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
(2018)
Measurement of the Lifetime of the Doubly Charmed Baryon ?_{cc}^{++}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for Baryon-Number Violating ?_{b}^{0} Oscillations.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the Decay ?_{b}^{-}?pK^{-}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
(2016)
Search for Violations of Lorentz Invariance and CPT Symmetry in B_{(s)}^{0} Mixing.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2018)
Search for Dark Photons Produced in 13 TeV pp Collisions.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2016)
Evidence for Exotic Hadron Contributions to ?_{b}^{0}?J/?pp^{-} Decays.
in Physical review letters
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
(2018)
Evidence for the Rare Decay S^{+}?pµ^{+}µ^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of B_{c}^{+}?D^{0}K^{+} Decays.
in Physical review letters
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ST/N504178/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2021 | |||
1681016 | Studentship | ST/N504178/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2019 | Christopher Burr |