Experimental Particle Physics
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: College of Science and Engineering
Abstract
The three-year timescale is particularly exciting with the possibility of Higgs discovery at the Tevatron and the opening of the new energy frontier at the LHC: we will focus our efforts on Higgs analysis, discovery and interpretation, and the search for new physics in CP violation and rare B decays. Improved analysis techniques, well-calibrated detectors, increased computing power and theoretical input will be essential. All academics are heavily involved in the LHC programme and our strategy is to generate leading-edge physics results from two experiments (ATLAS and LHCb) based upon expertise developed in those experiments and from CDF and ZEUS, as well as ALEPH. We plan to provide timely first results in Higgs limit setting and discovery for ATLAS and CDF. We will secure high-quality completion on CDF where we have set demanding goals in the Higgs analyses that will benefit ATLAS. Our ZEUS involvements in the hadronic final state and prompt photon sectors will similarly underpin first ATLAS results. Based on our earlier work, we will be key players in answering questions concerning the origin of mass and the nature of CP violation. For LHCb, we will discover rare two body B decays and search for CP violation in charm with early data samples. We will perform a detailed study of a rare decay process and a comparison of tree and loop diagram mediated measurements of the unitarity angle gamma that offer significant new physics sensitivity. We continue to invest in and promote a world-class Detector Development activity to enable longer-term initiatives and our Grid strength is aimed at maximising our impact in LHC physics. We additionally lever support through Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the Faculty in these areas. We have set up physics analysis streams for ATLAS and LHCb, using the Grid, and will fully exploit the first LHC data. We will also maintain our involvement in longer-term initiatives where we have leadership roles. We presently participate in the LHCb upgrade, the ATLAS-FP initiative, the super-LHC intensity upgrades and future neutrino initiatives. We anticipate greater involvement in linear collider work, contingent upon discoveries made at the LHC. Over the next three years we will develop these areas and progress those where early investment will become most productive, consistent with the highest priority of LHC physics exploitation.
Publications
Szumlak Tomasz
(2010)
THE LHCb EXPERIMENT
in ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA B
Aad D.
(2011)
Luminosity determination in pp collisions at vs = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHC
in European Physical Journal C
Collins-Tooth, Christopher
(2008)
The Higgs discovery potential of ATLAS
in Fizika
Collaboration T
(2008)
Energy dependence of the charged multiplicity in deep inelastic scattering at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Chekanov S
(2010)
Measurement of J/? photoproduction at large momentum transfer at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Collaboration Z
(2009)
Measurement of beauty photoproduction using decays into muons in dijet events at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Collaboration T
(2009)
Measurement of beauty production from dimuon events at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Collaboration Z
(2009)
Scaled momentum distributions of charged particles in dijet photoproduction at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Collaboration Z
(2009)
Leading proton production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Collaboration Z
(2007)
Measurement of D mesons production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Description | CASE studentship |
Amount | £75,256 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2009 |
End | 09/2013 |
Description | CASE studentship_Thermal materials for ATLAS upgrades |
Amount | £18,120 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2007 |
End | 12/2007 |
Description | Consultancy_Examination of Mechanical & Thermal performance of sensor system using FEA Modelling |
Amount | £3,867 (GBP) |
Organisation | Pyreos |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2011 |
End | 05/2011 |
Description | Fellowship_First Physics with the ATLAS Experiment |
Amount | £432,440 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2007 |
End | 09/2012 |
Description | Fellowship_First physics with the ATLAS experiment |
Amount | £432,440 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2007 |
End | 09/2012 |
Description | Fellowship_High spatial resolution 3D probes for neurobiology applications |
Amount | £219,092 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/E039731/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2007 |
End | 07/2010 |
Description | Fellowship_Neural Interfaces for Cortical Processes |
Amount | £494,258 (GBP) |
Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2011 |
End | 03/2016 |
Description | Fellowship_Precision measurements of the standard model and searches for new physics at CDF and ATLAS |
Amount | £255,248 (GBP) |
Funding ID | PP/D003199/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2007 |
End | 02/2010 |
Description | Fellowship_Research on the ZEUS, CDF and FP420 projects in Experimental Particle Physics |
Amount | £43,921 (GBP) |
Organisation | Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2008 |
End | 12/2008 |
Description | Fellowship_SUPA PIPPS (Scottish Universities Physics Alliance PPARC Industrial Programme Support Scheme) |
Amount | £254,771 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2008 |
End | 08/2012 |
Description | Multiple Grants over the period_Long Term Attachments - CCLRC |
Amount | £56,519 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2006 |
End | 12/2011 |
