Investigations in Particle Physics Theory
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Abstract
The Cambridge Particle Physics Theory group has broad interests including searching for new particles at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, understanding string theory, and studying the different types of particles that occur in quantum field theories. One of our members is string theorist Michael Green, successor to Stephen Hawking as Lucasian Professor. The group has devoted much effort to developing accurate models of the quark structure inside the protons that collide at LHC, and predicting the outcome of the proton-proton collisions. This work is vital if the signature events involving new particles are to be recognised in the experiments. We will analyse and interpret results from LHC that suggest new particles, for example events where energy and momentum is carried away by unseen, electrically neutral particles. We are particularly interested in searches for the Higgs particle, whose mass appears to be in the range that LHC can reach. A striking signal of a Higgs particle is its frequent decay to two bottom (b) quarks, and it would decay even more frequently into two top (t) quarks (the heaviest type) if it had enough mass. Other aspects of heavy quark physics are also interesting and we are using supercomputers to calculate as accurately as possible the decay rates of particles that contain b quarks. Discrepancy with experiment could reveal new physics. Another kind of new particle that many theorists expect to see is a 'supersymmetric' partner of one of the particles familiar to us. Supersymmetry is a revolutionary idea for unifying particles of different types. It cannot be an exact symmetry of nature and there are many models for how supersymmetry may be only approximately true. We have developed statistical tools to distinguish among them, to be applied as LHC produces data at ever increasing energies. The reason for believing in supersymmetry is that it makes some of our most powerful theories, both quantum field theories and string theory, mathematically more consistent. Field theories present some mathematical difficulties, which get worse if there are extra dimensions of space beyond the usual three. String theory avoids some of these difficulties, and is consistent in ten spacetime dimensions, provided it is supersymmetric. It has the right structure to describe families of particles similar to those we know, and to make gravity theory consistent with quantum mechanical effects, a combined success not achieved in any other way. We are still testing in detail whether string theory avoids all the difficulties which are troublesome, though not fatal, for field theories. We will also explore the remarkable gauge/gravity correspondence, derived from string theory. This allows us to study phenomena in the physical world in which ordinary gravity plays a negligible role, like the quark-gluon plasma state, the structure of atomic nuclei, and certain effects in exotic superconductors, by carrying out gravity calculations in unphysical extra dimensions. But this is currently controversial, partly because the rigorous results justifying it rely on exact supersymmetry. We will be trying to understand how widely it can be applied, as well as looking for potential new applications. Some of our work involves solving equations in the classical approximation to quantum field theory, analogous to solving Maxwell's equations in optics rather than studying many photons. This is mathematically very interesting. Examples of solutions are various types of vortices, and the Skyrmions that were observed recently in exotic magnets. Skyrme's original idea was to model nuclei by Skyrmions. It gives a picture of a nucleus intermediate between a cluster of rigid, spherical protons and neutrons, and a structureless liquid drop. We will test the Skyrme picture through its predictions for the force between Helium-4 nuclei (alpha particles), and for the spectra of energy levels of excited nuclei.
