Experimental Particle Physics Rolling Grant 2009-2014
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The Particle Physics Group at Manchester University will continue to probe the fundamental particles and forces of nature. This is done by several experiments: ATLAS at the LHC at CERN will study proton-proton collisions at the highest energies yet, and is expected to reveal a wealth of new particles. LHCb will reveal further details of the properties of B hadrons. Dzero is at Fermilab, which is presently the highest energy collider till the LHC starts. SuperNemo will search for a type of nuclear beta decay which, if found, would show that the neutrino is its own antiparticle. We also run an ongoing R and D programme for the detectors, electronics, accelerators and computers we use for our investigations into fundamental physics.
Organisations
Publications
Argyriades J
(2009)
Measurement of the background in the NEMO 3 double beta decay experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Bailey D
(2009)
The LCFIVertex package: Vertexing, flavour tagging and vertex charge reconstruction with an ILC vertex detector
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abazov V
(2009)
A novel method for modeling the recoil in W boson events at hadron colliders
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Argyriades J
(2010)
Results of the BiPo-1 prototype for radiopurity measurements for the SuperNEMO double beta decay source foils
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Argyriades J
(2011)
Spectral modeling of scintillator for the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO detectors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Argyriades J
(2010)
Measurement of the two neutrino double beta decay half-life of Zr-96 with the NEMO-3 detector
in Nuclear Physics A
Wren A
(2009)
Measurement of using the BaBar detector
in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Ferro F
(2005)
TOTEM physics
in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Aubert, Bernard
(2007)
Search for the radiative leptonic decay $B^+ \to \gamma \ell^+ \nu_l$
in Phys.Rev.Lett.
Argyriades J
(2009)
Measurement of the double- ß decay half-life of Nd 150 and search for neutrinoless decay modes with the NEMO-3 detector
in Physical Review C
Related Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Award Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST/H001166/1 | 30/09/2009 | 30/03/2011 | £1,450,867 | ||
| ST/H001166/2 | Transfer | ST/H001166/1 | 30/09/2010 | 29/09/2012 | £10,876,712 |