Description | Outreach_Big Bang Exhibition at Glasgow Science Centre |
Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2008 |
End | 08/2008 |
Description | Research Contract_EuroNu - A High Intensity Neutrino Oscillation Facility in Europe |
Amount | £94,537 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 212372 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 08/2008 |
End | 08/2012 |
Description | Research Contract_Hadron Physics |
Amount | £207,541 (GBP) |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 01/2009 |
End | 12/2011 |
Description | Research Grant_Application of an ultra fast single photon camera for spatial imaging of fast cellular events |
Amount | £23,649 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/E000169/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2007 |
End | 08/2008 |
Description | Research Grant_Development of a programmable photonic ganglion cell stimulator to understand later interactions with the retina |
Amount | £108,241 (GBP) |
Organisation | STFC Laboratories |
Department | Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2006 |
End | 06/2008 |
Description | Research Grant_First physics with ATLAS: going beyond the standard model |
Amount | £3,905 (GBP) |
Organisation | British Council |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2007 |
End | 11/2008 |
Description | Research Grant_Flat panel technology for XFEL (X-ray Free Electron Laser) |
Amount | £310,971 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2008 |
End | 07/2011 |
Description | Research Grant_Investigations in Gravitational Radiation |
Amount | £4,917,871 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2007 |
End | 09/2012 |
Description | Research Grant_Investigations in Gravitational Radiation |
Amount | £3,135,409 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2012 |
End | 09/2015 |
Description | Research Grant_Low mass materials |
Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Department | Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2008 |
End | 12/2008 |
Description | Research Grant_Microelectrode array for brain studies (TPP additional finds) |
Amount | £4,488 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2009 |
End | 02/2010 |
Description | Research Grant_Neutron Screening for Airborne Cargo |
Amount | £288,109 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/G005141/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2008 |
End | 04/2011 |
Description | Research Grant_PPARC Committee |
Amount | £37,441 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2007 |
End | 03/2009 |
Description | Research Grant_SUPA PIPPS (Scottish Universities Physics Alliance PPARC Industrial Programme Support Scheme) |
Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Scottish Enterprise |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2009 |
End | 03/2013 |
Description | Research Grant_Waferscale CZT Detector Processing |
Amount | £316,231 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2009 |
End | 10/2012 |
Description | Secondment Agreement_Associate Head of CDF offline |
Amount | £51,350 (GBP) |
Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
Sector | Public |
Country | United States |
Start | 03/2010 |
End | 09/2011 |
Description | Secondment_Lambert Agreement between RAL & GU |
Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2007 |
End | 03/2008 |
Description | Secondment_Lambert Agreement between RAL & GU |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2009 |
End | 03/2009 |
Description | Services rendered_Wire bonding of SCUBA-2 Col Electronics Module |
Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2009 |
End | 11/2010 |
Description | Sponsored Staff Post_PPARC Committee |
Amount | £19,892 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2009 |
End | 03/2010 |
Description | Studentship |
Amount | £13,200 (GBP) |
Organisation | Diamond Light Source |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2009 |
End | 10/2012 |
Description | Studentship_Muon Ionisation cooling and near detector at Neutrino Factory |
Amount | £17,432 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2006 |
End | 09/2010 |
Description | Studentship_Proposal for UK participation in Phase II of the international muon ionisation cooling experiment (MICE) |
Amount | £52,824 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2007 |
End | 12/2010 |
Description | Studentship_Proposal for UK participation in Phase II of the international muon ionisation cooling experiment (MICE) |
Amount | £4,530 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2011 |
End | 03/2011 |
Description | Studentship_Study of hadron-hadron collisions at the LHC |
Amount | £17,432 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2006 |
End | 09/2010 |
Description | Vacation Studentship_Study of the semiconductor properties of self-annealing silicon radiation detectors |
Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2008 |
End | 09/2008 |
Description | e-Science_ATLAS Comparator |
Amount | £13,121 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2007 |
End | 03/2007 |
