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Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Construction of high energy physics microvertex detectors, capable of seeing particles that travel less than a millimetre.
Planned Impact
1) Cultural impact through contribution to improved understanding of nature
2) Development of previous collaborations with local industry in prototyping high temperature-tollerant electronics
2) Development of previous collaborations with local industry in prototyping high temperature-tollerant electronics
People |
ORCID iD |
| Paul Newman (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Aad G
(2016)
Search for invisible decays of a Higgs boson using vector-boson fusion in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2015)
Precise measurements of the properties of the B1(5721)0,+ and B 2 * (5747)0,+ states and observation of B+,0p-,+ mass structures
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of prompt hadron production ratios in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 0.9\mbox{ and }7~\mathrm{TeV}$
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaij R
(2012)
Evidence for CP violation in time-integrated D0?h(-)h(+) decay rates.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2016)
Study of D sJ (*) + mesons decaying to D * + K S 0 and D *0 K + final states
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2015)
Forward production of ? mesons in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ and 8 TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2013)
Amplitude analysis and branching fraction measurement of B ¯ s 0 ? J / ? K + K -
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2012)
Search for lepton number violating decays B+ ? p- µ+ µ+ and B+ ? K- µ+ µ+.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2013)
Model-independent search for CP violation in D 0 ? K - K + p - p + and D 0 ? p - p + p + p - decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2015)
First measurement of the differential branching fraction and CP asymmetry of the B ± ? p ± µ + µ - decay
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the polarization amplitudes in B 0 ? J / ? K * ( 892 ) 0 decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of the B s 0 ? J / ? K ¯ * 0 branching fraction and angular amplitudes
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2012)
Erratum: Measurements of the branching fractions for B ( s ) ? D ( s ) p p p and ? b 0 ? ? c + p p p [Phys. Rev. D 84 , 092001 (2011)]
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of Bc+ Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at v[s]=8 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2015)
First observation and measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B s 0 ? D s * ± K ±
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of the polarization amplitudes and triple product asymmetries in the B s 0 ? ? ? decay
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2015)
Search for Hidden-Sector Bosons in B(0)?K(*0)µ(+)µ(-) Decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of b-hadron masses
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the ratio of B c + branching fractions to J / ? p + and J / ? µ + ? µ final states
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the inelastic pp cross-section at a centre-of-mass energy of s $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 7 TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the forward W boson cross-section in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2012)
Determination of the sign of the decay width difference in the B(s)(0) system.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
First observation of the decay B s 0 ? K ? 0 K ¯ ? 0
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2015)
Study of C P violation in B ± ? D h ± ( h = K , p ) with the modes D ? K ± p ± p 0 , D ? p + p - p 0 and D ? K + K - p 0
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of C P violation and the B s 0 meson decay width difference with B s 0 ? J / ? K + K - and B s 0 ? J / ? p + p - decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2013)
Search for D ( s ) + ? p + µ + µ - and D ( s ) + ? p - µ + µ + decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of the B s 0 ? J / ? K S 0 branching fraction
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2014)
First observations of the rare decays B + ? K + p + p - µ + µ - and B +? ?K + µ + µ -
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2012)
Search for the rare decays B s 0 ? µ + µ - and B 0 ? µ + µ -
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2015)
Angular analysis of the B0 ? K*0e+e- decay in the low-q2 region
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2012)
Observation of excited ?(b)(0) baryons.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurements of the ? b 0 ? J / ? ? decay amplitudes and the ? b 0 polarisation in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetries in B s 0 ? J/?K S 0
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2013)
Determination of the X(3872) meson quantum numbers.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2015)
Evidence for the Strangeness-Changing Weak Decay ?_{b}^{-}??_{b}^{0}p^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
First observation of the decays B ¯ ( s ) 0 ? D s + K - p + p - and B ¯ s 0 ? D s 1 ( 2536 ) + p -
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Quantum numbers of the X ( 3872 ) state and orbital angular momentum in its ? 0 J / ? decay
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the Bs(0)?µ+ µ- branching fraction and search for B(0)?µ+ µ- decays at the LHCb experiment.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurements of C P violation in the three-body phase space of charmless B ± decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2012)
First observation of the decays B(0) ? D(+)K(-)p(+)p(-) and B(-) ? D(0)K(-)p(+)p(-).
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the CKM angle ? using B ± ? DK ± with D ? K S 0 p + p -, K S 0 K + K - decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Search for the decay D 0 ? p + p - µ + µ -
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2013)
Search for the lepton-flavor-violating decays B(s)0?e(±)µ(±) and B0?e(±)µ(±).
