Experimental Particle Physics Rolling Grant 2009-2014
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The Particle Physics Group at Manchester University will continue to probe the fundamental particles and forces of nature. This is done by several experiments: ATLAS at the LHC at CERN will study proton-proton collisions at the highest energies yet, and is expected to reveal a wealth of new particles. LHCb will reveal further details of the properties of B hadrons. Dzero is at Fermilab, which is presently the highest energy collider till the LHC starts. SuperNemo will search for a type of nuclear beta decay which, if found, would show that the neutrino is its own antiparticle. We also run an ongoing R and D programme for the detectors, electronics, accelerators and computers we use for our investigations into fundamental physics.
Organisations
Publications
Abazov V
(2010)
Double parton interactions in ? + 3 jet events in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2009)
Search for admixture of scalar top quarks in the t t ¯ lepton + jets final state at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2010)
Search for flavor changing neutral currents via quark-gluon couplings in single top quark production using 2.3 fb-1 of p p ¯ collisions
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
Determination of the pole and MS ¯ masses of the top quark from the t t ¯ cross section
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Search for charged Higgs bosons in top quark decays
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Measurement of trilinear gauge boson couplings from W W + W Z ? l ? j j events in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2011)
Search for pair production of the scalar top quark in the electron + muon final state
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Measurements of differential cross sections of Z / ? * + jets + X events in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
Measurement of the ratio of inclusive cross sections s ( p p ¯ ? Z + b - quark jet ) / s ( p p ¯ ? Z + jet ) at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2010)
Search for Sneutrino Production in e µ Final States in 5.3 fb - 1 of p p ¯ Collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review Letters
Abazov V
(2010)
b-Jet identification in the D0 experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abazov V
(2011)
Measurement of the W boson helicity in top quark decays using 5.4 fb - 1 of p p ¯ collision data
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2011)
Search for neutral Higgs bosons in the multi-b-jet topology in 5.2 fb - 1 of p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Search for the lightest scalar top quark in events with two leptons in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2010)
Search for C P violation in B s 0 ? µ + D s - X decays in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2011)
Search for a heavy neutral gauge boson in the dielectron channel with 5.4 fb-1 of p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Search for associated production of charginos and neutralinos in the trilepton final state using 2.3 fb-1 of data
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
Measurement of the WZ ? l ? l l cross section and limits on anomalous triple gauge couplings in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2010)
Search for the rare decay B s 0 ? µ + µ -
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2010)
Measurement of the normalized Z / ? * ? µ + µ - transverse momentum distribution in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
High mass exclusive diffractive dijet production in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Measurement of the top quark mass in final states with two leptons
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2011)
Measurement of three-jet differential cross sections d s 3 jet / d M 3 jet in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
Azimuthal decorrelations and multiple parton interactions in ? + 2 jet and ? + 3 jet events in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2010)
Measurement of the t-channel single top quark production cross section
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Combination of t t ¯ cross section measurements and constraints on the mass of the top quark and its decays into charged Higgs bosons
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2009)
A novel method for modeling the recoil in W boson events at hadron colliders
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abazov V
(2010)
Dependence of the t t ¯ production cross section on the transverse momentum of the top quark
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in the lepton + jets channel in proton-antiproton collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2010)
Search for New Fermions ("Quirks") at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider
in Physical Review Letters
Abazov V
(2009)
Determination of the strong coupling constant from the inclusive jet cross section in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2009)
Search for a scalar or vector particle decaying into Z? in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Search for squark production in events with jets, hadronically decaying tau leptons and missing transverse energy at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2010)
Measurement of the t t ¯ cross section using high-multiplicity jet events
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2010)
Search for single top quarks in the tau + jets channel using 4.8 fb-1 of p p ¯ collision data
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
Measurement of spin correlation in t t ¯ production using dilepton final states
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
Measurement of color flow in t t ¯ events from p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2010)
Measurement of Z / ? * + jet + X angular distributions in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
Search for W ' ? t b resonances with left- and right-handed couplings to fermions
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Search for pair production of second generation scalar leptoquarks
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Relative rates of B meson decays into ? ( 2 S ) and J / ? mesons
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2009)
Measurement of the t t ¯ production cross section and top quark mass extraction using dilepton events in p p ¯ collisions
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
Search for flavor changing neutral currents in decays of top quarks
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2005)
Measurement of s ( p p ¯ ? Z ) · Br ( Z ? t t ) at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2010)
Measurement of the dijet invariant mass cross section in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2010)
Evidence for an anomalous like-sign dimuon charge asymmetry
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2009)
Search for pair production of first-generation leptoquarks in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V. M.
(2008)
Search for
W' bosons decaying to an electron and a neutrino with the D0 detector
in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Abazov V. M.
(2008)
First study of the radiation-amplitude zero in
W? production and limits on anomalous
WW? couplings at v
s=1.96 TeV
in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Abazov V. M.
(2008)
Observation and properties of the orbitally excited
B
s2* meson
in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Related Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Award Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST/H001166/1 | 30/09/2009 | 30/03/2011 | £1,450,867 | ||
| ST/H001166/2 | Transfer | ST/H001166/1 | 30/09/2010 | 29/09/2012 | £10,876,712 |
