Experimental Particle Physics Consolidated Grant 2022-2025
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Fundamental physics strives to answer the big questions: what is our Universe made of; how did it evolve; what forces govern it and how do they shape the phenomena we observe? In particle physics we build experiments to examine the very smallest constituents of the Universe, fundamental particles, so that we can address these questions with our findings.
Our knowledge of how fundamental particles behave is encapsulated in a theory called the Standard Model. It has enormous predictive power and provides a simple framework to understand the nature of the Universe. However, we also know the theory is incomplete. Experiments at the highest energies let us test predictions and determine the limits of the validity of our theory. Dedicated high-precision experiments let us probe predictions to incredible levels of accuracy. The faintest trace of any disagreement between theory and experimental data could provide the first hint of new laws of physics operating, which would be a step forward in understanding the nature of the Universe.
One of the most pressing questions we have concerns why matter dominates so much over anti-matter. Matter and anti-matter should have been created in equal quantities in the early Universe, but very little anti-matter can be observed now. This defining feature of our Universe must ultimately be due to a difference in behaviour between matter and anti-matter, but this difference is a mystery. Neutrinos, the most elusive of particles, may hold the key to understanding why this happened. They have no charge, barely interact with matter, have a very small mass and to detect them we have had to build enormous but very sensitive detectors. An important part of our research is to make detailed measurements of neutrinos, to understand their masses and whether they are responsible for our matter-dominated universe.
Another mystery we seek to resolve concerns dark matter. We know that there are not enough stars visible in galaxies to explain the speed at which stars rotate around them. We explain this by hypothesising that galaxies also contain invisible (dark) matter. Dark matter supplies the extra gravitational force necessary to keep stars in their orbits, but its nature is unknown. Many explanations have been proposed, ranging from it being formed of extremely low mass particles to massive black holes. Some explanations have been excluded, but many are extremely challenging to either confirm or reject experimentally. To address this we develop more powerful experiments using a wide range of approaches and technologies, to perform the broadest search for the unknown particles that may form this elusive dark matter.
Our knowledge of how fundamental particles behave is encapsulated in a theory called the Standard Model. It has enormous predictive power and provides a simple framework to understand the nature of the Universe. However, we also know the theory is incomplete. Experiments at the highest energies let us test predictions and determine the limits of the validity of our theory. Dedicated high-precision experiments let us probe predictions to incredible levels of accuracy. The faintest trace of any disagreement between theory and experimental data could provide the first hint of new laws of physics operating, which would be a step forward in understanding the nature of the Universe.
One of the most pressing questions we have concerns why matter dominates so much over anti-matter. Matter and anti-matter should have been created in equal quantities in the early Universe, but very little anti-matter can be observed now. This defining feature of our Universe must ultimately be due to a difference in behaviour between matter and anti-matter, but this difference is a mystery. Neutrinos, the most elusive of particles, may hold the key to understanding why this happened. They have no charge, barely interact with matter, have a very small mass and to detect them we have had to build enormous but very sensitive detectors. An important part of our research is to make detailed measurements of neutrinos, to understand their masses and whether they are responsible for our matter-dominated universe.
Another mystery we seek to resolve concerns dark matter. We know that there are not enough stars visible in galaxies to explain the speed at which stars rotate around them. We explain this by hypothesising that galaxies also contain invisible (dark) matter. Dark matter supplies the extra gravitational force necessary to keep stars in their orbits, but its nature is unknown. Many explanations have been proposed, ranging from it being formed of extremely low mass particles to massive black holes. Some explanations have been excluded, but many are extremely challenging to either confirm or reject experimentally. To address this we develop more powerful experiments using a wide range of approaches and technologies, to perform the broadest search for the unknown particles that may form this elusive dark matter.