Description | ATLAS Upgrades |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | ATLAS Tracker Upgrade: The group contributes to the following work packages: WP3 - development of radiation hard Si sensors, WP4 - development of interconnects; and WP7 - module engineering. For WP3, R Bates and Eklund have developed an analogue readout system based on the LHCb Beetle readout along with associated mechanics and cooling system. This allows Si detectors to be characterised to evaluate HV operation and charge collection efficiency at low temperatures. F Doherty has developed a system on the 300mm probe station to probe full wafers to estimate yields of different sensor designs. These will form the basis of a QA system during Si sensor production for the tracker upgrade. For WP4, Eklund has designed test structures to evaluate the performance of Si detectors with readout integrated by depositing hybrids directly on the sensor, so called using MCM-D (multi-chip module deposited) technology. Test structures to investigate the effect of a Cu ground plane have been fabricated by Acreo in Sweden. Different Cu ground planes: full, grid, half-covered, together with bias through to the Si were implemented on a wafer and evaluated using the 300mm probe station by F Doherty. The capacitance of the devices is being compared to that predicted by TCAD models of the test structures. For WP7, R Bates and Melone have built systems to evaluate thermal properties of material and interfaces over a range of temperatures. FEA models are also being developed to compare the measured results to data, providing benchmarks for future stave designs. R Bates has made stress tests of materials in collaboration with the Mechanical Engineering department and this is being taken forward in an innovative study of the Young's modulus of various materials under low stress in collaboration with Rutherford Laboratory materials group. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data, equipment and facilities, training of staff and significant intellectual input into our research. |
Impact | LHC physics results and papers |
Description | ATLAS experiment |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | ATLAS Collaboration |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Physics Analysis: The group is focusing on two key areas: first physics and Higgs searches. The first physics work includes leading studies of minimum bias events and early QCD measurements and studies of high-mass di-lepton events [AP12,AP13] while the Higgs searches have been focusing on the low mass region in the channel ttH, with lepton plus jets top decay and H?bb. During the past three years group members were invited to give 18 presentations at International conferences and wrote 14 internal papers and reports. 9 PhD students contributed to the work. In addition the group contributed significantly to 10 collaboration journal papers. The strong activity within the group is reflected in the number of talks by Glasgow physicists during the period of the rolling grant: 165 in ATLAS physics meetings and 37 in Inner Detector meetings (including SCT meetings). |
Collaborator Contribution | For example this might include for example access to data, equipment or facilities, training of staff or significant intellectual input into your research. You will be asked separately for the contributions you/your team have made to the collaboration. |
Impact | LHC physics discoveries and papers |
Description | CDF |
Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The CDF goals funded in the last grant proposal have been achieved. We published our Bc analysis [CC13], continued to present our results in heavy flavour physics [CT1,CT8] and finalised our work on J/? [CG2]. The Tevatron has been running reliably and with ever increasing luminosity thus extending the physics reach to rare processes. Based on this we turned all our efforts to Higgs searches. Using the WW final state and in combination with D0, the Higgs has been excluded at 95% CL for Mh=170 GeV with just 3fb-1 per experiment and more than 5fb-1 has been collected. In this time we have developed lepton efficiency determination tools using a tag and probe method. We developed a cuts technique followed by neural networks and then combined this with a matrix element analysis to obtain the best sensitivity. The high-level software package used to achieve this has been adapted to work for both ATLAS and CDF. In two years we have moved the Tevatron sensitivity to the Higgs from 14 times the standard model to within a two sigma exclusion. The luminosity increased by a factor of 10 so the improvement went beyond that expected from the increase in statistics, reflecting our analysis efforts. These efforts have culminated in a publication of these techniques with further publications coming when CDF alone has standard model sensitivity [CC1]. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data, equipment and facilities, training of staff and significant intellectual input into our research. |
Impact | LHC Physics results and papers |
Description | Detector Development |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The programme for the development of detectors for future experiments is led by O'Shea. The group strategy is to acquire and retain expertise on appropriate emerging detector technologies that can offer increased performance in the difficult environments of future particle physics experiments. R Bates, Buttar, Eklund and Parkes provide crucial contributions to this programme. This area has continued to be very successful in attracting external funding from a variety of sources. The expertise acquired and retained by the group from these knowledge exchange applications makes a substantial contribution to the detector activities for particle physics applications. The primary purpose of this activity is to provide access to the advanced technologies required to build future experiments for Particle Physics. The expertise built up in semiconductor detectors over the past 20 years has enabled the group to play leading roles in the development and construction of detector systems for both ATLAS and LHCb. Generic detector development undertaken by the group enables us to be well placed to make major contributions to the LHC upgrades and to future experiments in particle physics, as well as other areas of strategic importance to STFC. During the past three years group members were invited to give 22 presentations at International conferences. 8 PhD students contributed to the work. In addition the group contributed significantly to 10 collaboration papers. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data, equipment and facilities, training of staff and significant intellectual input into our research. |