Organisations
- University of Cambridge (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- Heriot-Watt University (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Collaboration)
- Cornell University (Collaboration)
- Saclay Nuclear Research Centre (Collaboration)
Publications
Abdul Khalek R
(2019)
Parton distributions with theory uncertainties: general formalism and first phenomenological studies NNPDF Collaboration
in The European Physical Journal C
Abdul Khalek R
(2019)
A first determination of parton distributions with theoretical uncertainties
in The European Physical Journal C
AbdusSalam S
(2011)
Cold dark matter hypotheses in the MSSM
in Physics Letters B
AbdusSalam S
(2015)
MFV reductions of MSSM parameter space
in Journal of High Energy Physics
AbdusSalam S
(2011)
Benchmark models, planes, lines and points for future SUSY searches at the LHC
in The European Physical Journal C
Adamo T
(2015)
Perturbative gauge theory at null infinity
in Physical Review D
Adamo T
(2015)
A worldsheet theory for supergravity
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Adamo T
(2011)
Scattering amplitudes and Wilson loops in twistor space
in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Adamo T
(2014)
Perturbative gravity at null infinity
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Adamo T
(2015)
Scattering equations, supergravity integrands, and pure spinors
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Description | Many outreach activities. Public understanding enhanced. |
First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
Impact Types | Cultural |
Description | EPSRC - EP/F010427/1 Software Development for UKQCD. |
Amount | £20,671 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/F010427/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2009 |
End | 10/2012 |
Description | ERC - 24752 String: Properties and Applications of the Gauge/Gravity Correspondence. |
Amount | £13,288,929 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 247252 |
Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 09/2010 |
End | 09/2014 |
Description | STFC - PP/E006957/1 Probing new physics through $B$-mixing and decays. |
Amount | £192,351 (GBP) |
Funding ID | PP/E006957/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2008 |
End | 09/2010 |
Description | STFC - ST/H008861/1 Computing resources and software support for UKQCD physics programme. |
Amount | £395,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/H008861/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2007 |
End | 03/2009 |
Description | TSSAH - Twistor Strings, Scattering Amplitudes and Holography |
Amount | € 100,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | FP7-People-2013-CIG 631289 |
Organisation | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | Global |
Start | 03/2014 |
End | 03/2018 |
Description | Brax |
Organisation | Saclay Nuclear Research Centre |
Country | France |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Papers on Chameleon Cosmology. Supervision of two graduate students. |
Collaborator Contribution | Papers on Chameleon Cosmology. |
Impact | Many well-cited publications. |
Description | Brax(2) |
Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Major collaboration with Dr Phillipe Brax on Modified gravity and cosmology. |
Collaborator Contribution | Research. |
Impact | Many well-cited publications. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | EU COST |
Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
Department | National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Milano |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Research on applying String Theory to Early Universe Cosmology. |
Collaborator Contribution | Research in aspects of String Theory |
Impact | Papers in progress |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Geometry of Matter |
Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
Department | Department of Mathematics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Research leading to a paper. Supervision of a graduate student , a further joint paper. The student expects to complete his PhD in 2013, and will move to Heriot-Watt as a postdoc in 2013. |
Collaborator Contribution | Research, calculations, leading to paper |
Impact | Papers: Geometric Models of Matter; Gravitational Instantons as Models for Charged Particle Systems |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | Geometry of Matter |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Department | School of Mathematics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Research leading to a paper. Supervision of a graduate student , a further joint paper. The student expects to complete his PhD in 2013, and will move to Heriot-Watt as a postdoc in 2013. |
Collaborator Contribution | Research, calculations, leading to paper |
Impact | Papers: Geometric Models of Matter; Gravitational Instantons as Models for Charged Particle Systems |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | High Precision QCD |
Organisation | Cornell University |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Lattice QCD and prediction of experimentally verifiable properties of Heavy Mesons, relevant to LHC physics. |
Collaborator Contribution | As above. |
Impact | Papers, Reports, Conference Proceedings |
Description | High Precision QCD |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Department | Physics and Astronomy Department |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Lattice QCD and prediction of experimentally verifiable properties of Heavy Mesons, relevant to LHC physics. |
Collaborator Contribution | As above. |
Impact | Papers, Reports, Conference Proceedings |
Description | Mason |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Mathematical Institute Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Ongoing collaberation with staff member at a UK institution |
Collaborator Contribution | Working on Ambitwistor Strings and the Scattering Equations. |
Impact | Paper submitted to arXiv, yet to be published in a journal. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | UKQCD |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Department | Physics and Astronomy Department |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Calculations in Lattice QCD. Several papers per year published, and contributed to annual Lattice conference. Two members of the group have supervised two graduate students. Procurement of Computing Resources -- notably hosting the STFC DiRAC computer. |
Collaborator Contribution | Calculations in Lattice QCD and many joint papers. Joint procurement of DiRAC and IBM Blue Gene Q system in Edinburgh. |
Impact | Publications and Conference Proceedings |
Description | AS - Graduate science talks in March 2013, 2014 and 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Cross discipline Graduate Conference at Jesus College. Won best science talks in 2014 and 2015. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015 |
URL | http://mcr.jesus.cam.ac.uk/academic |
Description | Also Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A talk to a festival audience about Dark Energy. Educational |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Appeared in a Radio 4 programme about cosmic disasters |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Proposed ideas about the way the universe may change in the future. Popularised particle physics to a wide audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
