LHCb Upgrades PROJECT COORDINATION
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UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
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| Christopher Parkes (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Borghi S
(2010)
First spatial alignment of the LHCb VELO and analysis of beam absorber collision data
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Aaij R
(2011)
Determination of f(s)/f(d) for 7 TeV pp collisions and measurement of the B0?D-K+ branching fraction.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2011)
Measurement of the inclusive ? cross-section in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2011)
First observation of B ¯ s 0 ? D s 2 ? + X µ - ? ¯ decays
in Physics Letters B
Raighne A
(2011)
Precision scans of the Pixel cell response of double sided 3D Pixel detectors to pion and X-ray beams
in Journal of Instrumentation
Lees J
(2012)
Measurement of the time-dependent C P asymmetry of partially reconstructed B 0 ? D * + D * - decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2012)
First observation of the decay B(c)+ ? J/?p(+) p- p+.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of the decay B0 ? K*0 µ+ µ-.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
Observation of excited ?(b)(0) baryons.
in Physical review letters
Aaij, R And Others
(2012)
Measurement of the forward energy flow in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV
Aaij R
(2012)
Observation of B0?D¯(0)K(+)K(-) and evidence for B(s)(0)?D¯(0)K(+)K(-).
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of the CP-violating phase ?(s) in the decay B(s)(0) ? J/??.
in Physical review letters
Akiba K
(2012)
Charged particle tracking with the Timepix ASIC
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of the B¯(s)(0) effective lifetime in the J/?f0(980) final state.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
Publisher's Note: Evidence for C P Violation in Time-Integrated D 0 ? h - h + decay rates [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 , 111602 (2012)]
in Physical Review Letters
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurements of B(c)+ production and mass with the B(c)+ ? J/?p+ decay.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2013)
Observation of the suppressed ADS modes B ± ? [ p ± K ± p + p - ] D K ± and B ± ? [ p ± K ± p + p - ] D p ±
in Physics Letters B
Aaij, R And Others
(2013)
Search for direct CP violation in D0 - h- h+ modes using semileptonic B decays
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the CKM angle ? from a combination of B ± ? D h ± analyses
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2013)
Search for the rare decay D 0 ? µ + µ -
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2013)
Branching fraction and CP asymmetry of the decays B + ? K S 0 p + and B + ? K S 0 K +
in Physics Letters B
LHCb Collaboration
(2013)
Measurement of J/? polarization in pp collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
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
(2013)
First observation of B ¯ 0 ? J / ? K + K - and search for B ¯ 0 ? J / ? ? decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2013)
Searches for violation of lepton flavour and baryon number in tau lepton decays at LHCb
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2013)
Search for direct CP violation in D 0 ? h - h + modes using semileptonic B decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurements of the branching fractions of $B^{+} \to p \bar{p} K^{+}$ decays
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaij, R And Others
(2013)
Search for rare $B^0_{(s)}\rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^- \mu^+ \mu^-$ decays
Aaij R
(2013)
Observation of the decay B c + ? ? ( 2 S ) p +
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2013)
First observations of B ¯ s 0 ? D + D - , D s + D - and D 0 D ¯ 0 decays
in Physical Review D
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
(2013)
Study of B 0 ? D * - p + p - p + and B 0 ? D * - K + p - p + decays
in Physical Review D
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 s 0 ? ? c 1 ? decay and study of B 0 ? ? c 1 , 2 K ? 0 decays
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the differential branching fraction of the decay ? b 0 ? ? µ + µ -
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2013)
Search for rare B(0)((s))?µ(+)µ(-)µ(+)µ(-) decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2013)
Precision measurement of the ?b(0) baryon lifetime.
in Physical review letters
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
(2013)
Observations of B s 0 ? ? ( 2 S ) ? and B ( s ) 0 ? ? ( 2 S ) p + p - decays
in Nuclear Physics B
LHCb Collaboration
(2013)
Measurement of the forward energy flow in pp collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2013)
Studies of the decays B + ? p p ¯ h + and observation of B + ? ? ¯ ( 1520 ) p
in Physical Review D
Aaij, R And Others
(2013)
Search for CP violation in D+ - phi pi+ and Ds+ - Ks pi+ decays
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the effective B s 0 ? J / ? K S 0 lifetime
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2013)
Observation of B c + ? J / ? D s + and B c + ? J / ? D s * + decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2013)
Observation of the decay B s 0 ? D ¯ 0 ?