Impact | LHC Physics results and papers |
Description | IT development |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | During the period of the grant, we have upgraded our computing operations to provide an efficient internal service. We focus on group-specific servers, desktop and laptop support. The required functionality includes Desktop Support, Email Access, File Storage, Group Printing, Laptop Support, Login Services, Network Services, Video Conferencing, Voice Over IP and internal Web Pages. Physics analysis development is generally performed on the Scientific Linux 4/5 (SL) desktops with laptops also configured to dual-boot supporting Windows XP and SL5. The latest standard desktop consists of Intel E6750 Core2 duo processors. We expect to deploy laptops with virtualised SL installations on top of a Windows OS in the coming years, following a 4-year replacement plan. Laptops provide an essential function for use away from the group base. Server systems have been upgraded to dedicated racked servers during the period of the grant to provide an efficient and reliable overall system. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data, equipment and facilities, training of staff and significant intellectual input into our research. |
Impact | LHC physics results & papers |
Description | LCFI |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | During the period under review, Glasgow was a member of the LCFI collaboration, which was initiated to develop possible sensor technologies and design a high-performance vertex detector for the ILC. Members of the group contributed in two main areas. Progress was made in realising a new generation of CCD-based detectors, column parallel CCDs, for which Buttar and Maneuski developed simulations of charge transport after irradiation [DC2,DC4]. In addition, a proof-of-principle charge storage, CCD-readout device (ISIS) was produced, with testbeam and analysis participation from Cheplakov and Laing [DC8,DC9]. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data, equipment and facilities, training of staff and significant intellectual input into our research. |
Impact | LHC physics results & papers |
Description | LHCb Upgrades |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Physics Analysis: Flavour physics is sensitive to virtual quantum loops that are caused by particles that can be far heavier than those directly produced at the LHC. New Physics (NP) sensitivity is already the focus of the current Glasgow LHCb physics programme in the loop process mediated hadronic two body B (and D) decays and the Bd?K*?? process (which is particularly relevant to the upgrade). Detector Design: The LHCb upgrade will run at ten times higher luminosity and therefore must introduce a displaced vertex trigger at the first level of triggering. The central challenge of the upgrade is reading out the full detector at the LHC beam crossing frequency of 40MHz, a factor 400 faster than any other LHC experiment. Core elements are the construction of a radiation hard 40MHz VELO and 40 MHz photon detectors for the RICH. Parkes is one of the originators of the upgrade proposal. He co-organised the first LHCb wide workshop on the upgrade and was primary author of the recently submitted LHCb upgrade Statement of Interest. He is co-coordinator of the LHCb VELO upgrade, recently organised the first detailed design workshop for the VELO, and organised the participation of new UK VELO groups (Bristol, Manchester and Warwick). Eklund has led the study of data readout rates for the VELO, the central challenge of the upgrade. The group has already developed and tested prototype pixel devices in beam tests. Soler is leading the work on new photon detectors for an upgraded RICH detector. Flat panel photomultiplier tubes (PMT) from Hamamatsu and micro-channel plate (MCP) PMTs are being considered as future options. MCP PMTs offer very fast resolution (35 ps) and insensitivity to magnetic fields that would make these photon detectors very attractive in order to add time-of-flight (TOF) capabilities to an upgraded RICH, and enhance the particle identification capabilities at low momenta. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data, equipment and facilities, training of staff and significant intellectual input into our research. |
Impact | LHC physics results & papers |
Description | LHCb experiment |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As a result of a Glasgow proposal (Borghi, Parkes) the first beam-induced tracks at the LHC were reconstructed by the group and collaborators (notably Liverpool, Nikhef) in the LHCb VELO in August 2008 [LT12]. These are being used by the group to commission the VELO software, pattern recognition, tracking and alignment and hence to facilitate an early start to physics analysis. During the past three years group members were invited to give 16 presentations at International conferences and generated 34 individual collaboration papers and notes. Nine PhD and two Masters students contributed to the work. The strong activity within the group is reflected in the 278 talks that were given by Glasgow physicists in LHCb meetings during the rolling grant period. Physics Analysis: The physics studies of the group divide into two areas: hadronic beauty and charm decays for CP violation and lifetime studies; and new physics sensitive measurements of B?K*µ+µ-. A precise measurement of the CKM triangle angle ? is one of the primary aims of the LHCb experiment. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data, equipment and facilities, training of staff and significant intellectual input into our research. |
Impact | LHC Physics results & papers |
