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Quota Studentships

Lead Research Organisation: University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

Doctoral Training Partnerships: a range of postgraduate training is funded by the Research Councils. For information on current funding routes, see the common terminology at https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/how-we-fund-studentships/. Training grants may be to one organisation or to a consortia of research organisations. This portal will show the lead organisation only.

Publications

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Aad G (2013) Search for t t ¯ resonances in the lepton plus jets final state with ATLAS using 4.7 fb - 1 of p p collisions at s = 7 TeV in Physical Review D

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Aad G (2012) Search for tb resonances in proton-proton collisions at vs=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. in Physical review letters

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Aad G (2012) Search for TeV-scale gravity signatures in final states with leptons and jets with the ATLAS detector at s = 7 TeV in Physics Letters B

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Aad G (2012) Search for the decay B s 0 ? µ + µ - with the ATLAS detector in Physics Letters B

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Aad G (2012) Search for the Higgs boson in the H ? W W ? l ? j j decay channel at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector in Physics Letters B

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Aad G (2012) Search for the Higgs boson in the H?WW(*)?l(+)?l(-)? decay channel in pp collisions at vs=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. in Physical review letters

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Aad G (2011) Search for the Higgs boson in the H?WW?l?jj decay channel in pp collisions at vs=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. in Physical review letters

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Aad G (2011) Search for the Higgs Boson in theH?WW?l?jjDecay Channel inppCollisions ats=7 TeVwith the ATLAS Detector in Physical Review Letters

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A A10 - Abdinov A11 - O A12 - Abi A13 - B A14 - Abolin A15 - M A16 - Abramowicz A17 - H A18 - Abreu A19 - H A20 - Acerbi A21 - E A22 - Acharya A23 - BS A24 - Adams A25 - DL A26 - Addy A27 - TN A28 - Adelman A29 - J A30 - Aderholz A31 - M A32 - Adomeit A33 - S A34 - Adragna A35 - P A36 - Adye A37 - T A38 - Aefsky A39 - S A40 - Aguilar-Saavedra A41 - JA A42 - Aharrouche A43 - M A44 - Ahlen A45 - SP A46 - Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the decay channel H -> ZZ(()*()) -> 4l with the ATLAS detector

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Aad G (2012) Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the decay channel H ? Z Z ( ? ) ? 4 l with 4.8 fb-1 of pp collision data at s = 7 TeV with ATLAS in Physics Letters B

 
Description ATLAS 
Organisation ATLAS Experiment
Country Switzerland 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution SCT detector system development, monitoring and running. ATLAS supersymmetry searches and trigger development. Contributions to SUSY 0-lepton analysis.
Collaborator Contribution Provision of ATLAS detector and research environment see http://atlas.ch
Impact Scientific papers as reported elsewhere.
 
Description MICE 
Organisation International MICE Collaboration
Country Global 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Design, construction, maintenance and operation of target drive. Periods as Operations Manager on site; running experimental shifts; providing on-call experts, etc. Monitoring of experimental conditions; analysis of data. Magnetic modelling and shielding calculations. Calibration system for fibre tracker.
Collaborator Contribution Joint construction of apparatus; sharing in running shifts; joint analysis of data. Provision of other parts of the experiment.
Impact Working target drive for generation of muons. Operational beam-line for measurement of muon cooling. Journal publications and conference talks.
 
Description T2K 
Organisation T2K Collaboration
Country Global 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Quality assurance/acceptance tests on ECAL scintillators; construction of light injection (LI) system; installation of LI in ECAL modules built at Lancaster, Liverpool, Warwick, & Daresbury; analysis of LI test data; commisioning of LI system on installation of ECAL at Tokai.
Collaborator Contribution Construction of apparatus, commissioning, operations, data analysis
Impact LI system will have impact on performance of ECAL and therefore on quality of physics from T2K.
Start Year 2009
 
Description Tarantula 
Organisation Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Department VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Invrestigation of properties of Wolf-Rayet stars sampled within Tarantula Survey
Collaborator Contribution "Impossible to summarise, since many and varied"
Impact Papers in preparation
Start Year 2009
 
Description Warwick 
Organisation University of Warwick
Department Department of Physics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Catalogue searech and observing support on large telescopes.
Collaborator Contribution Provision of modelling expertise
Impact Paper cited above
Start Year 2009
 
Description Talks to undergraduates 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Sheffield undergraduate students visited CERN on tour of experiments and facilities.

Activities will be repeated in future years
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010