Description | Article in Scientific American |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Article on " Is Quantum Reality Analog After All" None |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Article in The Guardian |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
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 | Report on the Fundamental Physics Prize. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Articles on theoretical physics in Plus Magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | We were interviewed for several articles on aspects of our research. Plus web-pages, viewed by schools and the public |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013 |
Description | BBC Horizon programme on theoretical physics |
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 | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Viewers saw across UK on TV signals and on internet BBC video available on line for limited period |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | BBC Radio 4 interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Contribution to a radio show on cosmic disasters. Heighten public awareness. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
Description | Blog article The Guardian |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Blog article about supersymmetry published in an global newspaper. Awarness raising. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | CET - SET for Britain Poster exhibtion |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | An event for Early Career Researchers attended by Politicians and others |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.setforbritain.org.uk/index.asp |
Description | CET - SET for Britain Poster exhibtion |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A event for early-career reseachers attended by MPs and other |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.setforbritain.org.uk/index.asp |
Description | Contribution to Institute of Physics report |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Contribution to the Skyrmions section of the Institute of Physics Report: Mathmatical Physics - What Is It and Why Do We Need It? Opening up the dialogue of the importance of Mathematical Physics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Creation of a short IoP film called "Baths and Quarks" |
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 | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | It has received around 20,000 views on YouTube. It explains solitons and their relationship to quarks. This was mailed to sixth forms around to country to encourage students to go into physics. YouTube video |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | DAMTP Open Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Practical soliton demonstration at Open Day |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | DS - Sutton Experience Cambridge Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk on Leopards, Drums and Origin of the Universe to around 30 Year 12 students as part of the widening access scheme. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | DS - Sutton Experience Cambridge Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk on Leopards, Drums and Origin of the Universe to Year 12 students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | DS - Trinity College Widening Access Scheme |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk on Tying Things Together: Knots in Maths, Physics and Biology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | DS - Trinity College Widening Access Scheme |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk on Tying Things Together: Knots in Maths, Physics and Biology to Westminster School students. Feedback from the Principal: Thank you very much for the engaging and interesting lecture on knots you gave to the Harris Westminster mathematicians last week. The whole day was a big success in terms of raising student aspirations and their expectations of themselves: I particularly enjoyed seeing the applications of knot theory and I think it was brilliant for students to see that something abstruse as knots can be useful in a number of real world settings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | DT - AIM conference, Camden Centre, London: Particle Physics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | An day event aimed at A-Level Physics students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.aimconferences.co.uk/physics-jim-al-khalili/ |
Description | DT - Also Festival: " Speed of the Universe." |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Also Festival is the UK's best festival for the mind - think TED Talks in a field - a critically acclaimed festival that gets audiences up close and personal with exceptional ideas. Spoke about the "Speed of the Universe." |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.causeuk.com/uks-residential-festival-ideas/ |
Description | DT - Also Festival: "Our Dark Universe." |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A talk given to Festival goers about "Our Dark Universe." |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/whats-on-news/warwickshires-compton-verney-hosts-uks-72632... |
Description | DT - Einsten and Relativity talk for Maths Millenium Project |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | The talk formed part of a mathematics enrichment day organised by MMP with a special focus on encouraging the development of mathematical thinking. It was recorded on 27 June 2014. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://mmp.maths.org/tong-einstein-jun14-video |
Description | DT - How the Light Gets in Festival: What we don't know |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | HowTheLightGetsIn, the world's largest philosophy and music festival. With 300 events and more performers. Talk given on "What we don't know." |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.last.fm/festival/3992228+How+The+Light+Gets+In+2015 |
Description | DT - Latitude Festival: "Secrets of the Universe." |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Gave a talk to festival goers about "Secrets of the Universe." |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.neonlondon.uk/2014/03/latitude-festival-2014-henham-park-suffolk-17-20th-july/ |
Description | DT - New Scientist Live, British Library "Particle World." |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on Our Quantum Universe at the British Library, organised by New Scientist for members of the public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/quantumworldlive/ |
Description | DT - New Scientist Live, British Library: Our Quantum World. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk given on: Our Quantum Universe. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://www.newscientist.com/round-up/quantumworldlive/ |
Description | DT - Wilderness Festival: The Universe. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk to festival goers entitled The Universe. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://www.wildernessfestival.com/wilderness/3dv8l0am/ |
Description | Frontiers BBC Radio 4 Programme |
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 | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nq41t podcast permanently available from BBC website |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Guest posts on science blogs |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Quantum diaries survivor posts (readership in the 10 000s) http://www.science20.com/quantum_diaries_survivor/ben_allanach_impact_cms_supersymmetry_search_global_supersymmetric_fits-76599 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013 |