Description | Neutrinos |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Soler leads the Neutrino Factory effort at Glasgow. He is still a member of the neutrino experiment NOMAD, (three published NOMAD papers in this reporting period), and has been carrying out Neutrino Factory R&D research since 1999. He is a member of the UK Neutrino Factory consortium, he is one of the original proponents of the HARP experiment and a member of the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE). He is leading activities of the Detector group at the International Scoping Study (ISS) for Future Neutrino Facilities and the Neutrino Factory International Design Study and is the leader of the Detector Work Package (WP5) of the EuroNu Design Study. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data, equipment and facilities, training of staff and significant intellectual input into our research. |
Impact | LHC physics results & papers |
Description | ZEUS |
Organisation | Deutsches Electronen-Synchrotron (DESY) |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The past three years have continued to be an excellent period for the work of the ZEUS collaboration, and of the Glasgow group within it. During the period Glasgow have been major authors in the following ZEUS publications and work about to be published: • A final detailed study of event shapes produced in DIS [ZC1] was published where we have tested the power correction model and evaluated its strengths and limitations in evaluating ?s (all Glasgow work). • A final detailed study of azimuthal correlations in DIS was performed [ZC2]. An energy-flow analysis method was used, which permitted the use of both neutral and charged hadrons and extended the phase space over previous measurements. • A measurement of multiplicities in neutral current DIS gave a comparison with measurements from other processes, in agreement with the universality of fragmentation [ZC8] (also Glasgow led). • A study was performed that has resolved earlier anomalies in multi-lepton production and is currently in the final editorial stage. • Preliminary results from the full sample of prompt photons in DIS have been measured and are in the stages of preparation for preliminary status. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to data, equipment and facilities, training of staff and significant intellectual input into our research. |
Impact | LHC physics results & papers |
Description | BBC Newsnight Scotland: ATLAS week |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | ATLAS overview week television interviews none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | BBC Radio 4: Lord Kelvin |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lord Kelvin none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | BBC Radio Scotland: LHC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Looking Forward to the Summer none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | BBC Radio Scotland: black holes |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Watch that Black Hole on your way out none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | BBC and ITV news: Lord Kelvin |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lord Kelvin none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | BBC news: Experts prepare |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Experts prepare for 'experiment' none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | BBC news: LHC guide |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Guide to the Large Hadron Collider none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | BBC news: Scientists seek to restore sight |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Scientists seek to restore sight none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
Description | BBC news: life, the universe and Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Life, the Universe and Scotland none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Bearsden Academy talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk at Bearsden Academy "University study and being a postgraduate researcher" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
Description | Canadian radio: Bill Carroll show |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Bill Carroll Show radio interview none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Cubscout NASA space camp |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Cubscout NASA space camp none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Dana Science Centre, London talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk to medical professionals at the Dana Science Centre, London, "Developing Retinal Prostheses" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | Dingwall Academy teachers talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk to Highland physics teachers at Dingwall Academy, Inverness: "Particle Physics and the LHC" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Exploring the Mystery of Matter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Exploring the Mystery of Matter Papadakis Publishers, ISBN 9781901092950 none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Den Urknall studieren ("Studying The Big Bang") none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Galilean Society talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Inaugural talk for the Galilean Society for the Philosophy of Science: "The search for truth" (on particle physics) none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Glasgow Science Centre Angels and Demons |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 4 x talks: Talk to young people at the Glasgow Science Centre, "Angels and Demons: the story of Antimatter" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Glasgow Science Centre Big Bang |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talks and activities for young people coinciding with the "Big