Particle Physics Phenomenology in the Standard Model and Beyond (2008-2013)JF
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Particle physics is the branch of physics concerned with the behaviour of matter at the smallest distances. Over the years, physicists have developed the 'Standard Model' of particle physics. It is a very elegant theory capable of describing pretty much all known phenomena (at least in principle) with the exception of gravity and it has been tested to remarkable precision in equally remarkable experiments based at the world's 'atom smashers' (a.k.a. particle accelerators). However, we know that the Standard Model is flawed and so we expect there to be physics 'Beyond the Standard Model'. This research project is concerned with identifying possible sources of new physics and exploring how it might manifest itself in experiments. This study is very timely because the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will soon start up at CERN, the European Centre for Particle Physics. This is the most powerful accelerator ever built and it is seriously expected to push the Standard Model to breaking point. QCD is that part of the Standard Model concerned with the strong nuclear force. It is rich in interesting physics and not so well understood as the rest of the Standard Model. We are experts in its study and will explore various aspects of QCD in this project. Moreover, QCD effects are almost always present in particle collisions and they must be understood if we are to make the most of our experiments. We will pay close attention to understanding the role of QCD when searching for new physics. The Big Bang model of the Universe implies there was a time, very early in the Universe's history, when particle physics played a crucial role in the evolution of the Universe. We will devote time in this project to exploring the particle physics of the Early Universe.
Organisations
Publications
Roszkowski L
(2014)
Neutralino and gravitino dark matter with low reheating temperature
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bhupal Dev P
(2014)
Maximally symmetric two Higgs doublet model with natural standard model alignment
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Mazumdar A
(2014)
Dynamical breaking of shift symmetry in supergravity-based inflation
in Physical Review D
Dimopoulos K
(2014)
Shaft inflation
in Physics Letters B
Dickinson R
(2014)
Manifest causality in quantum field theory with sources and detectors
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Choudhury S
(2014)
An accurate bound on tensor-to-scalar ratio and the scale of inflation
in Nuclear Physics B
Biswas T
(2014)
Super-inflation, non-singular bounce, and low multipoles
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Biswas T
(2014)
Atick-Witten Hagedorn conjecture, near scale-invariant matter and blue-tilted gravity power spectrum
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Das A
(2014)
Direct bounds on electroweak scale pseudo-Dirac neutrinos from s = 8 TeV LHC data
in Physics Letters B
Ambrus V
(2014)
Rotating quantum states
in Physics Letters B
Bezrukov F
(2014)
Relic gravity waves and 7 keV dark matter from a GeV scale inflaton
in Physics Letters B
McDonald J
(2014)
Negative running of the spectral index, hemispherical asymmetry and the consistency of Planck with large r
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Altheimer A
(2014)
Boosted objects and jet substructure at the LHC. Report of BOOST2012, held at IFIC Valencia, 23rd-27th of July 2012
in The European Physical Journal C
Dev P
(2014)
New Production Mechanism for Heavy Neutrinos at the LHC
in Physical Review Letters
Bezrukov F
(2014)
Higgs inflation at the critical point
in Physics Letters B
Mazumdar A
(2014)
Quantifying the reheating temperature of the universe
in Nuclear Physics B
Kowalska K
(2014)
Low fine tuning in the MSSM with higgsino dark matter and unification constraints
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Donnachie A
(2014)
Central soft production of hadrons in pp collisions
in International Journal of Modern Physics A
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Reconciliation of high energy scale models of inflation with Planck
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Implications of purely classical gravity for inflationary tensor modes
in Modern Physics Letters A
Ilakovac A
(2014)
Lepton dipole moments in supersymmetric low-scale seesaw models
in Physical Review D
Choudhury S
(2014)
Primordial blackholes and gravitational waves for an inflection-point model of inflation
in Physics Letters B
Dev P
(2014)
Flavour covariant transport equations: An application to resonant leptogenesis
in Nuclear Physics B
Dasgupta M
(2015)
On jet substructure methods for signal jets
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Dasgupta M
(2015)
Small-radius jets to all orders in QCD
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bélanger G
(2015)
Limits on dark matter proton scattering from neutrino telescopes using micrOMEGAs
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Fischer N
(2015)
Measurement of observables sensitive to coherence effects in hadronic Z decays with the OPAL detector at LEP
in The European Physical Journal C
Dev P
(2015)
Flavour effects in Resonant Leptogenesis from semi-classical and Kadanoff-Baym approaches
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Ángeles-Martínez R
(2015)
Coulomb gluons and the ordering variable
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Deppisch F
(2015)
Neutrinos and collider physics
in New Journal of Physics
Talaganis S
(2015)
Towards understanding the ultraviolet behavior of quantum loops in infinite-derivative theories of gravity
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
McDonald J
(2015)
A minimal sub-Planckian axion inflation model with large tensor-to-scalar ratio
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Zenaiev O
(2015)
Impact of heavy-flavour production cross sections measured by the LHCb experiment on parton distribution functions at low x PROSA Collaboration
in The European Physical Journal C
Dickinson R
(2015)
Negative-frequency modes in quantum field theory
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Bezrukov F
(2015)
Semiclassical S-matrix for black holes
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Roszkowski L
(2015)
Prospects for dark matter searches in the pMSSM
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bhupal Dev P
(2015)
Erratum to: Maximally symmetric two Higgs doublet model with natural standard model alignment
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bélanger G
(2015)
Probing U(1) extensions of the MSSM at the LHC Run I and in dark matter searches
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Conroy A
(2015)
Nonlocal gravity in D dimensions: Propagators, entropy, and a bouncing cosmology
in Physical Review D
Lyth D
(2015)
Generating f NL at l ? 60
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Baer H
(2015)
Dark matter production in the early Universe: Beyond the thermal WIMP paradigm
in Physics Reports
Banerjee S
(2015)
Prospects of heavy neutrino searches at future lepton colliders
in Physical Review D
McDonald J
(2015)
Signatures of Planck corrections in a spiralling axion inflation model
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Bhupal Dev P
(2015)
Corrigendum to "Flavour covariant transport equations: An application to resonant leptogenesis" [Nucl. Phys. B 886 (2014) 569]
in Nuclear Physics B
Kent C
(2015)
Hadamard renormalized scalar field theory on anti-de Sitter spacetime
in Physical Review D
Ambrus V
(2015)
Massless rotating fermions inside a cylinder
Crispino L
(2015)
Scattering from charged black holes and supergravity
in Physical Review D
Dolan S
(2015)
Tidal invariants for compact binaries on quasicircular orbits
in Physical Review D
Dev PS
(2015)
Unified Explanation of the eejj, Diboson, and Dijet Resonances at the LHC.
in Physical review letters
Conroy A
(2015)
Wald Entropy for Ghost-Free, Infinite Derivative Theories of Gravity.
in Physical review letters
| Description | Progress on many fronts towards a better understanding of the universe, by developing theoretical models constrained by data from the LHC and cosmology experiments such as Planck. |
| Exploitation Route | Other scientists will develop their research in light of our publications. |
| Sectors | Energy |
| Description | Researchers supported by this award have been very active in outreach activities for the general public, schools and scientists from other fields |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |