Particle Physics Rolling Grant 2009
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Physics
Abstract
Particle physics attempts to understand the Universe and its evolution in terms of the interplay of a small number of fundamental forces and particles. The last thirty years has seen the development of a robust and extremely successful theoretical framework, known as the Standard Model, in which all available data can be explained. However, this model is demonstrably incomplete and has many parameters that must be inserted by hand. Our proposed progamme will significantly advance our understanding of whatever theory must be constructed to replace the Standard Model. Our collaboration in the SNO experiment has been a major contributor to our understanding of the phenomenon of neutrino mass, originally outside the Standard Model. As SNO draws to an end, we will continue our neutrino investigations with a leading role in the MINOS experiment and the next generation experiment based in Japan, T2K. We plan to measure other fundamental properties of the neutrino, such as whether or not it is its own antiparticle - a Majorana or a Dirac neutrino - by utilising our unique experience with the SNO experiment and its underground laboratory. The CDF experiment is coming to the end of its life as LHC takes over the energy frontier, but we intend to continue our important contributions to the remaining running and in the exploitation of the full data sample to produce papers. The ZEUS experiment has now completed data taking; we are determined to play a major part in bringing these classic results on the structure of the proton, and the strong interaction, to publication. These results are likely to remain in the text-books for many years. After the disappointment of the failure of the LHC in 2008, repairs are well under way and the LHC experiments will come on line during the period of this Rolling Grant. We will ensure that Oxford plays a major role in the extraction of physics results from ATLAS and LHCb, which have the potential to completely revolutionise our understanding of particle physics. We are committed to providing the computing resources and analysis tools necessary for the extraction of these results, and our work in ensuring that Grid concepts and technology are available to the wider academic and business community will continue. The CRESST-II and cryo-EDM experiments will use technologies in which Oxford has a world lead to explore some of the most important questions in particle physics and cosmology; in particular the nature off the material that appears to make up most of the Universe. The spokesman of a major new initiative in this area, EURECA, is from Oxford, so that we will continue our leading role in the search for Dark Matter. The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science has major programmes in the accelerators of the future, including Linear Colliders and the Neutrino Factory. The JAI has established itself as a world-class institute in accelerator physics under the leadership of Professor Peach; we are starting the search for a world-class accelerator scientist to be his successor. We are also providing leaders in international bodies charged with the development of new accelerators. We will continue to develop and enhance our capabilities in mechanical and electronics design so that Oxford will retain the ability to construct the most sophisticated apparatus of whatever size is required for the physics objectives. We are determined to play a leading role in world particle physics in the future, as we have in the past.
Organisations
Publications
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross section in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV using the CDF detector
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2009)
Measurement of particle production and inclusive differential cross sections in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Artuso M
(2009)
Higher-order multipole amplitudes in charmonium radiative transitions
in Physical Review D
Naik P
(2009)
Measurement of the pseudoscalar decay constant f D s using D s + ? t + ? , t + ? ? + ? ¯ decays
in Physical Review D
Mitchell RE
(2009)
J/psi and psi(2S) Radiative Transitions to eta_{c}.
in Physical review letters
Chekanov S
(2009)
Measurement of charm and beauty production in deep inelastic ep scattering from decays into muons at HERA
in The European Physical Journal C
Jelley N
(2009)
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
in Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
Boudjemline K
(2010)
The calibration of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory using uniformly distributed radioactive sources
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of the W+ W- production cross section and search for anomalous WW? and WWZ couplings in pp collisions at square root(s)=1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of d s / d y of Drell-Yan e + e - pairs in the Z mass region from p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Improved search for a Higgs boson produced in association with Z ? l+ l- in pp collisions sqrt[s] = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2010)
Charged-particle multiplicities in pp interactions at s = 900 GeV measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
in Physics Letters B
Briere R
(2010)
Analysis of D + ? K - p + e + ? e and D + ? K - p + µ + + ? µ semileptonic decays
in Physical Review D
Banda Y
(2010)
Design and performance of improved Column Parallel CCD, CPC2
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Chekanov S
(2010)
Measurement of J/? photoproduction at large momentum transfer at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Azfar F
(2010)
Formulae for the analysis of the flavor-tagged decay B s 0 ? J/??