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of the CP violating phase ? s in B ¯ s 0 ? J / ? f 0 ( 980 )
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2015)
Amplitude analysis of B 0 ? D ¯ 0 K + p - decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2012)
Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of the decay B0 ? K*0 µ+ µ-.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of charged particle multiplicities in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} =7~\mbox{TeV}$ in the forward region
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the [Formula: see text] production cross-section in proton-proton collisions via the decay [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2013)
First observation of the decay Bs2*(5840)(0)?B*+ K- and studies of excited Bs(0) mesons.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2013)
Observation of $B^{0}_{s}$ - $\overline{B}{}^{0}_{s}$ mixing and measurement of mixing frequencies using semileptonic B decays
in The European Physical Journal C
| Description | Development of silicon detectors for upgrade of ATLAS experiment |
| Exploitation Route | The project is ongoing for ATLAS. We are also looking at possible applications in proton / ion cancer therapy |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Electronics Healthcare Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
| Description | AIDA |
| Amount | £73,538 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AIDA-2020 (H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015 call) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 01/2015 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships (Watson) |
| Amount | £402,603 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2010 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | ERC Starting Grant (Goudzovski) |
| Amount | € 1,600,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 09/2013 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | FP7 |
| Amount | £506,292 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | GA 268062 |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 08/2011 |
| End | 08/2016 |
| Description | FP_MC_IEF |
| Amount | £154,883 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | PIEF-GA-2010-271987 |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 03/2011 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | IPPP Associateship (Nikolopoulos) |
| Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Department | Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (Nikolopoulos) |
| Amount | € 100,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 334034 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 03/2013 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | Marie Curie Fellowships |
| Amount | € 78,125 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG-334034 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 01/2013 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | Outreach awards |
| Amount | £41,559 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 283487 |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 08/2011 |
| End | 08/2013 |
| Description | Royal Society Partnership (Lazzeroni) |
| Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 08/2015 |
| Description | UKIERI Joint Projects |
| Amount | £19,425 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | UKUTP2001100159 |
| Organisation | UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2012 |
| End | 02/2014 |
| Description | University Research Fellowships (Goudzovski) |
| Amount | £525,769 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | UF100308 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2012 |
| End | 12/2016 |
| Description | ATLAS |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | ATLAS Collaboration |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | - Large role in construction, operation and upgrade planning of first level calorimeter trigger - Role in construction, operation and upgrade planning of Semiconductor tracker - Major contributions to data analysis and paper preparation in Higgs boson searches and discovery, top, beauty and charm quark physics and diffraction / minimum bias physics - Leadership (e.g. Prof Dave Charlton is the current spokesperson) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Large international collaboration |
| Impact | See elsewhere |
| Description | H1 |
| Organisation | Deutsches Electronen-Synchrotron (DESY) |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leadership, data analysis and paper preparation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Large International Caollaboration |
| Impact | See elsewhere (particularly publications) |
| Description | ILC |
| Organisation | International Linear Collider |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Digital calorimeter design and radiation hardness tests. Physics analysis and motivation development ... particularly through involvement in the CALICE and SPIDER projects ... |
| Collaborator Contribution | Large international collaboration. |
| Impact | See elsewhere |
| Description | LHCb |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | Large Hadron Collider Beauty Experiment (LHCb) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Development of detector simulation Support for distributed computing Data analysis and paper preparation in the area of rare beauty baryon decays |
| Collaborator Contribution | Large international collaboration |
| Impact | See elsewhere |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | LHeC |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | LHeC Future Deep Inelastic Scattering Experiment |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Evaluation of low x physics case Various leadership and steering roles Conference talk and web page coordination |
| Collaborator Contribution | Large international study group |
| Impact | See elsewhere (in particular Conceptual Design Report) |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | NA62 |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | NA62 Rare Kaon-Decay Experiment |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Large role in design and construction of detector, in particular the electronics and readout for the CEDAR Cherenkov detector. Leadership in preparations for data analysis, particularly in the area of searches for charged lepton flavour violation. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Large international collaboration |
| Impact | See elsewhere |
| Description | Amateur scientific societies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 10 presentations of recent results from the LHC at scientific societies and similar bodies since October 2012. Impact on the enhanced enthusiasm, engagement and understanding of STFC science among members of the public with a strong scientific interest |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | Big Bang Fair 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Poster Presentation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Version of the `Understanding the Higgs Boson' stand used at the 2014 Big Bang Fair at the NEC, aimed at schools and general public aged mostly between 9 and 16. Reached an estimated 5000 visitors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Big Bang Fair 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Reuse of 'Beyond the Higgs Boson Exhibition, first shown at 2014 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Discover the Cosmos teachers' workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dedicated workshop for science school-teachers in which LHC and other particle physics is illustrated using the MINERVA software package, built in Birmingham and derived from the ATLAS event display. About 50 attended. Improved quality and enthusiasm in teaching of particle physics and other STFC science in schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | Poster Presentation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Coordination of successful bid by multiple UK particle physics groups and preparations to provide an `Understanding the Higgs Boson' stand at the 2013 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition (to be held in July 2013). This reached a large volume and cross section of the UK public, including opinion formers, politicians and eminent scientists, increasing their knowledge, understanding and enthusiasm for the Higgs boson discovery and other aspects of STFC science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
| URL | http://www.understanding-the-higgs-boson.org |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Leadership of UK universities consortium in preparations for a `Higgs Boson and Beyond' stand at the 2014 RS Summer Science Exhibition, following on from the successful 2013 version. Similar audience to 2013 version |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://sse.royalsociety.org/2014/higgs-boson/ |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 'Cosmic Ray Detectives' stand at RS summer science exhibition. Estimated audience ~20000 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://sse.royalsociety.org/2015/cosmic-ray-detectives/ |
| Description | School visits (approximately 20) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 20 visits to schools were made since October 2012. The usual format is a seminar-style presentation of particle physics and the latest results from the LHC, combined with demonstrations of spark chamber and cloud chamber detectors built at Birmingham University for this purpose. Impact on the enthusiasm and awareness of STFC science to the next generation of researchers, administrators and taxpayers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014 |