Bang" exhibition at the Glasgow Science Centre none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Glasgow Science Centre Higgs Hunting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 4 x talks: Talk to young people at the Glasgow Science Centre, "Hunting the Higgs" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Glasgow Science Centre LHC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Motivational talk to IoP Physics Teachers Network in Scotland: "Particle Physics and the Large Hadron Collider" important to disseminate to the physics teachers network in Scotland what is happening with cutting edge physics at the LHC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Glasgow Science Centre Meet a Scientist |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | "Meet a scientist" event coinciding with the "Big Bang" exhibiition at the Glasgow Science Centre none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Glasgow University Particle Physics Masterclasses |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Around 130 schoolchildren attended the Glasgow Particle Physics Masterclass in 2009 and 2010, with two to three times that number applying for places Good reports from teachers, for example in 2010 one wrote "I know several of our pupils are now rethinking their university plans as a result" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010 |
Description | Glasgow University RSE Masterclasses |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Royal Society of Edinburgh Schools masterclass series, "How to be a Rocket Scientist" 2008, 2009, 2010 - talks x 2 each year 2011 - talk x 1 none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010,2011 |
Description | Glasgow University Science Festival Meet the LHC Scientist |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Meet the LHC scientist event as part of Glasgow University Science Festival none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Guardian, Telegraph, Evening Standard interviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviews on ATLAS CD and physics none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Herald: secrets of the universe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Are secrets of the universe just about to be revealed? none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | House of Commons Kelvin celebrations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | House of Commons event to celebrate the accomplishments of Lord Kelvin none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | IOP Scotland Stirling Physics Teaching Meeting LHC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Invited keynote presentation to IOP Scotland Stirling Physics meeting, conference for school physics teachers: "The Large Hadron Collider" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | IOP Scotland Teachers Network Meeting, Support for schools |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk to IOP Scotland teachers network "Support for Schools from Dept of Physics & Astronomy" Resulted in requests from teachers for help with Advanced Higher project work, and loan of equipment |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Industry Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Exhibition to raise awareness in the industrial sector of research and technology from the University of Glasgow, including showcasing particle physics detector technology and distributed computing from particle physics 103 companies visited and discussed opportunities for industrial applications and collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Institute of Physics public lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Institute of Physics lecture for public, Royal Society of Edinburgh: "It's the end of the world as we know it: the start of the LHC" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Instrumentation conference Kelvin talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research |
Results and Impact | Public lecture at instrumentation conference "Lord Kelvin" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Italian radio interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Live radio interview none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | LHCb tours at CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Royal Society of Edinburgh talk "Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe with the LHC" guided more than 150 people - held on seven different occasions |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Lions Club talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Event for the Lions Club (American professionals): Particle Physics New Frontiers none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Macular Disease Society Scotland Conference talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk to the Macular Disease Society Scotland Conference, "Developing Retinal Prostheses" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Nano magazine: Nano-vision |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Nano-vision none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | New Higher Physics "Researching Physics" module |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | New Higher Physics "Researching Physics" module none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | News of the World Scotland: Big bang machine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We built the first Big Bang machine none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Physics World: Vision on a chip |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Vision on a chip none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | Quanta to Cosmos |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Ten x two-hour adult evening classes on frontiers of physics "Quanta to Cosmos" presented by particle physicists and