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2013)
Amplitude analysis and branching fraction measurement of B ¯ s 0 ? J / ? K + K -
in Physical Review D
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
(2013)
Measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetry in B 0 ? J / ? K S 0 decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the polarization amplitudes in B 0 ? J / ? K * ( 892 ) 0 decays
in Physical Review D
| Description | The LHCb Upgrade will be the next generation detector of the LHCb collaboration. Please see the entry for the LHCb collaboration for more details. |
| Exploitation Route | Please see Narrative Impact section |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Healthcare Security and Diplomacy |
| URL | http://www.lhcb.ac.uk/LHCb-UK/Welcome.html |
| Description | LHCb upgrade |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | Large Hadron Collider Beauty Experiment (LHCb) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The UK is a driving force in the Upgrade. UK groups pioneered the initial physics studies and supplied the first Upgrade Coordinator. UK physicists prepared the Physics chapter of the LoI and several of the sub-detector sections, and have had a similarly prominent role in the writing of the FTDR. A UK physicist is Coordinator for the Ring-Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) upgrade, UK physicists are central to the Vertex Locator (VELO) upgrade activities, and the UK is also represented on the five-person "Upgrade Steering Group". The UK LHCb institutes are therefore ideally positioned to lead the upgrade of the experiment consolidating the dominant role they have achieved on the current detector. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The LHCb collaboration comprises 60 institutes worldwide, and has 624 signing authors. All research and design work is performed in collaboration. |
| Impact | Physics data taking is expected to start in 2018 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Title | Timepix |
| Description | The Timepix bump-bonded pixel readout chip, used for the upgraded VELO, is also utilized by the UK PImMS project. This involves the development of fast, pixelated sensors for imaging of low-energy ions coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometers, enabling high-precision imaging for molecular microscopy and atom-probe tomography. Patents for this technology were granted in 2008, 2010 and 2011. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2008 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | see above |
| Title | RICH upgrade |
| Description | Several photon-detector technologies have been innovated by the RICH project. We are currently working with two manufacturers: Photonis/DEP and Hamamatsu to improve their hybrid-photon detectors (HPDs) and MaPMT tubes, respectively. We are also working with Photek/UK to produce micro-channel plate (MCP) photon detectors for LHCb/TORCH applications, to develop customized active area and pixel granularity MCPs which can survive for several years in high radiation environments. All these photon devices are very promising for use in medical imaging and positron emission tomography (PET). UV/Visible/IR detectors |
| Type Of Technology | Detection Devices |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Impact | see above |
| Title | VELO upgrade |
| Description | For the VELO, LHCb has pioneered n+p sensors, now the baseline for ATLAS and CMS upgrades. The sensors have found widespread use in spin-off applications, they have stimulated industry (Stevenage circuits), and have been used at an NHS hadron therapy centre. Prototype LHCb Upgrade pixel detectors have been tested at the Diamond synchrotron and have inspired new detector designs they are developing for their beamlines. We will continue to work with our industrial partners to produce state-of-the art sensor technologies for the Upgrade and other impact applications. Radiation hard detectors |
| Type Of Technology | Detection Devices |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | see above |
| Description | Outreach |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | LHCb-UK is fully committed to an active programme of outreach and dissemination. In the media, we have stimulated public dialogue through film, radio and press. LHCb members have hosted short films for CERN, shortlisted by film festivals in 2011 and 2012, guested on LHC documentaries (BBC4, Discovery Channel, Horizon, Bang Goes the Theory and Youtube: The matter with Antimatter). Numerous contributions in the broadcast media have been made by LHCb-UK members on BBC News 24, BBC local radio stations, World Service News-hour, Radios 4 and 5 and international media (various stations). Print articles include many national newspapers and online (BBC News Online). VELO modules have been exhibited at the Royal Society Summer exhibition, at Microcosm (CERN), and will form part of the Science Museum LHC touring exhibition. LHCb physicists host VIP tours; examples of visitors to LHCb being the Science Minister, the Science Select Committee and several university vice-chancellors. We also regularly conduct LHCb public visits, and are fully engaged in the UK Masterclass programmes. One of the LHCb-UK groups hosts the first Science Museum Fellow of Modern Science who has played a primary role in the Collider exhibition at the London Science Museum and Manchester Museum Of Science and Industry (MOSI) see above. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| URL | http://www.lhcb.ac.uk/LHCb-UK/Welcome.html |