Organisations
Publications
Aaij R
(2023)
$${ {J}/\psi }$$ and $${ {D}} ^0$$ production in $$\sqrt{s_{\scriptscriptstyle \text {NN}}} =68.5\,\text {GeV} $$ PbNe collisions
in The European Physical Journal C
ATLAS Collaboration
(2022)
A detailed map of Higgs boson interactions by the ATLAS experiment ten years after the discovery.
in Nature
Acerbi F
(2024)
A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches
in Journal of Instrumentation
Casse G
(2022)
A novel concept for a fully digital particle detector
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aaij R
(2023)
A study of $$C\!P$$ violation in the decays $${ {B} ^\pm } \rightarrow [{ {K} ^+} { {K} ^-} { {\uppi } ^+} { {\uppi } ^-} ]_{D} h^{\pm }$$ ($$h = K, \pi $$) and $${ {B} ^\pm } \rightarrow [{ {\uppi } ^+} { {\uppi } ^-} { {\uppi } ^+} { {\uppi } ^-} ]_{D} h^{\pm }$$
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2024)
Accuracy versus precision in boosted top tagging with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aaij R
(2023)
Amplitude analysis of B 0 ? D ¯ 0 D s + p - and B + ? D - D s + p + decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2023)
Amplitude analysis of the ? c + ? p K - p + decay and ? c + baryon polarization measurement in semileptonic beauty hadron decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2024)
Amplitude Analysis of the B^{0}?K^{*0}µ^{+}µ^{-} Decay.
in Physical review letters
André K
(2022)
An experiment for electron-hadron scattering at the LHC
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaij R
(2022)
Angular Analysis of D^{0}?p^{+}p^{-}µ^{+}µ^{-} and D^{0}?K^{+}K^{-}µ^{+}µ^{-} Decays and Search for CP Violation.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2023)
ATLAS flavour-tagging algorithms for the LHC Run 2 pp collision dataset
in The European Physical Journal C
Wester T
(2024)
Atmospheric neutrino oscillation analysis with neutron tagging and an expanded fiducial volume in Super-Kamiokande I-V
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2024)
Azimuthal Angle Correlations of Muons Produced via Heavy-Flavor Decays in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb and pp Collisions with the ATLAS Detector.
in Physical review letters
Aalbers J
(2023)
Background determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2024)
Beam-induced backgrounds measured in the ATLAS detector during local gas injection into the LHC beam vacuum
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aad G
(2024)
Calibration of a soft secondary vertex tagger using proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2022)
Centrality determination in heavy-ion collisions with the LHCb detector
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aaij R
(2023)
Charmonium production in pNe collisions at $$\sqrt{s_{\scriptscriptstyle \text {NN}}} =68.5$$ GeV
in The European Physical Journal C
ATLAS Collaboration
(2024)
Combination and summary of ATLAS dark matter searches interpreted in a 2HDM with a pseudo-scalar mediator using 139 fb-1 of s=13 TeV pp collision data.
in Science bulletin
Hayrapetyan A
(2024)
Combination of Measurements of the Top Quark Mass from Data Collected by the ATLAS and CMS Experiments at s = 7 and 8 TeV
in Physical Review Letters
Aad G
(2024)
Combination of Searches for Higgs Boson Pair Production in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2024)
Combination of searches for pair-produced leptoquarks at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2024)
Combination of Searches for Resonant Higgs Boson Pair Production Using pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2025)
Combination of searches for singly produced vectorlike top quarks in p p collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Abe S
(2024)
Combined Pre-supernova Alert System with KamLAND and Super-Kamiokande
in The Astrophysical Journal
Aad G
(2023)
Comparison of inclusive and photon-tagged jet suppression in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb collisions with ATLAS
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2024)
Curvature-bias corrections using a pseudomass method
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abud A
(2021)
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report
in Instruments
Zhang C
(2024)
Design and evaluation of UKRI-MPW0: a monolithic HV-CMOS pixel sensor with backside biasing
in Journal of Instrumentation
Zhang C
(2022)
Design and evaluation of UKRI-MPW0: An HV-CMOS prototype for high radiation tolerance
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Aaij R
(2024)
Determination of short- and long-distance contributions in B 0 ? K * 0 µ + µ - decays
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2024)
Determination of the Relative Sign of the Higgs Boson Couplings to W and Z Bosons Using WH Production via Vector-Boson Fusion with the ATLAS Detector.
in Physical review letters
Mori M
(2024)
Development of a Data Overflow Protection System for Super-Kamiokande to Maximize Data from Nearby Supernovae
in Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Vilella E
(2022)
Development of high voltage-CMOS sensors within the CERN-RD50 collaboration
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Aaij R
(2023)
Direct C P violation in charmless three-body decays of B ± mesons
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2024)
Disentangling Sources of Momentum Fluctuations in Xe+Xe and Pb+Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector.