astronomers from the University of Glasgow Well-attended by participants aged 30-70! |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Retired staff association talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk for University of Glasgow retired staff association: "It's the end of the world as we know it: the start of the LHC" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Royal Society of Edinburgh Higgs Boson |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Royal Society of Edinburgh event "The Higgs Boson: What? Why? How?" with speakers Higgs, Witten, Saxon Audience of 300 is largest ever for RSE meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Royal Society of Edinburgh Mysteries of the Universe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Royal Society of Edinburgh talk "Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe with the LHC" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | STFC short film Go LHC go interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Go LHC Go none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Scotsman: Big bang |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Search for the Big Bang but Large Hadron Collider is not large enough none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Scotsman: giant machine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The giant machine in search of the Universe's smallest particle none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | Scottish Parliament MSP LHC startup briefing |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Briefings through the morning for Members of the Scottish Parliament, held at the Scottish Parliament none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Scottish Summer School Exhibition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public particle physics exhibition in St Andrews coinciding with the Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics LHC school none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | St. Joseph's Academy Kilmarnock talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk at St. Joseph's Academy Kilmarnock, "Being a Particle Physicist at CERN" widening knowledge within schools of the applications of particle physics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | St. Joseph's Academy Kilmarnock talk, uncertainties |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk at St. Joseph's Academy Kilmarnock, "Uncertainties and how to deal with them" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Suddeutsche Zeitung article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Testlauf im groessten Labor der Welt none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Sunday Herald: Scotland's role in the LHC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Scotland's role in the search for the origins of the Universe none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Swiss Radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Die Teilchen rasen im Cern durch den Ring none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | Times: Bionic eye |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Bionic eye repairs sight like a camera none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
Description | University of Glasgow Open Day LHC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk at the University of Glasgow open day "The Big Bang and the LHC" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
Description | University of Luxembourg talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | University of Luxembourg public lecture series: "Matière et antimatière - de la cosmologie aux particules élémentaires" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Visit of Anne McKechin MP to CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Anne McKechin MP visited CERN and was hosted by members of the Glasgow particle physics group important dissemination visit to advise on science and progress, in order to assist with support for scientific community and with funding decisions |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Visit of Chief Scientific Adviser Prof Anne Glover to CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Prof Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Scottish Government, visited CERN and was hosted by members of the Glasgow particle physics group dissemination on important funding information for forthcoming decisions by Govt |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Visit of David Willetts MP to CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | David Willetts MP visited CERN and was hosted by members of the Glasgow particle physics group important dissemination visit to advise on science and progress, in order to assist with support for scientific community and with funding decisions |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
Description | Visit of Michael Russell MSP and Scottish school children and teachers to CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Michael Russell MSP, cabinet secretary for eduation, visited CERN with Scottish schoolchildren and teachers and was hosted by members of the Glasgow particle physics group important dissemination visit to advise on science and progress, in order to assist with support for scientific community and with funding decisions |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | West of Scotland Macular Disease Society talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk to the West of Scotland Macular Disease Society, "Developing Retinal Prostheses" none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
Description | Westminster Abbey Kelvin commemoration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Westminster Abbey Kelvin centenary commemoration organised by University of Glasgow none |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |