Particle Physics Rolling Grant 2009
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Physics
Abstract
Particle physics attempts to understand the Universe and its evolution in terms of the interplay of a small number of fundamental forces and particles. The last thirty years has seen the development of a robust and extremely successful theoretical framework, known as the Standard Model, in which all available data can be explained. However, this model is demonstrably incomplete and has many parameters that must be inserted by hand. Our proposed progamme will significantly advance our understanding of whatever theory must be constructed to replace the Standard Model. Our collaboration in the SNO experiment has been a major contributor to our understanding of the phenomenon of neutrino mass, originally outside the Standard Model. As SNO draws to an end, we will continue our neutrino investigations with a leading role in the MINOS experiment and the next generation experiment based in Japan, T2K. We plan to measure other fundamental properties of the neutrino, such as whether or not it is its own antiparticle - a Majorana or a Dirac neutrino - by utilising our unique experience with the SNO experiment and its underground laboratory. The CDF experiment is coming to the end of its life as LHC takes over the energy frontier, but we intend to continue our important contributions to the remaining running and in the exploitation of the full data sample to produce papers. The ZEUS experiment has now completed data taking; we are determined to play a major part in bringing these classic results on the structure of the proton, and the strong interaction, to publication. These results are likely to remain in the text-books for many years. After the disappointment of the failure of the LHC in 2008, repairs are well under way and the LHC experiments will come on line during the period of this Rolling Grant. We will ensure that Oxford plays a major role in the extraction of physics results from ATLAS and LHCb, which have the potential to completely revolutionise our understanding of particle physics. We are committed to providing the computing resources and analysis tools necessary for the extraction of these results, and our work in ensuring that Grid concepts and technology are available to the wider academic and business community will continue. The CRESST-II and cryo-EDM experiments will use technologies in which Oxford has a world lead to explore some of the most important questions in particle physics and cosmology; in particular the nature off the material that appears to make up most of the Universe. The spokesman of a major new initiative in this area, EURECA, is from Oxford, so that we will continue our leading role in the search for Dark Matter. The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science has major programmes in the accelerators of the future, including Linear Colliders and the Neutrino Factory. The JAI has established itself as a world-class institute in accelerator physics under the leadership of Professor Peach; we are starting the search for a world-class accelerator scientist to be his successor. We are also providing leaders in international bodies charged with the development of new accelerators. We will continue to develop and enhance our capabilities in mechanical and electronics design so that Oxford will retain the ability to construct the most sophisticated apparatus of whatever size is required for the physics objectives. We are determined to play a leading role in world particle physics in the future, as we have in the past.
Organisations
Publications
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the ? b - and O b - baryon lifetimes
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of CP asymmetries in the decays B 0 ? K *0 µ + µ - and B + ? K + µ + µ -
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Search for CP violation using T-odd correlations in D 0 ? K + K -p+p- decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Münster A
(2014)
Radiopurity of CaWO 4 crystals for direct dark matter search with CRESST and EURECA
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Studies of beauty baryon decays to D 0 p h - and ? c + h - final states
in Physical Review D
Adamson P
(2014)
Combined analysis of ?µ disappearance and ?µ??e appearance in MINOS using accelerator and atmospheric neutrinos.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurements of the B +, B 0, $ B_s^0 $ meson and $ \Lambda_b^0 $ baryon lifetimes
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of overlapping spin-1 and spin-3 D0K- resonances at mass 2.86 GeV/c2.
