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
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
Abat E
(2010)
Combined performance studies for electrons at the 2004 ATLAS combined test-beam
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aad G
(2010)
Commissioning of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with cosmic rays
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for pair production of supersymmetric top quarks in dilepton events from pp collisions at sqrt[s]=1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
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)
Search for new color-octet vector particle decaying to t t ¯ in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of the ratio s{tt}/s{Z/?{*}?ll} and precise extraction of the tt cross section.
in Physical review letters
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
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of Z ? production in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aryshev A
(2010)
Micron size laser-wire system at the ATF extraction line, recent results and ATF-II upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abramowicz H
(2010)
Inclusive dijet cross sections in neutral current deep inelastic scattering at HERA
in The European Physical Journal C
Lang R
(2010)
Discrimination of recoil backgrounds in scintillating calorimeters
in Astroparticle Physics
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)
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
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
Lang R
(2010)
Electron and gamma background in CRESST detectors
in Astroparticle Physics
Mendez H
(2010)
Measurements of D meson decays to two pseudoscalar mesons
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for new physics with a dijet plus missing E(T) signature in pp collisions at vs=1.96 TeV.
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)
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 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
Cronin-Hennessy D
(2010)
Search for ? ( 2 S ) ? ? ? c ( 2 S ) via fully reconstructed ? c ( 2 S ) decays
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of the W W + W Z production cross section using a matrix element technique in lepton + jets events
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of the Lambdab0 lifetime in Lambdab0 --> Lambdac+pi- decays in pp collisions at square root of s = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Boogert S
(2010)
Micron-scale laser-wire scanner for the KEK Accelerator Test Facility extraction line
in Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Measurement of the t t ¯ production cross section in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV using soft electron b -tagging
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2010)
Performance of the ATLAS detector using first collision data
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for WW and WZ resonances decaying to electron, missing E(T), and two jets in pp collisions at square root(s) = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Barr A
(2010)
A review of the mass measurement techniques proposed for the Large Hadron Collider
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Combined Tevatron upper limit on g g ? H ? W + W - and constraints on the Higgs boson mass in fourth-generation fermion models
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2010)
The ATLAS Simulation Infrastructure
in The European Physical Journal C
Bonvicini G
(2010)
Measurement of the ? b ( 1 S ) mass and the branching fraction for ? ( 3 S ) ? ? ? b ( 1 S )
in Physical Review D
Insler J
(2010)
Search for the decay J / ? ? ? + invisible
in Physical Review D
Onyisi P
(2010)
Branching fractions for ? c J ? p p ¯ p 0 , p p ¯ ? , and p p ¯ ?
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Search for new bottomlike quark pair decays QQ-->(tW(+)(-))(tW(+)(-)in same-charge dilepton events.
in Physical review letters
Azfar F
(2010)
Formulae for the analysis of the flavor-tagged decay B s 0 ? J/??
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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
Adamson P
(2010)
Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Top quark mass measurement in the lepton + jets channel using a matrix element method and in situ jet energy calibration.
in Physical review letters
Abramowicz H
(2010)
Measurement of beauty production in DIS and extraction at ZEUS
in The European Physical Journal C
Abramowicz H
(2010)
Measurement of D + and ? c + production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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
Aaij R
(2010)
Prompt K S 0 production in pp collisions at s = 0.9 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Inclusive search for standard model Higgs boson production in the WW decay channel using the CDF II detector.
in Physical review letters
Briere R
(2010)
Analysis of D + ? K - p + e + ? e and D + ? K - p + µ + + ? µ semileptonic decays
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2010)
Measurement of the W ? l? and Z/? * ? ll production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at $ \sqrt {s} = 7\;{\text{TeV}} $ with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Adamson P
(2010)
Search for sterile neutrino mixing in the MINOS long-baseline experiment
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Exclusion of an exotic top quark with -4/3 electric charge using soft lepton tagging.
in Physical review letters
Sopczak A
(2010)
Comparison of Measurements of Charge Transfer Inefficiencies in a CCD With High-Speed Column Parallel Readout
in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Nakamura K
(2010)
Review of Particle Physics
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
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 |