Tidal invariants for compact binaries on quasicircular orbits
in Physical Review D
Van De Bruck C
(2013)
Nonadiabatic pressure perturbation and noncanonical kinetic terms in multifield inflation
in Physical Review D
Dolan S
(2015)
Stability of black holes in Einstein-charged scalar field theory in a cavity
in Physical Review D
Pilaftsis A
(2016)
Diphoton signatures from heavy axion decays at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
in Physical Review D
Bhupal Dev P
(2015)
TeV-scale left-right symmetry and large mixing effects in neutrinoless double beta decay
in Physical Review D
Mazumdar A
(2014)
Dynamical breaking of shift symmetry in supergravity-based inflation
in Physical Review D
Munir S
(2013)
Simultaneous enhancement in ? ? , b b ¯ and t + t - rates in the NMSSM with nearly degenerate scalar and pseudoscalar Higgs bosons
in Physical Review D
Biswas T
(2013)
Cosmological perturbations from statistical thermal fluctuations
in Physical Review D
Pilaftsis A
(2015)
Mass bounds on light and heavy neutrinos from radiative minimal-flavor-violation leptogenesis
in Physical Review D
Feng W
(2013)
Baryogenesis from dark matter
in Physical Review D
Dev P
(2014)
Neutrino mass and dark matter in light of recent AMS-02 results
in Physical Review D
Bezrukov F
(2015)
Living beyond the edge: Higgs inflation and vacuum metastability
in Physical Review D
Dev P
(2014)
Leptogenesis constraints on the mass of right-handed gauge bosons
in Physical Review D
Kowalska K
(2013)
Constrained next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model with a 126 GeV Higgs boson: A global analysis
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 |