Experimental Particle Physics Rolling Grant 2009-2014
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
This research is aimed at understanding the properties of the basic building blocks of the Universe (the elementary particles) and the nature of the fundamental forces which govern the interactions of these particles. In so doing, deep insights will be gained about the origin and evolution of the Universe, especially in the first moments after the Big Bang. The Lancaster research programme covers all the main types of accelerator facilities and is based on hadron collider physics with the Tevatron (Fermilab) and LHC (CERN) machines, and the observation of long baseline neutrino oscillations in Japan. All of this work will be underpinned by Lancaster's expertise in characterising and understanding the properties of heavily irradiated silicon particle detectors, in operating high performance computing facilities on the Grid and in writing offline event reconstruction software. The hadron collider physics is expected to reveal detailed properties of B hadrons (containing heavy b-quarks) including the mixing of neutral B mesons containing strange quarks, and CP violation which is related to the existence of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe. Searches for new physics at the LHC will focus on understanding the origin of mass (and the role of the Higgs boson), the existence of new symmetries of nature (e.g. supersymmetry) and extra spatial dimensions. The neutrino oscillations programme is expected to provide important information about the masses of and the amount of mixing amongst the three known species of neutrinos. If the appearance of electron neutrinos can be observed in a muon neutrino beam then it may be possible, in a further phase of the research, to establish the existence of CP violation in the neutrino sector of the Standard Model. This could have wide reaching implications for the understanding of the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. The development of new particle accelerator technology for high energy particle physics and a broad range of alternaive applications is the mission of the Cockcroft Institute. The Lancaster group were co-founders of the Institute and remain commited to supporting its evolution.
Organisations
Publications
Abazov V
(2012)
Z ? production and limits on anomalous Z Z ? and Z ? ? couplings in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov VM
(2011)
W? production and limits on anomalous WW? couplings in pp collisions at sqrt[s] = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Abe K
(2011)
The T2K experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Allan D
(2013)
The electromagnetic calorimeter for the T2K near detector ND280
in Journal of Instrumentation
ATLAS Collaboration
(2014)
The differential production cross section of the [Formula: see text](1020) meson in [Formula: see text] = 7 TeV [Formula: see text] collisions measured with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Abe K
(2013)
T2K neutrino flux prediction
in Physical Review D
Pralavorio P
(2013)
SUSY searches at ATLAS
in Frontiers of Physics
Abazov V
(2012)
Study of the decay B s 0 ? J / ? f 2 ' ( 1525 ) in µ + µ - K + K - final states
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2011)
Study of jet shapes in inclusive jet production in p p collisions at s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2014)
Study of heavy-flavor quarks produced in association with top-quark pairs at s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2014)
Study of C P -violating charge asymmetries of single muons and like-sign dimuons in p p ¯ collisions
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2013)
Studies of W boson plus jets production in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2013)
Single hadron response measurement and calorimeter jet energy scale uncertainty with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2013)
Searches for heavy long-lived sleptons and R-hadrons with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Abazov VM
(2010)
Search for ZH ? l+ l- bb production in 4.2 fb(-1) of pp collisions at sqrt[s] =1 .96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Abazov V
(2013)
Search for Z H ? l + l - b b ¯ production in 9.7 fb - 1 of p p ¯ collisions with the D0 detector
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2012)
Search for Z ? events with large missing transverse energy in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2014)
Search for WZ resonances in the fully leptonic channel using pp collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2011)
Search for WH associated production in 5.3 fb-1 of p p ¯ collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2012)
Search for W H associated production in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2011)
Search for W ' ? t b resonances with left- and right-handed couplings to fermions
in Physics Letters B
Abazov VM
(2012)
Search for violation of Lorentz invariance in top quark pair production and decay.
in Physical review letters
Abazov V
(2012)
Search for Universal Extra Dimensions in p p ¯ Collisions
in Physical Review Letters
Aad G
(2014)
Search for top quark decays t ? qH with H ? ?? using the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Abazov V
(2014)
Search for the X ( 4140 ) state in B + ? J / ? ? K + decays with the D0 detector
in Physical Review D
Abazov VM
(2012)
Search for the standard model Higgs boson in ZH?l(+)l(-)bb production with the D0 detector in 9.7 fb(-1) of pp collisions at vs = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Abazov VM
(2010)
Search for the standard model higgs Boson in the ZH-->nunubb channel in 5.2 fb{-1} of pp collisions at sqrt[s]=1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Abazov V
(2012)
Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the Z H ? ? ? ¯ b b ¯ channel in 9.5 fb-1 of p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2011)
Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the two photon decay channel with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
in Physics Letters B
Abazov VM
(2011)
Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the H?WW?l?q'q decay channel.
in Physical review letters
Chatrchyan S
(2012)
Search for the standard model Higgs boson in the decay channel H?ZZ?4l in pp collisions at vs=7 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Abazov V
(2012)
Search for the standard model Higgs boson in tau lepton final states
in Physics Letters B
Abazov VM
(2009)
Search for the standard model Higgs boson in tau final states.
in Physical review letters
Abazov V
(2013)
Search for the standard model Higgs boson in l ? + jets final states in 9.7 fb - 1 of p p ¯ collisions with the D0 detector
in Physical Review D
Abazov VM
(2012)
Search for the standard model Higgs boson in associated WH production in 9.7 fb(-1) of pp collisions with the D0 detector.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2014)
Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson decay to µ + µ - with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2013)
Search for the rare decay B s 0 ? µ + µ -
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2010)
Search for the rare decay B s 0 ? µ + µ -
in Physics Letters B
Abazov V
(2009)
Search for the lightest scalar top quark in events with two leptons in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2014)
Search for the lepton flavor violating decay Z ? e µ in p p collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2011)
Search for the Higgs boson in the H?WW?l?jj decay channel in pp collisions at vs=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector.
in Physical review letters
Abazov V
(2013)
Search for the Higgs boson in lepton, tau, and jets final states
in Physical Review D
Abazov VM
(2010)
Search for the associated production of a b quark and a neutral supersymmetric Higgs boson that decays into tau pairs.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2013)
Search for t t ¯ resonances in the lepton plus jets final state with ATLAS using 4.7 fb - 1 of p p collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2011)
Search for supersymmetry using final states with one lepton, jets, and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector in vs=7 TeV pp collisions.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2012)
Search for supersymmetry in events with large missing transverse momentum, jets, and at least one tau lepton in 7 TeV proton-proton collision data with the ATLAS detector
in The European Physical Journal C
Description | The discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC and the first observation of neutrinos of one type (muon neutrinos) changing into neutrinos of another type (electron neutrinos). |
Exploitation Route | The research is ongoing and will lead to deeper insights into nature and the properties of the fundamental particles and forces. |
Sectors | Education |
URL | http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/physics/research/experimental-particle-physics/ |