in Physical review letters
Danevich F
(2014)
Impact of geometry on light collection efficiency of scintillation detectors for cryogenic rare event searches
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Aad G
(2014)
Search for supersymmetry in events with four or more leptons in s = 8 TeV p p collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2014)
First search for exotic Z Boson decays into photons and neutral pions in hadron collisions.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of the underlying event in jet events from 7 $$\text {TeV}$$ TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2014)
Search for Invisible Decays of a Higgs Boson Produced in Association with a Z Boson in ATLAS
in Physical Review Letters
Aad G
(2014)
Flavor tagged time-dependent angular analysis of the B s 0 ? J / ? ? decay and extraction of ? G s and the weak phase ? s in ATLAS
in Physical Review D
Abe K
(2014)
Measurement of the intrinsic electron neutrino component in the T2K neutrino beam with the ND280 detector
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Study of the kinematic dependences of ? b 0 production in pp collisions and a measurement of the ? b 0 ? ? c + p - branching fraction
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Abramowicz H
(2014)
Measurement of beauty and charm production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA and measurement of the beauty-quark mass
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Search for CP violation in the decay D + ? p - p + p +
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2014)
Search for WZ resonances in the fully leptonic channel using pp collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2014)
Search for CP violation in D ± ? K S 0 K ± and D s ± ? K S 0 p ± decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of the Z/? * boson transverse momentum distribution in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2014)
Search for quantum black hole production in high-invariant-mass lepton+jet final states using pp collisions at vs=8 TeV and the ATLAS detector.
in Physical review letters
Bonvicini G
(2014)
Updated measurements of absolute D + and D 0 hadronic branching fractions and s ( e + e - ? D D ¯ ) at E cm = 3774 MeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2014)
Combination of measurements of the top-quark pair production cross section from the Tevatron Collider
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Precision measurement of the mass and lifetime of the ?(b)(0) baryon.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2014)
Measurement of the Z Z production cross section using the full CDF II data set
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of CP violation and constraints on the CKM angle ? in B ± ? D K ± with D ? K S 0 p + p - decays
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2014)
First observation of a baryonic Bc+ decay.
in Physical review letters
Belov P
(2014)
Parton distribution functions at LO, NLO and NNLO with correlated uncertainties between orders
in The European Physical Journal C
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)
Observation of associated production of a Z boson with a D meson in the forward region
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
A study of CP violation in B±?DK± and B±?Dp± decays with D ? K S 0 K ± p ± final states
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of the mass difference between top and anti-top quarks in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of ? c1 and ? c2 production with s $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 7 TeV pp collisions at ATLAS
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of the production cross section of prompt J/? mesons in association with a W ± boson in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s} $ = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the CP -violating phase ? s in B ¯ s 0 ? J / ? p + p - decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of the B s 0 ? J/?K S 0 K ± p ± decay
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaltonen T
(2014)
Precise measurement of the W -boson mass with the Collider Detector at Fermilab
in Physical Review D
Abramowicz H
(2014)
Measurement of D * photoproduction at three different centre-of-mass energies at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2014)
Search for supersymmetry at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV in final states with jets and two same-sign leptons or three leptons with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2014)
Search for dark matter in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum in p p collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Addendum: Observation of double charm production involving open charm in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s} $ = 7 TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Collaboration T
(2014)
A neural network clustering algorithm for the ATLAS silicon pixel detector
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aad G
(2014)
Search for direct pair production of the top squark in all-hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at s $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaltonen T
(2014)
Measurement of B(t?Wb)/B(t?Wq) in top-quark-pair decays using dilepton events and the full CDF Run II data set.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Evidence for CP violation in B+ ? ppK+ decays.
in Physical review letters
Related Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Award Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST/H001026/1 | 30/09/2009 | 30/03/2011 | £2,837,803 | ||
| ST/H001026/2 | Transfer | ST/H001026/1 | 30/09/2010 | 29/09/2012 | £18,905,331 |
| Description | Media interviews and articles |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Members of staff supported on this grant give interviews regularly to radio, newspapers and magazine. There are too many examples to list separately, but include BBC Radios 3 and 4, Irish Radio, Radio New Zealand, Research Fortnight, Nature, New Scientist, etc. General impact of public and opinion formers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | Particle Physics Masterclass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Teachers bring groups of pupils to a concentrated 1-day event in which they hear the latest news from particle physics, get involved with hands-on activities and interact with academic staff. Interacts with students and teachers - the classes are always full, we run 2 separate days and each year we reach more than 100 pupils and teachers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 |
| Description | Schools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Visits by researchers to schools to give talks about LHC, neutrinos and other areas of particle physics Around 100 schools visited by various members of staff since 2006. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | Teachers Open Day in Accelerators and Particle Physics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Teachers spent the day in Oxford having a refresher course on the latest research results in accelerator science and particle physics. Interaction with many physics teachers in schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |