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ATLAS UK Upgrade Proposal

Lead Research Organisation: Lancaster University
Department Name: Physics

Abstract

ATLAS Upgrade project as previously described

Publications

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Allan D (2013) The electromagnetic calorimeter for the T2K near detector ND280 in Journal of Instrumentation

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Abdallah J (2013) Mechanical construction and installation of the ATLAS tile calorimeter in Journal of Instrumentation

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Aad G (2013) Search for single in Physics Letters B

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Aad G (2013) A search for high-mass resonances decaying to in Physics Letters B

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Aad G (2013) A search for prompt lepton-jets in pp collisions at in Physics Letters B

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ATLAS Collaboration (2013) Measurement of jet shapes in top-quark pair events at [Formula: see text] using the ATLAS detector. in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields

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ATLAS Collaboration (2013) Improved luminosity determination in pp collisions at [Formula: see text] using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields

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ATLAS Collaboration (2013) Measurement of kT splitting scales in W?l? events at [Formula: see text] with the ATLAS detector. in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields

 
Description ATLAS 
Organisation European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Department CERN LHC ATLAS
Country Switzerland 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Tracking R&D and construction, software, distributed computing systems, detector operations, trigger performance and design, Standard Model, B-physics, Onium, Higgs, Top and SUSY studies; ran UK software and computing
Collaborator Contribution Detector operations, computing operations, software, shared physics tools
Impact currently O(200) papers in press (Feb 2013)
 
Description 5 Particle Physics Masterclasses/Residentials 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Increases interest in science and particle physics

Increased applications to Lancaster, citing particle phsyics interest
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Big bang fair 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Big Bang Fair, general science exhibition at the NEC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014,2015
 
Description Royal Society Summer Exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact many thousands saw stands on the Grid/Higgs physics/Beyond the Higgs
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2008,2011,2014