The University of Liverpool, Department of Physics Particle Physics Rolling Grant
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Particle physics is the study of the basic components of matter and the forces that bind matter together. The deep theoretical ideas which explain the nature of the Universe around us in terms of its most fundamental constituents can only find confirmation or rejection through the experiments carried out at the world's largest laboratories by particle physicists. Liverpool is one of the three largest university experimental particle physics groups in the UK. A prerequisite for its success are its facilities, which allow it to build major detector components for particle physics experiments. Successful delivery of these components have enabled group members to take major responsibilities at many of the world's frontier particle physics experiments and to make important scientific measurements. The benefits to the UK of having the large groups able to take prominent rôles in this highly competitive field can be summarised in both practical and intellectual terms. The practical benefits stem from the fact that we can attract and develop young people to the highest level of technical and scientific expertise in an extremely competitive international research environment. This is fertile ground for the training of the UK's next generation of scientific leaders. Furthermore, in this highly visible environment, the excellence of our prominent research groups and their scientific programmes attract leading scientists from around the world to UK universities and laboratories. The technological benefits of particle physics to society are also enormous and range from IT (the Web was developed at CERN), to leading edge devices for fields such as medical imaging and sensors to enhance security. More importantly still, in terms of the intellectual benefit, is the central rôle of research into particle physics to all basic science. The fundamental physical processes, that particle physicists study, account for all the physical phenomena observed in the world. For example, quarks and gluons are now known to be the fundamental particles that make up protons and neutrons. Protons and neutrons, with electrons (also fundamental particles), make all the elements of which we are composed and that we observe and use in everday life. A detailed understanding of these processes underpins all science and requires extensive experimental and theoretical research. The ultimate goal of particle physics is a complete description of all matter and forces, along with space and time. This grant proposal, for a continuation of our particles physics programme, is a key contribution to the UK programme of research into the fundamental physical processes of the Universe.
Organisations
Publications
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Measurement of the t t ¯ production cross section in 2 fb - 1 of p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV using lepton plus jets events with soft muon b tagging
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for single top quark production in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV in the missing transverse energy plus jets topology
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2007)
Search for high-mass diphoton states and limits on Randall-Sundrum gravitons at CDF.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2008)
Two-particle momentum correlations in jets produced in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for anomalous production of events with two photons and additional energetic objects at CDF
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Measurement of event shapes in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of the ratio s{tt}/s{Z/?{*}?ll} and precise extraction of the tt cross section.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Production of ? ( 2 S ) mesons in p p ¯ collisions at 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2008)
Observation of the decay Bc+/--->J/psipi+/- and measurement of the Bc+/- mass.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of the top pair production cross section in the dilepton decay channel in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Direct measurement of the W production charge asymmetry in pp collisions at square root s=1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Search for long-lived massive charged particles in 1.96 TeV pp collisions.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Measurement of the top quark mass at CDF using the "neutrino ? weighting" template method on a lepton plus isolated track sample
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2008)
Measurement of inclusive jet cross sections in Z/gamma*(-->e+e-) + jets production in pp[over ] collisions at square root s = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2008)
Search for new heavy particles decaying to Z 0 Z 0 ? e e e e in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Measurement of resonance parameters of orbitally excited narrow B0 mesons.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Measurement of particle production and inclusive differential cross sections in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Search for a fermiophobic Higgs boson decaying into diphotons in pp[over] collisions at sqrt[s] = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross section in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV using the CDF detector
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Evidence for a mass dependent forward-backward asymmetry in top quark pair production
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Search for the Decays B ( s ) 0 ? e + µ - and B ( s ) 0 ? e + e - in CDF Run II
in Physical Review Letters
Aaltonen T
(2008)
First run II measurement of the W boson mass at the Fermilab Tevatron
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Search for the rare radiative decay W ? p ? in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2007)
Search for new particles leading to Z + jets final states in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2008)
Search for heavy toplike quarks using lepton plus jets events in 1.96 TeV pp collisions.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2008)
Observation of exclusive dijet production at the Fermilab Tevatron p ¯ p collider
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Search for narrow resonances lighter than ? mesons
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Measurement of the k(T) distribution of particles in jets produced in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2008)
Direct measurement of the W Boson width in ppover collisions at square roots = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Top quark mass measurement using the template method at CDF
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2008)
Search for the Higgs boson produced in association with Z-->l+l in pp collisions at sqrt[s]=1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Observation of B s 0 ? J / ? K * ( 892 ) 0 and B s 0 ? J / ? K S 0 decays
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2009)
First measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B ( ? b 0 ? ? c + µ - ? ¯ µ ) / B ( ? b 0 ? ? c + p - )
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2008)
Search for standard model Higgs bosons produced in association with W bosons.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2007)