Description | Hosting CERN dinner at TED Global event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 40 notable billionaire CEOs, civil servants and prominent artists came to the dinner and were given presentations and talked to informally about LHC physics NA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2012 |
Description | House of Commons |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Research presentation at House of Commons annual event |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Internet TV interview with Morgan Freeman on holographic principle |
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 | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Internet 10 minute video segment Will be available internationally on paid internet TV |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Interview about searches at LHC in a BBC magazine. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview in BBC Focus magazine which deals with "Science Technology and the Future." General information on the experiments being carried out at the LHC. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Interview for Quanta Magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | This is an online publications to enhance the public understanding of research developments in Mathematics and the Physical and Life Sciences. None.. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Interview in the New Scientist |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview to heighten awareness of Black Holes Greater public understanding |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
Description | Interview with Nature |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Interview given on the outcome of 2013 Nobel Prize in Theoretical Physics. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Interview with Plus Magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Interview given on the outcome of 2013 Nobel Prize in Theoretical Physics. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Interview with livescience.com |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
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 | Report on talk given at the Royal Society: "Before, behind and beyond the discovery of the Higgs Boson" None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Interview with the Guardian |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
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 | Interview given on the outcome of 2013 Nobel Prize in Theoretical Physics. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Interviews in UK newspapers, magazines on theoretical physics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We have had many interviews on LHC physics and other topics in theoretical physics published in various magazines etc Articles in the online and paper versions |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013 |
Description | LHC promotional video. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Took part in a promotional video highlighting the LHC and funded by STFC. Awareness raising of the work being carried out at CERN and what the LHC is for and why this particular scientific endeavor is fundamentally important. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Latitude Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A talk about Dark Energy. Educational. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | MBG Newspaper Article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviews with journalists leading to a number of newspaper articles on String Theory Further requests for interviews |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | MD - popular science talk in Hackney and Tower Hamlets (STEM series) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Explanation of an 11 Dimensional universe to school children in Hackney and Tower Hamlets. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/md327/Perse42_new.pdf |
Description | MH - Cambridge Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | A practical demonstration of Solitons |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | MH - Cambridge Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | School age children, of all ages attended an open day at Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Demonstrated soliton activity in a large water bath. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/maths-open-day-cambridge-science-festival |
Description | MH - SET for Britain Poster exhibtion |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presented a poster on research at SET for Britain in Houses of Parliament, an event for early-career researchers attended by MPs and others. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.setforbritain.org.uk/index.asp |
Description | MH - SET for Britain Poster exhibtion |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | An event for early-career researchers attended by MP's and others. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.setforbritain.org.uk/index.asp |
Description | Magazine interview. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | It was an interview/blog post on creativity in maths. To engage school age children in the creative potential of maths. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Maths Open day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Poster Presentation |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We hold a bi-annual departmental open day, explaining our research to school children and the general public, including many children These events typically have a footfall of several thousand. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2013 |
Description | Numerous radio interviews publicising the start up at the LHC. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A number of interviews on national radio stations. Describing to many members of the general public, the importance of the experiments at CERN and the LHC start up. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | On going meetings with journalists |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Heightening awareness of particle physics work at the LHC to Geneva based journalists. This was arranged by the press office at CERN. Subsequent interview requests. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010 |
Description | Online interview with BBC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Article about the validity of supersymmetry. Awareness raising. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28218775 |
Description | Open day to engage children/adults in physics and maths. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Exceptionally well attended annual event. The HEP group creates posters, demonstrations, film, discussions and posters about "public level" High Energy Physics. Creates genuine interest and basic understanding in fundamental physics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | Overall organisation of the Open day. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Effective outcome and response by members of the general public to the HEP related information/demonstrations/activities. Attendance to the Faculty Open day is in the region of 2,000 people. Creates genuine interest and basic understanding in fundamental physics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | PKT - Einstein Symposium: 100 years of General Relativity |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A general talk on 100 years of GR. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | PKT - Einstein's Brane talk at Spanish Royal Physics Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A talk in recognition of the centennial discovery of General Relativity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Panel discussion at Duke of York Theatre in London on quantum physics |
