Search for Rare Charm decays at LHCb
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
LHCb is the world-leading experiment in the field of heavy flavour physics. The aim of Chris' initial project is to analyse data from this experiment to search for rare decays of the form D+ (s) -> hll, where 'h' is a charged pion or kaon and 'l' is an electron or muon. There are 28 different decay channels of this form. The aim of the project is to investigate the possibility of being able to observe or place world-best limits on all channels.
In addition Chris will work on the alignment of the LHCb experiment, particularly on the development of the alignment procedure for the vertex detector (VELO) of the next generation upgraded LHCb experiment. This work is performed in the context of a European Union funded project (AIDA) on developing common tools for paticle physics experiments. Chris will also support the alignment needs of prototype detectors tested in testbems.
In addition Chris will work on the alignment of the LHCb experiment, particularly on the development of the alignment procedure for the vertex detector (VELO) of the next generation upgraded LHCb experiment. This work is performed in the context of a European Union funded project (AIDA) on developing common tools for paticle physics experiments. Chris will also support the alignment needs of prototype detectors tested in testbems.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Christopher Parkes (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Christopher Burr (Student) |
Publications
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] decays.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2016)
Search for Higgs-like bosons decaying into long-lived exotic particles.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2018)
Search for lepton-flavour-violating decays of Higgs-like bosons.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2017)
New algorithms for identifying the flavour of [Formula: see text] mesons using pions and protons.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
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
(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)
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)
Improved limit on the branching fraction of the rare decay K S 0 ? µ + µ - .
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2018)
Evidence for an ? c ( 1 S ) p - resonance in B 0 ? ? c ( 1 S ) K + p - decays.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2017)
Updated search for long-lived particles decaying to jet pairs
in The European Physical Journal C
Studentship Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST/N504178/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2021 | |||
| 1681016 | Studentship | ST/N504178/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2019 | Christopher Burr |