Searches for direct pair production of supersymmetric top and supersymmetric bottom quarks in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Global search for new physics with 2.0 fb - 1 at CDF
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2011)
First observation of B s 0 ? J / ? f 0 ( 980 ) decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2010)
Measurement of s ( p p ? b b ¯ X ) at s = 7 TeV in the forward region
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2010)
Prompt K S 0 production in pp collisions at s = 0.9 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2015)
Z boson production in p + Pb collisions at s NN = 5.02 TeV measured with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Aad G
(2016)
Observation of Long-Range Elliptic Azimuthal Anisotropies in sqrt[s]=13 and 2.76 TeV pp Collisions with the ATLAS Detector.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2014)
Search for Higgs boson decays to a photon and a Z boson in pp collisions at s = 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2015)
Performance of the ATLAS muon trigger in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=8$$ s = 8 TeV
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2016)
Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross section in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2014)
Search for new particles in events with one lepton and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at s $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of the production of neighbouring jets in lead-lead collisions at s NN = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of the production cross section of prompt J/? mesons in association with a W ± boson in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s} $ = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Description | Artice.S2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears: "In search of the Origin of Mass" (Royal Society Phil. Trans. A 2006), to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
Description | Article.M1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Maxfield wrote an article on "E8" for Physics World (July 2008) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Article.S1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears: "pairing particle physics and a novelist" (Interactions magazine, 2006) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
Description | Article.S3 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears: "LHC and the origins of the universe" (Fusion magazine, Independent publishing, 2007) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | Article.S4 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | "Particle Physics and the LHC" (Science in Parliament, 2007) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | CommitteeMembership.2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research |
Results and Impact | Shears is a member of the STFC Science and Society Fellowships panel (2007 onwards) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | CommitteeMembership.5 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research |
Results and Impact | Shears is secretary and honorary treasurer of IOP HEPP group to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010 |
Description | CommitteeMembership.6 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research |
Results and Impact | Shears is member of the IOP Merseyside Branch committee to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | CommitteeMenbership.1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research |
Results and Impact | Greenshaw is a member of the STFC Small Awards Committee. to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | CommitteeMenbership.3 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research |
Results and Impact | Shears: IOP Public Engagement Scheme panel (2007 onwards) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | CommitteeMenbership.4 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research |
Results and Impact | Allport is head of the IOP HEPP group to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | Film |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears was awarded an STFC small award to make five short films about particle physics in 2007. These have been screened on Youtube, shown on BBC community screens around the UK in the two weeks surrounding LHC switch-on. The films featured contributions from Greenshaw, U. Klein and Shears. translated into three languages, distributed to schools on the IOP 2008 schools lecture DVD and one film was shortlisted at the 2008 International Science Film festival. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008 |
Description | Film Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears: Interview for a capital of culture celebration university film, to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Film.CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears hosted a short film about the LHC made by CERN, screened at the 2008 Open Day, LHC inauguration and available on YouTube. to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Film.S1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | OMNI communications has filmed a documentary about the construction of the ATLAS detectors, which involved liaison with Allport and Jackson for the Liverpool based segments (2006, 2007) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007 |
Description | Film/DVD.S1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Shears: Interview for Pearson education for an educational DVD to accompany A-level texts on particle physics (2009) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | IET public lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 2009: joint lecture in "Young Professionals Event" with Lyn Evans on LHC. Recorded, available online. 2010: lecture in IET belfast. Interviewed. Repeat invitations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010 |
Description | IOP 6th form conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | one hour talk, provided follow-up exercises, answered questions. invitations to give similar talks. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | IUSS Select Committee Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | participated in a meeting with the Innovation Universities Science and Skill Select Committee. to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | International press interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Irish Times (several). Many international publications following antimatter/Angels and Demons link (2009). Repeat requests. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012 |
Description | International radio interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interviews: 2009 antimatter Drivetime (Irel) 2010 3.5 TeV running: ORF (Austria) 2011 Higgs news Newstalk (Irel) 2012 Higgs Newstalk (irel), radio New Zealand. Repeat calls. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012 |
Description | Local radio (UK) interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Various interviews around: 2008: LHC startup (18 UK stations) 2011: neutrinos (11 UK stations) 2012: local Liverpool LHC work (radio merseyside) go-to contact for particle physics for several UK local radio stations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2011,2012 |