in Physical review letters
Abed Abud A
(2024)
Doping liquid argon with xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: effects on scintillation light
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abed Abud A
(2024)
DUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutions
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aad G
(2024)
Electron and photon energy calibration with the ATLAS detector using LHC Run 2 data
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aaij R
(2024)
Enhanced Production of ?_{b}^{0} Baryons in High-Multiplicity pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Abe K
(2023)
Erratum: Search for Cosmic-Ray Boosted Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using Recoil Protons at Super-Kamiokande [Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 031802 (2023)].
in Physical review letters
| Description | Audio voiceover recording for the new CERN Science Gateway |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I recorded the audio transcript for the CERN Science Gateway. This was for an audio tour for visually impaired visitors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | BBC World interview |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview for the Context, BBC World, around LHC Run 3 startup |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BBC breakfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on BBC breakfast around the Run 3 start |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Book review for Nature: Grace in all simplicity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I wrote a book review, reviewing "Grace in all simplicity". I received emails afterwards from members of the public thanking me for my review. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03424-5 |
| Description | Dictionary of Irish biography entry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I wrote a biography of Anne Kernan, Irish particle physicist, for the new edition of the dictionary of Irish biography |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | FT interview |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview for Clive Cookson piece around Run 3 startup |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/cbe55858-86c4-441f-a4db-ebfe0ae60969 |
| Description | I wrote a piece for Womanthology for International Women in Science day |
| 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 | I wrote a piece for Womanthology for International day of women in science. This was then promoted by the IOP on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.womanthology.co.uk/expanding-possibilities-for-women-in-science/ |
| Description | ITV news at 10 interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview for ITV news at 10 around LHC startup. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview for radio scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Radio Scotland around Run 3 startup. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview for the Guardian about FCC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was interviewed for a piece about FCC, following BBC's coverage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Interview on CERN 70 |
| 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 | quote from interview with AIP on CERN 70th |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/10/02/cern-at-70-the-cradle-of-the-higgs-boson-and-world-wide-web... |
| Description | Interview on the Gordon Smart show, Radio 5, about FCC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Following the BBC coverage, I was interviewed on the Gordon Smart show about FCC. As this was a late night show the interview was a bit longer (15 minutes) although it covered the same material. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Interview on the Today programme, radio 4, about FCC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was interviewed on the Today programme (with Jon Butterworth), following CERN Council's sign-off of the FCC mid term review. This generated additional coverage (see further entries), and positive email feedback from the FCC community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Interviewed for New Scientist on ALPHA_g antimatter result |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was interviewed by the New Scientist after ALPHA-g released their equivalence test of antimatter under gravity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/2394304-antimatter-definitely-doesnt-fall-up-physicists-confirm... |
| Description | Interviewed on ABC (Australia) news about FCC |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Following the BBC coverage I was interviewed by ABC news (television) in Australia about FCC. This was a mid-morning interview in Australia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Nature news interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview for piece around Run 3 startup |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01388-6 |
| Description | Nicky Campbell's 5 live phone-in |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participant on Nicky Campbell's 5 live phone in, answering questions on CERN and particle physics for an hour. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Participation in discussion on arts/science for CERN's 70th anniversary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was the first event in a series celebrating CERN's 70th anniversary. I was asked to participate in a panel debate between artists and scientists that had participated in the Arts At CERN programme. I also participated in the second half of the event which I will give a separate entry to. The debate was booked out and broadcast online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://indico.cern.ch/event/1360288/page/32116-programme |
| Description | Promotional film for Liverpool physics: "Powerhouse of global discovery driven science" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was interviewed and filmed as part of this promotional film. The film has raised the profile of particle physics institutionally and helped us become a strategic priority. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXyOE8ZaIQU |
| Description | Prospect interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interviewee for Philip Ball article on LHC and the future of particle physics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/science-and-technology/is-particle-physics-at-a-dead-end-large-ha... |
| Description | Quote (for the IOP) for Mark Thomson's nomination as CERN DG |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Quote about the challenges facing the next DG of CERN for a piece in the FT |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/157e40cb-8003-40c9-971d-912984390c1c |
| Description | Radio 4 programme with poet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Programme with poet Fiona Sampson, exploring antimatter (with LHCb), our process and language |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dwnt |
