Construction and Exploitation of the CMS, BaBar, MICE and FP420 experiments
Lead Research Organisation:
Brunel University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering and Design
Abstract
The origins of mass and the understanding of asymmetry at a fundamental level are key goals of the CMS and BaBar experiments. The work of the Brunel group is aimed at completing the endcap electromagnetic calorimeter for CMS, contributing to the software associated with the Tracker and Electromagnetic Calorimeter of CMS, and exploiting the data when the LHC commences in 2007. We continue to analyse the data now being produced by the BaBar experiment in particular in the channels involving rare charmless decays. We will be developing, installing and exploiting tracking detectors for the new experiments MICE and FP420. Data visualisation and statistical learning techniques will be applied to particle physics data analysis. Our work on the development of novel silicon detectors will benefit future upgrades to LHC detectors as well as many other areas of scientific research (for example detectors at synchrotron sources).
Organisations
Publications
Abdullin S
(2009)
The CMS barrel calorimeter response to particle beams from 2 to 350 GeV/c
in The European Physical Journal C
Adam W.
(2009)
Stand-alone cosmic muon reconstruction before installation of the CMS silicon strip tracker
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Adam W.
(2008)
The CMS Tracker operation and performance at the Magnet Test and Cosmic Challenge
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Adam W.
(2016)
Trapping in proton irradiated p(+)-n-n(+) silicon sensors at fluences anticipated at the HL-LHC outer tracker
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Adam W.
(2009)
Performance studies of the CMS Strip Tracker before installation
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Adam W.
(2009)
Alignment of the CMS silicon strip tracker during stand-alone commissioning
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Adzic P
(2006)
Reconstruction of the signal amplitude of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter
in The European Physical Journal C
Adzic P
(2006)
Results of the first performance tests * of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter
in The European Physical Journal C
Adzic P.
(2007)
Energy resolution of the barrel of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Adzic P.
(2008)
Intercalibration of the barrel electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS experiment at start-up
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Adzic P.
(2010)
Radiation hardness qualification of PbWO4 scintillation crystals for the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Aggleton R.
(2017)
An FPGA based track finder for the L1 trigger of the CMS experiment at the High Luminosity LHC
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Bayatian G. L.
(2007)
CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance
in JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
Booth C. N.
(2013)
The design, construction and performance of the MICE target
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Brigljevic V.
(2007)
Study of di-boson production with the CMS detector at LHC
in JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
Chatrchyan S
(2017)
Measurement of the mass difference between top quark and antiquark in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Chatrchyan S.
(2010)
Performance of the CMS drift tube chambers with cosmic rays
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Chatrchyan S.
(2010)
Performance of the CMS cathode strip chambers with cosmic rays
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Chatrchyan S.
(2010)
Alignment of the CMS silicon tracker during commissioning with cosmic rays
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Chatrchyan S.
(2010)
Measurement of the muon stopping power in lead tungstate
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Chatrchyan S.
(2008)
The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Chatrchyan S.
(2010)
Precise mapping of the magnetic field in the CMS barrel yoke using cosmic rays
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Chatrchyan S.
(2010)
Fine synchronization of the CMS muon drift-tube local trigger using cosmic rays
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Chatrchyan S.
(2010)
Performance of CMS muon reconstruction in cosmic-ray events
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Chatrchyan S.
(2010)
Performance of the CMS drift-tube chamber local trigger with cosmic rays
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Chatrchyan S.
(2010)
Aligning the CMS muon chambers with the muon alignment system during an extended cosmic ray run
in JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
Colmant AMG
(2017)
A New Clade of Insect-Specific Flaviviruses from Australian Mosquitoes Displays Species-Specific Host Restriction.
in mSphere
Ellis M
(2011)
The design, construction and performance of the MICE scintillating fibre trackers
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Faulkner PJW
(2006)
GridPP: development of the UK computing Grid for particle physics
in JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
Heesakkers J
(2017)
Dealing with complex overactive bladder syndrome patient profiles with focus on fesoterodine: in or out of the EAU guidelines?
in Research and reports in urology
Hobson P
(2009)
Avalanche photodiodes and vacuum phototriodes for the electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Hobson P
(2006)
Simulation of a vacuum phototriode with SIMION 3D
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Huang B
(2016)
Genetic Characterization of Archived Bunyaviruses and their Potential for Emergence in Australia.
in Emerging infectious diseases
Ibisch PL
(2016)
A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Keijser W.