Description | Pearson Education interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Interviews on particle physics and LHC to provide supplementary online material for Salters-Horner A level physics course. Other short films that I made in 2008 with an STFC S&S small award were also included as online materials. These are still used as classroom teaching tools. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Physics society talks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IOP SE (2009), UCL chemistry&physics (2010), Liverpool physics (2011). One hour talk on LHC results, Q&A. repeat invitations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011 |
Description | Podcast.S2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Naked Scientists podcast to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Press Briefings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Allport, Dainton and Shears gave a press briefing at the BA festival on LHC switch-on day. to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Press calls, Angels and Demons launch |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | extensive international screen and print coverage of LHC antimatter research. B roll footage for Sony and CERN. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Radio 4 Material World interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interviewed 2009 - antimatter, 2012 - LHCb results and supersymmetry. Now contact person for Thomson-Reuters (CERN) . |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2012 |
Description | Radio 4 Today interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interviewed for 2009: antimatter 2010: LHC restart, 2011: neutrinos. Repeat invitations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011 |
Description | Radio Interview.F1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | John Fry gave an interview on creationism (Jeremy Vine show, Radio 2) To be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Radio Interview.S1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears gave an interview on the LHC for WYNC, studio 360 "When particles collide". To be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Radio Interview.S2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Tara Shears interview about CERN (World Service "Instant Guide to CERN"), To be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Radio Interview.S3 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Tara Shears interview about fundamental particles (Radio 4 "Take 5 particles" series, To be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Radio Interview.S4 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | various aspects of the LHC (CityTalk, Radio Merseyside) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Radio Interview.S5 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Tara Shears on various aspects of the LHC (Radio 5 Live) To be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Radio Interviews.g1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Allport, Greenshaw and Shears provided short interviews to local radio stations around the country in three sessions on the day of LHC switch-on. to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Radio Liaison |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Leney acted as liaison with Radio 4 for LHC switch-on. to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Royal Irish Academy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk/discussion about antimatter. Repeat talk invitation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Schools talks (Liverpool) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | One hour talk on LHC results to local schools joint session (6th form and teachers), and two other schools. Answered questions. Repeated in 2010. invitations to give similar talks. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010 |
Description | SummerSchool.1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Greenshaw was director of the annual summer school for UK particle physicists to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007 |
Description | SummerSchool.2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Maxfield: tutor at RAL Summer School Better Particle Physicists |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | SummerSchool.3 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Shears is a member of the local organizing committee for the 2009 CERN-Fermilab Hadronic Physics Summer School Better Particle Physicists |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | TV Interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Bowcock: Interviewed by Russian television on LHC switch-on day To be Added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | TV Interview.S1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears: filmed interviews for "The Big Bang Machine" (BBC4) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | TV Interview.T3 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears: interviewed for BBC NW tonight. to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | TV.S2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears: "The first minute" (Discovery channel), to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Thinking Digital |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 20 minute talk on LHC, recorded interview after. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | UK press interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interviews for Liverpool Echo, Wilts Gazette and Herald, Belfast Telegraph; FT; Daily Telegraph; Daily Mail; Independent; Sunday Times; Guardian (several); BBC news online (several). Repeat requests. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 |
Description | University open day talks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talks on latest LHC news given to undergrad and postgrad open days. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2012 |
Description | VIP.3 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Allport, Bowcock, Jackson and Shears took part in an STFC organized CERN press visit to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | VIP.4 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Bowcock, Hutchcroft, Shears and Tobin have participated in MP visits to CERN to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008 |
Description | VIP.5 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Allport has held a meeting with John Pugh, MP for Southport to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | VIP.S1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Shears took part in the 2006 Royal Society MP pairing scheme with Andrew Miller, MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
Description | VIP.S2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Shears: talk at a parliamentary breakfast briefing on the LHC to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | Web/Podcats.S1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shears provides outreach pages for the LHCb VELO detector (2007 onwards) to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | article for the Independent |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Antimatter science truth and fiction in Angels and Demons. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | podcast.S2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Open University podcast to be added |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |