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
Nakamura K
(2010)
Review of Particle Physics
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Beringer J
(2012)
Review of Particle Physics
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2010)
Readiness of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter for LHC collisions
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2010)
Readiness of the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter for LHC collisions
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2012)
Rapidity gap cross sections measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7 \mbox{~TeV}$
in The European Physical Journal C
Münster A
(2014)
Radiopurity of CaWO 4 crystals for direct dark matter search with CRESST and EURECA
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Aad G
(2011)
Properties of jets measured from tracks in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energy s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2010)
Prompt K S 0 production in pp collisions at s = 0.9 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Allport P
(2011)
Progress with the single-sided module prototypes for the ATLAS tracker upgrade stave
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Baynham D
(2010)
Progress on the Design and Fabrication of the MICE Focusing Magnets
in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Abramowicz H
(2013)
Production of Z 0 bosons in elastic and quasi-elastic ep collisions at HERA
in Physics Letters B
Abramowicz H
(2013)
Production of the excited charm mesons and at HERA
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Production of ? 0 , ? ¯ 0 , ? ± , and O ± hyperons in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Precision top-quark mass measurement at CDF.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Precision measurement of the ratio of the ? b 0 to B ¯ 0 lifetimes
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2014)
Precision measurement of the mass and lifetime of the ?(b)(0) baryon.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Precise measurement of the W-boson mass with the CDF II detector.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2014)
Precise measurement of the W -boson mass with the Collider Detector at Fermilab
in Physical Review D
Nomerotski A
(2011)
PLUME collaboration: Ultra-light ladders for linear collider vertex detector
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abramowicz H
(2014)
Photoproduction of isolated photons, inclusively and with a jet, at HERA
in Physics Letters B
Abat E
(2011)
Photon reconstruction in the ATLAS Inner Detector and Liquid Argon Barrel Calorimeter at the 2004 Combined Test Beam
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aad G
(2012)
Performance of the ATLAS Trigger System in 2010
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2010)
Performance of the ATLAS detector using first collision data
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2012)
Performance of missing transverse momentum reconstruction in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7~\mbox{TeV}$ with ATLAS
in The European Physical Journal C
Belov P
(2014)
Parton distribution functions at LO, NLO and NNLO with correlated uncertainties between orders
in The European Physical Journal C
Danevich F
(2014)
Optimization of light collection from crystal scintillators for cryogenic experiments
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Collaboration T
(2014)
Operation and performance of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker
in Journal of Instrumentation
Lohwasser K
(2010)
On direct measurement of the W production charge asymmetry at the LHC
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of Z production in proton-lead collisions at LHCb
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of the resonant character of the Z(4430)(-) state.
in Physical review letters
Pedlar TK
(2011)
Observation of the h(c)(1P) Using e+ e- collisions above the DD threshold.
in Physical review letters
Cronin-Hennessy D
(2012)
Observation of the Dalitz decay D s * + ? D s + e + e -
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Observation of the baryonic flavor-changing neutral current decay ?b(0)??µ+µ-.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of the B s 0 ? J/?K S 0 K ± p ± decay
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Observation of the ?(b)(0) baryon.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of the ? b 0 ? J/? pp - decay
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2012)
Observation of spin correlation in tt¯ events from pp collisions at vs=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2010)
Observation of single top quark production and measurement of | V t b | with CDF
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2014)
Observation of s-channel production of single top quarks at the Tevatron.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of Photon Polarization in the b ? s ? Transition
in Physical Review Letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of overlapping spin-1 and spin-3 D0K- resonances at mass 2.86 GeV/c2.
in Physical review letters
Adamson P
(2010)
Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS far detector
in Physical Review D
Aaltonen T
(2012)
Observation of exclusive ?? production in pp¯ collisions at vs=1.96 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
Observation of excited ?(b)(0) baryons.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2012)
Observation of B0?D¯(0)K(+)K(-) and evidence for B(s)(0)?D¯(0)K(+)K(-).
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of B(s)(0) ? J/? f1(1285) decays and measurement of the f1(1285) mixing angle.
in Physical review letters
Aaltonen T
(2011)
Observation of B s 0 ? J / ? K * ( 892 ) 0 and B s 0 ? J / ? K S 0 decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of associated production of a Z boson with a D meson in the forward region
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2012)
Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
in Physics Letters B
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 |