Experimental Particle Physics Rolling Grant 2009-2014

Lead Research Organisation: University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

The Particle Physics Group at Manchester University will continue to probe the fundamental particles and forces of nature. This is done by several experiments: ATLAS at the LHC at CERN will study proton-proton collisions at the highest energies yet, and is expected to reveal a wealth of new particles. LHCb will reveal further details of the properties of B hadrons. Dzero is at Fermilab, which is presently the highest energy collider till the LHC starts. SuperNemo will search for a type of nuclear beta decay which, if found, would show that the neutrino is its own antiparticle. We also run an ongoing R and D programme for the detectors, electronics, accelerators and computers we use for our investigations into fundamental physics.

Publications

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Aaij R (2011) Measurement of J/? production in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV in The European Physical Journal C

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Lees J (2010) Measurement of the ? ? * ? ? c transition form factor in Physical Review D

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Aubert B (2009) Measurement of the ? ? * ? p 0 transition form factor in Physical Review D

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Del Amo Sanchez P (2011) Measurement of the B ? D ¯ ( * ) D ( * ) K branching fractions in Physical Review D

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Argyriades J (2009) Measurement of the background in the NEMO 3 double beta decay experiment in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment