LHCb Upgrades PROJECT COORDINATION
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Department Name: UNLISTED
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| Christopher Parkes (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the decay B s 0 ? ? p + p - and evidence for B 0 ? ? p + p -
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Study of charmonium production in b -hadron decays and first evidence for the decay B s 0 ? ? ? ?.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of ? c ( 2 S ) ? p p ¯ and search for X ( 3872 ) ? p p ¯ decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2017)
Amplitude analysis of B + ? J / ? ? K + decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Publisher's Note: Search for Structure in the B_{s}^{0}p^{±} Invariant Mass Spectrum [Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 152003 (2016)].
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)
Search for Baryon-Number Violating ?_{b}^{0} Oscillations.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Publisher's Note: Evidence for Exotic Hadron Contributions to ?_{b}^{0}?J/?pp^{-} Decays [Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 082003 (2016)].
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Publisher's Note: Measurement of the CP Asymmetry in B_{s}^{0}-B[over ¯]_{s}^{0} Mixing [Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 061803 (2016)].
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of B_{s}^{0} and D_{s}^{-} Meson Lifetimes.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of B c + ? J / ? D ( * ) K ( * ) decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Study of J/? Production in Jets.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of CP asymmetry in D0?K-K+ decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2017)
Test of lepton universality with B 0 ? K *0 l + l - decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Study of the D 0 p amplitude in ? b 0 ? D 0 pp - decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of J/?? Structures Consistent with Exotic States from Amplitude Analysis of B^{+}?J/??K^{+} Decays.
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
(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
(2017)
First Observation of the Rare Purely Baryonic Decay B^{0}?pp[over ¯].
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the decay B s 0 ? ? c ? and evidence for B s 0 ? ? c p + p -
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Bose-Einstein correlations of same-sign charged pions in the forward region in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for the CP-violating strong decays ??p+p- and ?'(958)?p+p-
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the decay ? b 0 ? pK - µ + µ - and a search for CP violation
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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
(2017)
Observation of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] decays.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the Decays ?_{b}^{0}??_{c1}pK^{-} and ?_{b}^{0}??_{c2}pK^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of D^{0} Meson Decays to p^{+}p^{-}µ^{+}µ^{-} and K^{+}K^{-}µ^{+}µ^{-} Final States.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of Five New Narrow O_{c}^{0} States Decaying to ?_{c}^{+}K^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for the Decays B_{s}^{0}?t^{+}t^{-} and B^{0}?t^{+}t^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
First Observation of a Baryonic B_{s}^{0} Decay.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2018)
Measurement of C P asymmetries in two-body B ( s ) 0 -meson decays to charged pions and kaons
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2018)
Search for Dark Photons Produced in 13 TeV p p Collisions
in Physical Review Letters
Barter W
(2018)
Calculating p -values and their significances with the Energy Test for large datasets
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aaij R
(2018)
Observation of B s 0 ? D ¯ * 0 ? and search for B 0 ? D ¯ 0 ? decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2018)
Measurement of Angular and CP Asymmetries in D^{0}?p^{+}p^{-}µ^{+}µ^{-} and D^{0}?K^{+}K^{-}µ^{+}µ^{-} Decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2018)
Search for weakly decaying b -flavored pentaquarks
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2018)
Search for excited B c + states
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2018)
Studies of the resonance structure in D 0 ? K ± p ± p ± p ± decays.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2018)
Measurement of Antiproton Production in p-He Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=110 GeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2018)
Search for lepton-flavour-violating decays of Higgs-like bosons.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2018)
Observation of the decay ? b 0 ? ? c + p p ? p -
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2018)
Measurement of the Lifetime of the Doubly Charmed Baryon ?_{cc}^{++}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2018)
First Observation of the Doubly Charmed Baryon Decay ?_{cc}^{++}??_{c}^{+}p^{+}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2018)
First observation of B+ ? D s + K+K- decays and a search for B+ ? D s + ? decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Akiba K
(2018)
Radiation Damage Effects and Operation of the LHCb Vertex Locator
in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Aaij R
(2018)
Search for B c + decays to two charm mesons
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2018)
Evidence for the Rare Decay S^{+}?pµ^{+}µ^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2018)
Updated determination of D 0 - D ¯ 0 mixing and C P violation parameters with D 0 ? K + p - decays
in Physical Review D
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
(2018)
Measurement of the O_{c}^{0} Baryon Lifetime.
in Physical review letters
| 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 |