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Damerell C
(2010)
First results with prototype ISIS devices for ILC vertex detector
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Alexander J
(2010)
Study of ? ( 2 S ) decays to ? p p ¯ , p 0 p p ¯ , and ? p p ¯ , and search for p p ¯ threshold enhancements
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of the top quark mass in the dilepton channel using m T 2 at CDF
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Diffractive W and Z production at the Fermilab Tevatron
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for anomalous production of events with two photons and additional energetic objects at CDF
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for new color-octet vector particle decaying to t t ¯ in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Adamson P
(2010)
Search for Lorentz invariance and CPT violation with the MINOS far detector.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for technicolor particles produced in association with a W Boson at CDF.
in Physical review letters
Chekanov S
(2010)
Measurement of dijet photoproduction for events with a leading neutron at HERA
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Studying the underlying event in Drell-Yan and high transverse momentum jet production at the Tevatron
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Study of the associated production of photons and b -quark jets in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Updated search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay D 0 ? µ + µ - in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurements of the top-quark mass using charged particle tracking
in Physical Review D
Beck G
(2010)
Analytic model of thermal runaway in silicon detectors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abramowicz H
(2010)
Inclusive-jet cross sections in NC DIS at HERA and a comparison of the k T , anti- k T and SIScone jet algorithms
in Physics Letters B
Insler J
(2010)
Search for the decay J / ? ? ? + invisible
in Physical Review D
Belyaev A
(2010)
Discovering bottom squark coannihilation at the ILC
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of the top pair production cross section in the dilepton decay channel in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abramowicz H
(2010)
Measurement of beauty production in DIS and extraction at ZEUS
in The European Physical Journal C
Baynham D
(2010)
Progress on the Design and Fabrication of the MICE Focusing Magnets
in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for supersymmetry with gauge-mediated breaking in diphoton events with missing transverse energy at CDF II.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2010)
Drift Time Measurement in the ATLAS Liquid Argon Electromagnetic Calorimeter using Cosmic Muons
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurements of branching fraction ratios and C P asymmetries in B ± ? D C P K ± decays in hadron collisions
in Physical Review D
Abramowicz H
(2010)
Measurement of high-Q 2 charged current deep inelastic scattering cross sections with a longitudinally polarised positron beam at HERA
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2010)
The ATLAS Inner Detector commissioning and calibration
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaij R
(2010)
Prompt K S 0 production in pp collisions at s = 0.9 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Lang R
(2010)
Discrimination of recoil backgrounds in scintillating calorimeters
in Astroparticle Physics
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Combination of Tevatron searches for the standard model Higgs boson in the W+W- decay mode.
in Physical review letters
Aharmim B
(2010)
SEARCHES FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY VARIATIONS IN THE 8 B SOLAR NEUTRINO FLUX AT THE SUDBURY NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Aharmim B
(2010)
Low-energy-threshold analysis of the Phase I and Phase II data sets of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
in Physical Review C
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for single top quark production in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV in the missing transverse energy plus jets topology
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of the top quark mass and p p ¯ ? t t ¯ cross section in the all-hadronic mode with the CDF II detector
in Physical Review D
Boogert S
(2010)
Micron-scale laser-wire scanner for the KEK Accelerator Test Facility extraction line
in Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Mendez H
(2010)
Measurements of D meson decays to two pseudoscalar mesons
in Physical Review D
Description | Media interviews and articles |
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 | Members of staff supported on this grant give interviews regularly to radio, newspapers and magazine. There are too many examples to list separately, but include BBC Radios 3 and 4, Irish Radio, Radio New Zealand, Research Fortnight, Nature, New Scientist, etc. General impact of public and opinion formers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
Description | Particle Physics Masterclass |
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 | Schools |
Results and Impact | Teachers bring groups of pupils to a concentrated 1-day event in which they hear the latest news from particle physics, get involved with hands-on activities and interact with academic staff. Interacts with students and teachers - the classes are always full, we run 2 separate days and each year we reach more than 100 pupils and teachers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 |
Description | Schools |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Visits by researchers to schools to give talks about LHC, neutrinos and other areas of particle physics Around 100 schools visited by various members of staff since 2006. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
Description | Teachers Open Day in Accelerators and Particle Physics |
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 | Teachers spent the day in Oxford having a refresher course on the latest research results in accelerator science and particle physics. Interaction with many physics teachers in schools. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |