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
ATLAS Collaboration
(2015)
Measurements of the [Formula: see text] production cross sections in association with jets with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2015)
Evidence of W?? Production in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=8 TeV and Limits on Anomalous Quartic Gauge Couplings with the ATLAS Detector.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of charged-particle spectra in Pb+Pb collisions at s N N = 2.76 $$ \sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=2.76 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Search for Higgs boson pair production in the [Formula: see text] final state from pp collisions at [Formula: see text] TeVwith the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2015)
Search for new phenomena in events with three or more charged leptons in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Search for heavy lepton resonances decaying to a Z boson and a lepton in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Search for a Charged Higgs Boson Produced in the Vector-Boson Fusion Mode with Decay H(±)?W(±)Z using pp Collisions at vs=8 TeV with the ATLAS Experiment.
in Physical review letters
Collaboration T
(2015)
Modelling Z ? tt processes in ATLAS with t-embedded Z ? ยตยต data
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aad G
(2015)
Observation and measurement of Higgs boson decays to W W * with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2015)
Determination of the top-quark pole mass using t t ¯ $$ t\overline{t} $$ + 1-jet events collected with the ATLAS experiment in 7 TeV pp collisions
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Measurements of the Nuclear Modification Factor for Jets in Pb+Pb Collisions at v(s)NN]=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2015)
Search for type-III seesaw heavy leptons in p p collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
ATLAS Collaboration
(2015)
Measurement of the top-quark mass in the fully hadronic decay channel from ATLAS data at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2015)
Search for high-mass diphoton resonances in p p collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2015)
Search for new phenomena in the dijet mass distribution using p p collision data at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2015)
Search for a new resonance decaying to a W or Z boson and a Higgs boson in the [Formula: see text] final states with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2015)
Searches for heavy long-lived charged particles with the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Search for invisible decays of the Higgs boson produced in association with a hadronically decaying vector boson in pp collisions at [Formula: see text] TeV with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
ATLAS Collaboration
(2015)
Search for resonant diboson production in the [Formula: see text] final state in [Formula: see text] collisions at [Formula: see text] TeV with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2015)
Search for new phenomena in final states with an energetic jet and large missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at [Formula: see text]TeV with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2015)
Determination of the Ratio of b-Quark Fragmentation Fractions f(s)/f(d) in pp Collisions at vs=7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2015)
Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with top quarks and decaying into [Formula: see text] in [Formula: see text] collisions at [Formula: see text] with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2015)
Search for direct pair production of a chargino and a neutralino decaying to the 125 GeV Higgs boson in [Formula: see text] TeV [Formula: see text] collisions with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
ATLAS Collaboration
(2015)
Search for dark matter in events with heavy quarks and missing transverse momentum in [Formula: see text] collisions with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2015)
Erratum to: Measurement of the inclusive jet cross-section in proton-proton collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ TeV using 4.5 fb-1 of data with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Search for production of [Formula: see text] resonances decaying to a lepton, neutrino and jets in [Formula: see text] collisions at [Formula: see text] TeV with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2015)
Evidence for the Higgs-boson Yukawa coupling to tau leptons with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Search for anomalous production of prompt same-sign lepton pairs and pair-produced doubly charged Higgs bosons with s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV pp collisions using the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of colour flow with the jet pull angle in t t ¯ events using the ATLAS detector at s = 8 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2015)
Search for photonic signatures of gauge-mediated supersymmetry in 8 TeV p p collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2015)
Observation and measurements of the production of prompt and non-prompt [Formula: see text] mesons in association with a [Formula: see text] boson in [Formula: see text] collisions at [Formula: see text] with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2015)
Centrality and rapidity dependence of inclusive jet production in s NN = 5.02 TeV proton-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of three-jet production cross-sections in $$pp$$ p p collisions at 7 $$\mathrm {\ Te\,V}$$ Te V centre-of-mass energy using the ATLAS detector
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2015)
Search for flavour-changing neutral current top quark decays t ? Hq in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of four-jet differential cross sections in s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV proton-proton collisions using the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Searches for Higgs boson pair production in the h h ? b b t t , ? ? W W * , ? ? b b , b b b b channels with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of the branching ratio G ( ? b 0 ? ? ( 2 S ) ? 0 ) / G ( ? b 0 ? J / ? ? 0 ) with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2015)
Search for s-channel single top-quark production in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2015)
Search for the b b ¯ $$ b\overline{b} $$ decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson in associated (W/Z)H production with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Summary of the ATLAS experiment's sensitivity to supersymmetry after LHC Run 1 - interpreted in the phenomenological MSSM
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 |