LHCb Upgrades PROJECT COORDINATION
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Department Name: UNLISTED
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| Christopher Parkes (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
LHCb Collaboration
(2014)
Measurement of the [Formula: see text] meson lifetime using [Formula: see text] decays.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the [Formula: see text] production cross-section in proton-proton collisions via the decay [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the B ± production asymmetry and the C P asymmetry in B ± ? J / ? K ± decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the B s 0 ? ?? branching fraction and search for the decay B 0 ? ??
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the B s 0 ? D s ( * ) + D s ( * ) - branching fractions
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the B s 0 ? J / ? ? lifetime
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of the B¯(s)(0) effective lifetime in the J/?f0(980) final state.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the B± production cross-section in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ and 13 TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the b-Quark Production Cross Section in 7 and 13 TeV pp Collisions.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the B_{s}^{0}?µ^{+}µ^{-} Branching Fraction and Effective Lifetime and Search for B^{0}?µ^{+}µ^{-} Decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the branching fraction ratio B ( B c + ? ? ( 2 S ) p + ) / B ( B c + ? J / ? p + )
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the branching fractions of the decays B s 0 ? D ¯ 0 K - p + and B 0 ? D ¯ 0 K + p -
in Physical Review D
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
(2014)
Measurement of the charge asymmetry in B ± ? ? K ± and search for B ± ? ? p ± decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2019)
Measurement of the Charm-Mixing Parameter y C P
in Physical Review Letters
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the CKM angle ? from a combination of B ± ? D h ± analyses
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the CKM angle ? from a combination of LHCb results
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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
(2016)
Measurement of the CKM angle ? using B 0 ? DK *0 with D ? K S 0 p + p - decays
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
(2015)
Measurement of the CP -violating phase ß in B 0 ? J / ? p + p - decays and limits on penguin effects
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the CP Asymmetry in B_{s}^{0}-B[over ¯]_{s}^{0} Mixing.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the CP Violation Parameter A_{G} in D^{0}?K^{+}K^{-} and D^{0}?p^{+}p^{-} Decays.
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
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the Difference of Time-Integrated CP Asymmetries in D^{0}?K^{-}K^{+} and D^{0}?p^{-}p^{+} Decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the differential branching fraction of the decay ? b 0 ? ? µ + µ -
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the effective B s 0 ? J / ? K S 0 lifetime
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the exclusive ? production cross-section in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ TeV and 8 TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the flavour-specific CP-violating asymmetry a sl s in B s 0 decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij, R And Others
(2012)
Measurement of the forward energy flow in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV
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
(2016)
Measurement of the forward Z boson production cross-section in pp collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the forward Z boson production cross-section in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z/?* ? µ + µ - decays and determination of the effective weak mixing angle
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2011)
Measurement of the inclusive ? cross-section in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the inelastic pp cross-section at a centre-of-mass energy of s $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 7 TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the lifetime of the B c + meson using the B c + ? J / ? p + decay mode
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2018)
Measurement of the Lifetime of the Doubly Charmed Baryon ?_{cc}^{++}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the mass and lifetime of the O b - baryon
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2018)
Measurement of the O_{c}^{0} Baryon Lifetime.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the phase difference between short- and long-distance amplitudes in the [Formula: see text] decay.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the polarization amplitudes in B 0 ? J / ? K * ( 892 ) 0 decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the properties of the ? b * 0 baryon
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the ratio of B c + branching fractions to J / ? p + and J / ? µ + ? µ final states
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions and difference in CP asymmetries of the decays B + ? J/?p + and B + ? J/?K +
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the Ratio of Branching Fractions B ( B ¯ 0 ? D * + t - ? ¯ t ) / B ( B ¯ 0 ? D * + µ - ? ¯ µ )
in Physical Review Letters
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B B c + ? J / ? K + / B B c + ? J / ? p + $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{B}}\left({\mathrm{B}}_{\mathrm{c}}^{+}\to \mathrm{J}/{\uppsi \mathrm{K}}^{+}\right)/\mathrm{\mathcal{B}}\left({\mathrm{B}}_{\mathrm{c}}^{+}\to \mathrm{J}/{\uppsi \uppi}^{+}\right) $$
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2018)
Measurement of the Ratio of Branching Fractions B(B_{c}^{+}?J/?t^{+}?_{t})/B(B_{c}^{+}?J/?µ^{+}?_{µ}).
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2018)
Measurement of the Ratio of the B 0 ? D * - t + ? t and B 0 ? D * - µ + ? µ Branching Fractions Using Three-Prong t -Lepton Decays
in Physical Review Letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the resonant and C P components in B ¯ 0 ? J / ? p + p - 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 |