| Description | Radio 5 live interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on the Naga Munchetty show on 5 live, around the LHC reaching record breaking energies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Razor (antimatter documentary/LHCb) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is a science documentary series, Razor, filmed by CCGN with global reach. One episode concerns antimatter. I am one of the interviewees and have helped with parts of the script. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | STFC/uni press release on VELO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I helped STFC prepare a press release around the delivery of the VELO to CERN in time for Run 3. This involved drafting and iterating text and coming up with quotes for Themis. The text was used for a university news story too. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/physical-sciences/news/articles/the-device-hoping-to-answer-the-ultimate... |
| Description | Talk on Antimatter for "Unveiling the Universe" - CERN's 70th anniversary celebrations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was one of four speakers (with Gian Guidice, David Gross and Djuna Croon) talking about various aspects of CERN's history for this anniversary event. I talked about antimatter. The event was booked out in the auditorium at CERN and webcast. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://indico.cern.ch/event/1360288/page/32116-programme |
| Description | Talk on antimatter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk in the New Scientist Instant Expert event on the subatomic universe. I spoke about antimatter, LHCb, AMS and CERN's antimatter factory. I also took part in the end of session debate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/science-events/inside-the-subatomic-universe/ |
| Description | Talk to IOP East Midlands branch: Antimatter Matters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk on antimatter to the East Midlands IOP branch. This was as part of a VP of Science and Innovation visit to the area. It was the best attended talk in the IOP calendar (I think students were under orders to attend). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk to Institute of Physics South-East branch: Antimatter Matters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk on antimatter to the local IOP branch as part of an IOP Vice President visit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Today programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on radio 4's Today programme around LHC Run 3 startup. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Today programme interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on the Today programme following the death of Peter Higgs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | University news story |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Helped draft and supplied quote for university news story on Run 3 startup |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2022/07/05/large-hadron-collider-takes-first-data-in-record-breaking-ru... |
| Description | University news story about poet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | University news story to accompany radio 4 programme with Fiona Sampson - I fact checked. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2022/11/16/scientists-inspire-new-poetry-for-radio-4s-language-exchange... |
| Description | Wrote article for the New European: CERN's 21st century dream machine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was asked to write an opinion piece on FCC, following the BBC news coverage. This was a repeat invitation as I'd written a piece for the New European on LHC a year previously. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/cerns-21st-century-dream-machine/ |
| Description | Wrote article for the New European: Is the Large Hadron Collider Stuck? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I wrote a 2000 word piece for the New European. This was after I'd been recommended by Philip Ball (the science writer), who had written on a similar theme before. I had an invitation to write an opinion piece on FCC after (ie repeat invitation) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/is-the-large-hadron-collider-stuck/ |
| Description | discussion on the next particle physics facility for Physics World |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | summary of discussion for a physics world podcast on the next future collider |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://physicsworld.com/a/how-a-next-generation-particle-collider-could-unravel-the-mysteries-of-th... |
| Description | intro remarks at webinar on green technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave the opening remarks in the joint DPG/IOP annual (webcast) lecture on green technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://iop.eventsair.com/cff2024/ |
| Description | la scienze piece |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is actually the nature news article, translated |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.lescienze.it/news/2022/07/07/news/lhc_aggiornato_run3_aumento_energia_esperimenti_atlas_... |
| Description | quote for DSIT press release on CERN's 70th |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | quote for DSIT press release on CERN 70th anniversary |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-celebrates-70-years-of-science-breakthroughs-at-cern |
| Description | quote for IOP news piece on Mark Thomson's nomination as CERN DG |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This is the same quote as for the FT piece, used here |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.iop.org/about/news/iop-welcomes-backing-for-mark-thomson-cern |
| Description | quote on R&D funding (for IOP for FT) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Provided quote on behalf of IOP on R&D funding for an FT piece (I don't think it was used in the end) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | quote on Russia leaving CERN (Business Insider) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | quote for article on Russia leaving CERN (very truncated from the original) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-blocked-access-cern-shows-ukraine-war-damaging-its-science-20... |
| Description | quoted in Spanish piece on Galois |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I'm not really sure how to classify this. I contributed to a radio 4 documentary on Galois 10 (?) years ago and am quoted from it here. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.levante-emv.com/tendencias21/2022/09/19/mayor-testamento-matematico-historia-surgio-7562... |
| Description | webinar on the future of particle physics (Physics World) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | webinar discussion about the next particle physics facility for Physics World |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/9034049767662516830 |