ATLAS PROJECT COORDINATION
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Sinead Farrington (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Aaboud M
(2019)
Comparison of Fragmentation Functions for Jets Dominated by Light Quarks and Gluons from pp and Pb+Pb Collisions in ATLAS.
in Physical review letters
Aaboud M
(2016)
Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced by vector-boson fusion and decaying to bottom quarks in s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaboud M
(2018)
Observation of Higgs boson production in association with a top quark pair at the LHC with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aaboud M
(2017)
Search for dark matter in association with a Higgs boson decaying to two photons at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aaboud M
(2017)
Search for top quark decays t ? qH, with H ? ??, in s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV pp collisions using the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaboud M
(2016)
Measurement of the relative width difference of the B 0 - B ¯ 0 $$ {B}^0\hbox{-} {\overline{B}}^0 $$ system with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
| Description | We have discovered the Higgs Boson the fundamental scalar boson that is predicted to give mass to all other particles. |
| Exploitation Route | Further research is required to establish if this is the Higgs Boson or if it is one of many (possibly Supersymmetric) Higgs Bosons. |
| Sectors | Education |
| URL | https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AtlasPublic |
| Description | The discovery of the Higgs Boson captured the imagination of millions of people. It will lead to an increased interest in science among the general public and lead to more students studying science at University. Since then the level of detail of measurements in the Higgs and Electroweak sectors, as well as searches for new particles have led us to a closer understanding of the interactions of fundamental particles, with much detail yet to be revealed at the LHC. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | STFC Spark Public Engagement Awards |
| Amount | £6,400 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/R001596/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Description | ATLAS Collaboration |
| Organisation | ATLAS Experiment |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Sheffield team is a founder of the ATLAS experiment at CERN and contributes to its construction, development and exploitation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Construction of the Semiconductor tracker, development of the software and computing of the experiment. Physics analysis, Higgs, Standard Model, Supersymmetry, top |
| Impact | Discovery of the Higgs boson and many others |
| Description | ATLAS Collaboration |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN LHC ATLAS |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Construction, maintenance and operation of SCT tracking system, Level 1 Calorimeter Trigger, High Level Trigger and Computing & Software. Analysis of physics data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Construction, maintenance and operation of ATLAS experiment. Analysis of physics data. |
| Impact | 812 peer reviewed journals articles (as of January 2019) on results of analysis of ATLAS data, including the discovery of the Higgs boson. Capability and skills development: Around 40PhD students per year many of whom move into industry, commerce and the public sector after graduating. ATLAS PhD students typically acquire very high levels of expertise in areas such as detector development, electronics, software design and big data analytics, and these skills, together with the experience of working in a large international collaboration, make our students highly sought-after by employers in the wider economy as well as within academia. STFC Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) in Data Intensive Science (DIS), in which ATLAS-UK physicists have been playing a leading role over the past two years. Our training of students and PDRAs, through these Centres, directly supports the first two pillars of the government's Industrial Strategy, as well as one of the Eight Great Technologies identified by the government, by helping to prepare the UK workforce for opportunities in the rapidly growing data science driven market sectors. The bespoke training programmes offered by these CDTs has been designed with input from industry partners and these partners are actively involved in the delivery of training. Public engagement: The hugely-positive publicity surrounding the LHC and particularly the discovery of the Higgs boson by ATLAS and CMS in 2012 have demonstrated the general public's great interest in this area. The importance of experiments with the scale and vision of ATLAS in inspiring a scientifically and technologically literate culture seems indisputable. Dissemination is a routine activity for ATLAS-UK physicists. Examples include frequent talks to students at schools across the UK and at events such as the Cheltenham Science Festival, interviews for local, national and international media, social media posts, podcasts, and exhibits at events, such as the Royal Society Summer Exhibition. ATLAS-UK Physicists have been playing a leading role in many Particle Physics Masterclasses organized annually across the UK, including the largest one at RAL with over 700 students per year. A key activity in these Masterclasses is the search for the Higgs boson in ATLAS data, which uses a simplified version of the ATLAS Event Display software developed by ATLAS-UK physicists, and which is used globally. Several episodes of Horizon (BBC2) have focused on ATLAS and featured ATLAS-UK physicists. The resources employed in the outreach activities include the time and enthusiasm of all those involved in the project, be they students, PDRAs, engineers or academics. In addition, we have close relations with the CERN press office and have worked well with STFC staff on this too. There have been many recent visits to CERN by MPs, MSPs and Government Ministers. |
| Description | Higher-Education Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | About 50 students from widening participation groups engage in university-style activities (led by researchers) for a week every summer at Sussex. Secondary-school students participating in the scheme get a hands-on experience of life as a university student. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012 |
| Description | Neston School Visit to CERN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | School visit to CERN and meeting with Birmingham undergraduates |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | School Talk Sedbergh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Higgs discovery at Sedbergh School |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | School Talk to West Kirby Grammar School for girls |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of state of the art on particle physics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | THE DISCOVERY OR THE HIGGS BOSON AND MAPPING THE HEAVENS |
| 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 | A VERY RARE PUBLIC LECTURE IN ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN ON PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY THAT SPARKED MANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | THE FUTURE OF PARTICLE PHYSICS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A PLENARY OPENING LECTURE IN SAO PAOLO BRAZIL ON THE FUTIRE PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY TO STUDENTS FROM MEDICINE, ASTRONOMY, ENGINEERING AND PHYSICS THAT SPARKED MANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk to Dumfries Astronomical Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to Dumfries Astronomical Society on connections between particle physics and astronomy including cosmic rays, dark matter, neutrino astronomy. Lively question and discussion afterwards., |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk to Moffat Astronomical Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to Dumfries Astronomical Society on connections between particle physics and astronomy including cosmic rays, dark matter, neutrino astronomy. Lively question and discussion afterwards. Setting up work placement in particle physics group in Glasgow for school pupil who attended talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk to Weatherhead High School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk on particle physics to Weatherhead High School |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | WOMAD 2016 Physics Pavilion |
| 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 | Curated the first phsycis pavilion at the WOMAD festival 2016 in Wiltshire. Totoal attendence over 40,000, through the tent 4000 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |