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
Ryder N
(2011)
The radiation hardness and temperature stability of Planar Light-wave Circuit splitters for the High Luminosity LHC
in Journal of Instrumentation
Allanach B
(2011)
Discovery reach for generic supersymmetry at the LHC: M T2 versus missing transverse momentum selections for pMSSM searches
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Measurement of the t t ¯ production cross section with an in situ calibration of b -jet identification efficiency
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Measurement of t t ¯ spin correlation in p p ¯ collisions using the CDF II detector at the Tevatron
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
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Top-quark mass measurement using events with missing transverse energy and jets at CDF.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2011)
Limits on the production of the standard model Higgs boson in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Search for production of heavy particles decaying to top quarks and invisible particles in pp collisions at vs = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2011)
Measurement of the jet fragmentation function and transverse profile in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaltonen T
(2011)
First measurement of the angular coefficients of Drell-Yan e(+)e(-) pairs in the Z mass region from pp¯ collisions at vs=1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2011)
Search for supersymmetric particles in events with lepton pairs and large missing transverse momentum in $\sqrt{s}=7~\mbox{TeV}$ proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS experiment
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Improved determination of the sample composition of dimuon events produced in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Measurement of the cross section for prompt isolated diphoton production in pp collisions at square root(s) = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2012)
Search for new physics in the dijet mass distribution using 1 fb-1 of pp collision data at s = 7 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Insler J
(2012)
Studies of the decays D 0 ? K S 0 K - p + and D 0 ? K S 0 K + p -
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Search for high-mass resonances decaying into Z Z in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Assylbekov S
(2012)
The T2K ND280 off-axis pi-zero detector
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Measurement of the top quark mass in the all-hadronic mode at CDF
in Physics Letters B
ATLAS Collaboration
(2012)
A search for [Formula: see text] resonances with the ATLAS detector in 2.05 fb-1 of proton-proton collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Bogomilov M
(2012)
The MICE Muon Beam on ISIS and the beam-line instrumentation of the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aad G
(2012)
Search for excited leptons in proton-proton collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Kraml S
(2012)
Searches for new physics: Les Houches recommendations for the presentation of LHC results
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaij R
(2012)
Determination of the sign of the decay width difference in the B(s)(0) system.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Search for new phenomena in events with two Z bosons and missing transverse momentum in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Search for a heavy vector boson decaying to two gluons in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2012)
Measurement of W ± Z production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7~\mbox{TeV}$ with the ATLAS detector
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2012)
A measurement of the ratio of the W and Z cross sections with exactly one associated jet in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with ATLAS
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2012)
Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV in dilepton final states with ATLAS
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2012)
Search for a light Higgs boson decaying to long-lived weakly interacting particles in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s] = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector.
in Physical review letters
Collaboration T
(2012)
A study of the material in the ATLAS inner detector using secondary hadronic interactions
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aad G
(2012)
Search for anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking with the ATLAS detector based on a disappearing-track signature in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7~\mathrm{TeV}$
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Combination of CDF and D0 measurements of the W boson helicity in top quark decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2012)
First observation of the decays B ¯ ( s ) 0 ? D s + K - p + p - and B ¯ s 0 ? D s 1 ( 2536 ) + p -
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2012)
Search for the X ( 4140 ) state in B + ? J / ? ? K + decays
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2012)
Measurement of the W ? t ? t cross section in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS experiment
in Physics Letters B
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Observation of exclusive ?? production in pp¯ collisions at vs=1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Measurements of the angular distributions of muons from ? decays in pp collisions at sqrt[s] = 1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Abe K
(2012)
Measurements of the T2K neutrino beam properties using the INGRID on-axis near detector
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Aaij R
(2012)
Observation of excited ?(b)(0) baryons.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Study of substructure of high transverse momentum jets produced in proton-antiproton collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Measurement of the W Z cross section and triple gauge couplings in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2012)
Measurement of the B¯(s)(0) effective lifetime in the J/?f0(980) final state.
in Physical review letters
The ATLAS Collaboration
(2012)
Search for doubly charged Higgs bosons in like-sign dilepton final states at $\sqrt{s} = 7\ \mathrm{TeV}$ with the ATLAS detector
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Search for Higgs bosons produced in association with b quarks
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Production of ? 0 , ? ¯ 0 , ? ± , and O ± hyperons in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
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 |