GridPP4: The UK Grid for Particle Physics
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
This proposal, submitted in response to the 2009 invitation from STFC, aims to provide and operate a computing Grid for the exploitation of LHC data in the UK. The success of the current GridPP Collaboration will be built upon, and the UK's response to production of LHC data in the period April 2011 to March 2015 will be to ensure that there is a sustainable infrastructure providing 'Computing in the LHC era' We propose to operate a Grid as the main mechanism for delivering very large-scale computational resources to the UK particle physics community. This foundation will underpin the success and increase the discovery potential of UK physicists. We will operate a production-quality Grid, delivering robustness, scale and functionality. The proposal is fully integrated with international projects and we must exploit the opportunity to capitalise on the UK leadership already established in several areas. The Particle Physics Grid will form a central part of the UK National Grid Infrastructure (NGI) that will be integrated with the European Grid Initiative (EGI) and which will inter-operate with Grids in the United States and elsewhere. The project will be managed across various domains and will deliver the UK's commitment to the worldwide LHC Computing Grid (wLCG) and ensure that worldwide activities directly benefit the UK. By 2015, the UK Grid infrastructure will have expanded in size to 40,000 cores, with more than 60 PetaBytes of storage. This will enable the UK to exploit, in an internationally competitive way, the unique physics potential of the LHC. A total request is made for £27.8m for a four year GridPP4 project starting in April 2011.
Organisations
Publications
Aaij R
(2014)
Evidence for the decay $ \mathrm{B}_{\mathrm{c}}^{+}\to { {\mathrm{J}} \left/ { {\uppsi\;3{\uppi^{+}}2{\uppi^{-}}}} \right.} $
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Performance of the LHCb Vertex Locator
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of $${\Upsilon } $$ ? production in $${ {\mathrm {p}}} { {\mathrm {p}}} $$ p p collisions at $${\sqrt{s}} =2.76{\mathrm {\,TeV}} $$ s = 2.76 TeV
in The European Physical Journal C
Aaij R
(2015)
Search for long-lived heavy charged particles using a ring imaging Cherenkov technique at LHCb.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of the resonant character of the Z(4430)(-) state.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2015)
Dalitz plot analysis of B 0 ? D ¯ 0 p + p - decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
First observation of top quark production in the forward region.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of polarization amplitudes and CP asymmetries in B 0 ? ?K *(892)0
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Study of the kinematic dependences of ? b 0 production in pp collisions and a measurement of the ? b 0 ? ? c + p - branching fraction
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of CP violation and constraints on the CKM angle ? in B ± ? D K ± with D ? K S 0 p + p - decays
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the B¯s° meson lifetime in Ds?p? decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Precision Measurement of the Mass and Lifetime of the ? b 0 Baryon
in Physical Review Letters
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the time-integrated CP asymmetry in D 0 ? K S 0 K S 0 decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of CP asymmetry in D 0 ? K - K + and D 0 ? p - p + decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2015)
Search for the rare decays B 0 ? J / ? ? and B s 0 ? J / ? ?
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Differential branching fractions and isospin asymmetries of B ? K (*) µ + µ - decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the CKM angle ? using B ± ? DK ± with D ? K S 0 p + p -, K S 0 K + K - decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of CP asymmetries in the decays B 0 ? K *0 µ + µ - and B + ? K + µ + µ -
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2015)
First observation and amplitude analysis of the B - ? D + K - p - decay
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Search for Majorana neutrinos in B- ? p+ µ- µ- decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Test of lepton universality using b+ ? K+l+l- decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Precision measurement of the mass and lifetime of the ?b? baryon.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the ratio of B c + branching fractions to J / ? p + and J / ? µ + ? µ final states
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of resonant and C P components in B ¯ s 0 ? J / ? p + p - decays
in Physical Review D