Construction and Exploitation of the CMS, BaBar, MICE and FP420 experiments
Lead Research Organisation:
Brunel University London
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).
Publications
Sirunyan AM
(2017)
Measurement of double-differential cross sections for top quark pair production in pp collisions at [Formula: see text][Formula: see text] and impact on parton distribution functions.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Chatrchyan S
(2017)
Measurement of the mass difference between top quark and antiquark in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Search for high-mass diphoton resonances in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV and combination with 8 TeV search
in Physics Letters B
Strong A
(2017)
An evaluation of physical activity training in Australian medical school curricula.
in Journal of science and medicine in sport
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Constraints on anomalous Higgs boson couplings using production and decay information in the four-lepton final state
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Suppression of ?(1S), ?(2S), and ?(3S) quarkonium states in PbPb collisions at s NN = 2.76 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for associated production of dark matter with a Higgs boson decaying to b b ¯ $$ \mathrm{b}\overline{\mathrm{b}} $$ or ?? at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for a heavy composite Majorana neutrino in the final state with two leptons and two quarks at s = 13 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Searches for invisible decays of the Higgs boson in pp collisions at s $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 7, 8, and 13 TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Search for electroweak production of charginos in final states with two t leptons in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for Higgs boson pair production in the b b t t final state in proton-proton collisions at ( s ) = 8 TeV
in Physical Review D
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Measurement of the WZ production cross section in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 7$$ s = 7 and 8 $$\,\text{TeV}$$ TeV and search for anomalous triple gauge couplings at $$\sqrt{s} = 8\,\text{TeV} $$ s = 8 TeV
in The European Physical Journal C
Sirunyan AM
(2017)
Measurement of the B^{±} Meson Nuclear Modification Factor in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Sirunyan AM
(2017)
Measurement of the jet mass in highly boosted [Formula: see text] events from pp collisions at [Formula: see text][Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for new physics with dijet angular distributions in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Sirunyan AM
(2017)
Relative Modification of Prompt ?(2S) and J/? Yields from pp to PbPb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for standard model production of four top quarks in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Sirunyan AM
(2017)
Search for dark matter produced in association with heavy-flavor quark pairs in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV.
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
Sirunyan AM
(2017)
Study of Jet Quenching with Z+jet Correlations in Pb-Pb and pp Collisions at sqrt[s]_{NN}=5.02 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Measurement of the inclusive energy spectrum in the very forward direction in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for t t ¯ $$ \mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}} $$ resonances in highly boosted lepton+jets and fully hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Search for narrow resonances in dilepton mass spectra in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV and combination with 8 TeV data
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Search for heavy gauge W' bosons in events with an energetic lepton and large missing transverse momentum at s = 13 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Search for heavy neutrinos or third-generation leptoquarks in final states with two hadronically decaying t leptons and two jets in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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
(2017)
Measurement of differential cross sections for top quark pair production using the lepton + jets final state in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV
in Physical Review D
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
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for associated production of a Z boson with a single top quark and for tZ flavour-changing interactions in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Measurement of the transverse momentum spectra of weak vector bosons produced in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks and heavy right-handed neutrinos in final states with two tau leptons and two jets in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Maqbool W
(2017)
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Separation of Carboxylic Acids and Phenolics from Bio-Oil of Lignocellulosic Origin: Understanding Bio-Oil Compositions, Compound Solubilities, and Their Fractionation
in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for dijet resonances in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV and constraints on dark matter and other models
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Search for single production of a heavy vector-like T quark decaying to a Higgs boson and a top quark with a lepton and jets in the final state
in Physics Letters B
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for dark matter produced with an energetic jet or a hadronically decaying W or Z boson at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Measurements of differential cross sections for associated production of a W boson and jets in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 TeV
in Physical Review D
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Mechanical stability of the CMS strip tracker measured with a laser alignment system
in Journal of Instrumentation
Sirunyan AM
(2017)
Measurement of prompt and nonprompt [Formula: see text] production in [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Measurements of the associated production of a Z boson and b jets in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Measurement of the triple-differential dijet cross section in proton-proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=8\,\text {TeV} $$ s = 8 TeV and constraints on parton distribution functions
in The European Physical Journal C
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for dark matter and unparticles in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Sirunyan AM
(2017)
Observation of Top Quark Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions.
in Physical review letters
Sirunyan AM
(2017)
Search for Supersymmetry in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV in the Single-Lepton Final State Using the Sum of Masses of Large-Radius Jets.
in Physical review letters
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Search for CP violation in t t ¯ $$ t\overline{t} $$ production and decay in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Measurement of inclusive jet cross sections in p p and PbPb collisions at s NN = 2.76 TeV
in Physical Review C
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Search for black holes and other new phenomena in high-multiplicity final states in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Multiplicity and rapidity dependence of strange hadron production in pp, pPb, and PbPb collisions at the LHC
in Physics Letters B
Sirunyan A
(2017)
Measurement of the top quark mass in the dileptonic t t ¯ decay channel using the mass observables M b l , M T 2 , and M b l ? in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV
in Physical Review D
Khachatryan V
(2017)
Search for supersymmetry in the all-hadronic final state using top quark tagging in p p collisions at s = 13 TeV
in Physical Review D
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
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 | 06/2010 |
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 |