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 | Had a panel discussion after a showing of the `Constellations' play about many worlds quantum theory. Answered questions from the audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Particle Hunting at CERN. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | 100 approx primarily school children attend a general level talk about the LHC and the work carried out at CERN. Promoted interest in maths, physics and general science to school age children. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Plenary lecture at a summer school. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Plenary talk at a summer school in South Africa. Information giving to under/graduate students at a summer school. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Public talks at South Bank Centre, Tate and Music festivals. |
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 | Talks on different aspects of Theoretical Physics. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | QFT lectures |
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 | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lecture on Quantum Field Theory has over 80,000 views on You Tube. None |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | RRH - contribution to mathematics colouring book "Snowflake, Seashell, Star." |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A colouring book of mathematical shapes and a description of the shapes included. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://plus.maths.org/content/snowflake-seashell-star |
Description | Royal Institution Masterclass |
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 | a Royal Institution Masterclass on "Phase Transitions" to a group of year 8 pupils. N/A |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Royal Society summer science exhibition committee |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Many thousands of members of the public come to the event, which lasts for a week NA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013 |
Description | School talks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talks to school physics clubs on Principle of Least Action. Sparked discussion and teacher interest. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Science at Music Festivals |
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 | STFC grant, offering theoretical physics as an alternative mind altering experience to a new generation. Thousands of people attend it every year NA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013 |
Description | Science specific BBC radio show. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Popular science radio show interview given to widespread audience. Furthering public understanding of particle physics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | Scientific American |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Readership of Millions Interaction with general public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Several talks to schools. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talks given on String Theory. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | TC - General particle physics talk at Hereford Sixth Form College |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | A generalist talk about particle physics attended by about 4 pupils. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | TEDx talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
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 | One year on from the Higgs Boson find, has Physics hit the buffers? Given to an audience but also filmed and now available on You Tube. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | TV appearance on US popular science show. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Appeared in on Morgan Freeman popular science tv programme - Through the Wormhole. Educational |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | TV programme on a beginners guide to The Cosmos. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | TV programme aired on the BBC so a widespread audience. Greater level of public understanding. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | Talk at a local influential technical company. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk given at a Cambridge company who are a world leader in semiconductor intellectual property (IP) supply and as such is at the heart of the development of digital electronic products. This specific lecturer was approached by this company to talk about "Dark Matter and the LHC. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Talk given to Cambridge Festival |
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 | Talk given to local music festival on the work at the LHC. Questions fielded from audience members. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Talk given to U3A |
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 given on String Theory. None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Talk to Insitute of Physics - Lancashire branch. |
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 given to interested members of the public None. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Talked at Panel Event - Royal Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk at Higgs Boson Panel Event for the Royal Society. Information giving |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Talks at public outreach conferences |
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 | talks at Google SciFoo, at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition and the Southbank centre annual music festival and TEDex conference in Hungary about theoretical physics and the LHC some of the talks are filmed and put on the web |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
Description | The Guardian Open Weekend LHC talk |
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 | 200 members of the public came and listened to a talk on theoretical physics N.A |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | The beauty of the Dirac Equation, public talk. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Well attended public talk at the Science Museum including a Q and A. Fostered further interest in the importance of Dirac's work on Quantum Mechanics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Today BBC Radio 4 interview on maths |
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 | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | listeners internationally on internet and nationally over radio waves at the time podcast available on internet |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Two talks given to Nrich |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk given to a team of qualified teachers who are practictioners in RICH mathematical teaching. May have an impact on educational policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |