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.
Organisations
Publications
Argyriades J
(2010)
Results of the BiPo-1 prototype for radiopurity measurements for the SuperNEMO double beta decay source foils
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Argyriades J
(2010)
Measurement of the two neutrino double beta decay half-life of Zr-96 with the NEMO-3 detector
in Nuclear Physics A
Argyriades J
(2011)
Spectral modeling of scintillator for the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO detectors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Arnold R
(2010)
Probing new physics models of neutrinoless double beta decay with SuperNEMO
in The European Physical Journal C
Artuso Marina, (ed.)
(2009)
Vertex detectors. Proceedings, 16th International Workshop, Vertex 2007, Lake Placid, USA, September 23-28, 2007
ATLAS Collaboration
(2011)
Measurement of the inelastic proton-proton cross-section at vs=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector.
in Nature communications
Aubert B
(2009)
Measurement of time dependent C P asymmetry parameters in B 0 meson decays to ? K S 0 , ? ' K 0 , and p 0 K S 0
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Angular distributions in the decay B ? K * l + l -
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Search for dimuon decays of a light scalar boson in radiative transitions Upsilon-->gammaA0.
in Physical review letters
Aubert B
(2009)
Model-independent search for the decay B + ? l + ? l ?
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Search for invisible decays of the Upsilon(1S).
in Physical review letters
Aubert B
(2009)
Evidence for the eta(b)(1S) meson in radiative Upsilon(2S) decay.
in Physical review letters
Aubert B
(2009)
Measurements of time-dependent C P asymmetries in B 0 ? D ( * ) + D ( * ) - decays
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Measurement of the branching fraction and ? ¯ polarization in B 0 ? ? ¯ p p -
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Improved limits on lepton-flavor-violating tau decays to lphi, lrho, lK, and lK.
in Physical review letters
Aubert B
(2009)
Evidence for X(3872)-->psi(2S)gamma in B(+/-)-->X(3872)K(+/-) decays and a study of B-->cc[over ]gammaK.
in Physical review letters
Aubert B
(2009)
Improved measurement of B+ --> rho+ rho0 and determination of the quark-mixing phase angle alpha.
in Physical review letters
Aubert B
(2010)
Measurement and interpretation of moments in inclusive semileptonic decays B ¯ ? X c l - ? ¯
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Measurement of the B + ? ? l + ? and B + ? ? l + ? branching fractions
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Measurement of the ? ? * ? p 0 transition form factor
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Constraints on the CKM angle ? in B 0 ? D ¯ 0 K * 0 and B 0 ? D 0 K * 0 from a Dalitz analysis of D 0 and D ¯ 0 decays to K S p + p -
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Measurements of the semileptonic decays B ¯ ? D l ? ¯ and B ¯ ? D * l ? ¯ using a global fit to D X l ? ¯ final states
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Direct CP, lepton flavor, and isospin asymmetries in the decays B-->K(*)l+l-.
in Physical review letters
Aubert B
(2009)
Search for b ? u transitions in B 0 ? D 0 K * 0 decays
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2009)
Precise measurement of the e+e- --> pi+pi-(gamma) cross section with the initial state radiation method at BABAR.
in Physical review letters