ATLAS UK Upgrade Proposal
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
ATLAS Upgrade project as previously described
Publications
Adamson P
(2016)
The NuMI neutrino beam
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Rybar M
(2014)
Angular correlations of jets in lead-lead collisions at 2.76 TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHC
in Nuclear Physics A
Aad G
(2013)
Dynamics of isolated-photon plus jet production in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Nuclear Physics B
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of the total cross section from elastic scattering in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Nuclear Physics B
Colling D
(2013)
Processing LHC data in the UK.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Aad G
(2015)
Z boson production in p + Pb collisions at s NN = 5.02 TeV measured with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of differential J / ? production cross sections and forward-backward ratios in p + Pb collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
| Description | ATLAS |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN LHC ATLAS |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Tracking R&D and construction, software, distributed computing systems, detector operations, trigger performance and design, Standard Model, B-physics, Onium, Higgs, Top and SUSY studies; ran UK software and computing |
| Collaborator Contribution | Detector operations, computing operations, software, shared physics tools |
| Impact | currently O(200) papers in press (Feb 2013) |
| Description | 5 Particle Physics Masterclasses/Residentials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Increases interest in science and particle physics Increased applications to Lancaster, citing particle phsyics interest |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Big bang fair |
| 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 | Big Bang Fair, general science exhibition at the NEC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | many thousands saw stands on the Grid/Higgs physics/Beyond the Higgs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2011,2014 |