LHCb Upgrade II: Maximising HL-LHC Discovery Potential
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Department Name: Physics
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Publications
| Description | Postgraduate lectures on detector technologies |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The lectures cover different detection techniques in particle physics from energy and momentum measurement to particle identification. This is a valuable tool for our postgraduate students in experimental high energy physics, who in many cases have limited previous experience in these topics. |
| Description | New academic - starting package |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2023 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | The Experimental Study of Particle Interactions at High Energy |
| Amount | £2,502,326 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/S000712/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | LHCb upgrade |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN LHC LHCb |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Cambridge team has significant roles in the upgrade of the Ring-Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detector and the development the future silicon tracking detector based on depleted CMOS sensors, the Mighty Tracker. Cambridge physicists are driving the design and construction of the readout electronics of the RICH detector, which will provide the timing capabilities needed to operate the LHCb detector in the High Luminosity LHC environment. The team is also central to the development of the time-aware reconstruction software and the optimisation of the detector layout for optimal particle identification performance. The group is also involved in the characterisation of the first sensor prototypes for the Mighty Tracker, helping inform the design choices for the final detector. The Cambridge team had a prominent role in the writing of the LHCb Upgrade II FTDR, and the preparation of the upcoming scoping document for the Upgrade. The team continues to lead several activities in the the upgrade of the experiment, consolidating the dominant role they have achieved on the current LHCb detector. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The LHCb collaboration comprises 60 institutes worldwide, and has 624 signing authors. All research and design work is performed in collaboration. |
| Impact | Framework TDR for the LHCb Upgrade II : Opportunities in flavour physics, and beyond, in the HL-LHC era, LHCb collaboration (2021), CERN-LHCC-2021-012, LHCB-TDR-023 The upgraded LHCb detector is expected to start data taking at the beginning of Run 5 of the LHC. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | Masterclass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The Cambridge High Energy Physics group runs an annual Masterclass event for school students from the local area. We run a day-long program of activities on two consecutive days (to reach a wider audience) which includes four hands-on practical sessions and three lectures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/Masterclass |