(2016)
DG CONNECT FUNDED PROJECTS ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) FOR OLD AGE PEOPLE: BEYOND SILOS, CAREWELL AND SMARTCARE
in JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Search for top squark pair production in compressed-mass-spectrum scenarios in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 TeV using the aT variable
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2016)
Measurement of the ratio B ( B s 0 ? J / ? f 0 ( 980 ) ) / B ( B s 0 ? J / ? ? ( 1020 ) ) in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Search for supersymmetry in events with photons and missing transverse energy in pp collisions at 13 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2016)
Search for direct pair production of supersymmetric top quarks decaying to all-hadronic final states in pp collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Khachatryan V
(2016)
Search for lepton flavour violating decays of heavy resonances and quantum black holes to an [Formula: see text] pair in proton-proton collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Measurement of the [Formula: see text] production cross section using events in the [Formula: see text] final state in pp collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Khachatryan V
(2016)
Search for neutral resonances decaying into a Z boson and a pair of b jets or t leptons
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2017)
A search for new phenomena in pp collisions at [Formula: see text] in final states with missing transverse momentum and at least one jet using the [Formula: see text] variable.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Khachatryan V
(2016)
Erratum to: Comparison of the Z/?* + jets to ? + jets cross sections in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Measurement of the production cross section of a W boson in association with two b jets in pp collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Suppression and azimuthal anisotropy of prompt and nonprompt [Formula: see text] production in PbPb collisions at [Formula: see text][Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Khachatryan V
(2016)
Measurement of dijet azimuthal decorrelation in pp collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Suppression of ?(1S), ?(2S), and ?(3S) quarkonium states in PbPb collisions at s NN = 2.76 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2016)
Search for supersymmetry in the multijet and missing transverse momentum final state in pp collisions at 13 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2016)
Measurement of the Z ? ? ? ? ? ? production cross section in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV and limits on anomalous ZZ? and Z?? trilinear gauge boson couplings
in Physics Letters B
| Description | First Grant |
| Amount | £100,731 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/H042717/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2010 |
| End | 07/2012 |
| Description | CMS |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Construction, comissioning and operation of the CMS experiment. Data analysis in top-quark physics studies. Provision (via GridPP London Tier-2) of computing resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data acquistion, computing resources (Tier 0), co-authorship of publications, access to data, scientific leadership and support |
| Impact | Over 200 refereed journal publications in experimental particle physics. Along with LHC data analysed by the ATLAS collaboration CMS determined the existence of the Higgs boson which was the subject of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics. Several STFC funded doctoral students have been trained in data analysis, computer programming and large-scale distributed Grid computing techniques. |
| Description | CMS |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Construction, comissioning and operation of the CMS experiment. Data analysis in top-quark physics studies. Provision (via GridPP London Tier-2) of computing resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data acquistion, computing resources (Tier 0), co-authorship of publications, access to data, scientific leadership and support |
| Impact | Over 200 refereed journal publications in experimental particle physics. Along with LHC data analysed by the ATLAS collaboration CMS determined the existence of the Higgs boson which was the subject of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics. Several STFC funded doctoral students have been trained in data analysis, computer programming and large-scale distributed Grid computing techniques. |
| Description | CMS |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Department | Particle Physics Department |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Construction, comissioning and operation of the CMS experiment. Data analysis in top-quark physics studies. Provision (via GridPP London Tier-2) of computing resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data acquistion, computing resources (Tier 0), co-authorship of publications, access to data, scientific leadership and support |
| Impact | Over 200 refereed journal publications in experimental particle physics. Along with LHC data analysed by the ATLAS collaboration CMS determined the existence of the Higgs boson which was the subject of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics. Several STFC funded doctoral students have been trained in data analysis, computer programming and large-scale distributed Grid computing techniques. |
| Description | CMS |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Department | School of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Construction, comissioning and operation of the CMS experiment. Data analysis in top-quark physics studies. Provision (via GridPP London Tier-2) of computing resources. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data acquistion, computing resources (Tier 0), co-authorship of publications, access to data, scientific leadership and support |
| Impact | Over 200 refereed journal publications in experimental particle physics. Along with LHC data analysed by the ATLAS collaboration CMS determined the existence of the Higgs boson which was the subject of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics. Several STFC funded doctoral students have been trained in data analysis, computer programming and large-scale distributed Grid computing techniques. |
| Description | Goldsmith A-level Physics Teachers Course |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Invited talks on particle physics plus one-day visit to CERN. 25 A-level (or equivalent) Physics Teachers attend a week-long residential course run at Brunel. Contacts established with Schools whom we subsequently have visited. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012 |
| Description | IoP SE Branch Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 70 members of the public attended a talk at IoP HQ. Talk followed by half-hour of discussion. Some publicity for CMS ECAL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Public Lecture on Higgs discovery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 45 school pupils attended out of a toal audience of about 130 None so far |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |