ATLAS Upgrade Computing Phase 2
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
This is the final year of the effort on the current ATLAS Upgrade project and is already pre-approved by the PPRP
Planned Impact
This is the final year of the effort on the current ATLAS Upgrade project and is already pre-approved by the PPRP
Publications
Aad G
(2015)
Determination of the top-quark pole mass using t t ¯ $$ t\overline{t} $$ + 1-jet events collected with the ATLAS experiment in 7 TeV pp collisions
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2014)
Search for direct production of charginos and neutralinos in events with three leptons and missing transverse momentum in $ \sqrt{s} $ = 8 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry of electron and muon pair-production in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Collaboration T
(2012)
A study of the material in the ATLAS inner detector using secondary hadronic interactions
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abdallah J
(2013)
Mechanical construction and installation of the ATLAS tile calorimeter
in Journal of Instrumentation
Collaboration T
(2015)
Modelling Z ? tt processes in ATLAS with t-embedded Z ? µµ data
in Journal of Instrumentation
Collaboration T
(2014)
Operation and performance of the ATLAS semiconductor tracker
in Journal of Instrumentation
Collaboration T
(2012)
Prototype ATLAS IBL modules using the FE-I4A front-end readout chip
in Journal of Instrumentation
Collaboration T
(2014)
A neural network clustering algorithm for the ATLAS silicon pixel detector
in Journal of Instrumentation
Collaboration T
(2014)
Monitoring and data quality assessment of the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter
in Journal of Instrumentation
Allan D
(2013)
The electromagnetic calorimeter for the T2K near detector ND280
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adamson P
(2016)
The NuMI neutrino beam
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Rybar M
(2014)
Angular correlations of jets in lead-lead collisions at 2.76 TeV using the ATLAS detector at the LHC
in Nuclear Physics A
Aad G
(2013)
Dynamics of isolated-photon plus jet production in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Nuclear Physics B
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of the total cross section from elastic scattering in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Nuclear Physics B
Colling D
(2013)
Processing LHC data in the UK.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Aad G
(2015)
Z boson production in p + Pb collisions at s NN = 5.02 TeV measured with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of differential J / ? production cross sections and forward-backward ratios in p + Pb collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Aad G
(2012)
Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy for charged particle production in s N N = 2.76 TeV lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of event-plane correlations in s NN = 2.76 TeV lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Aad G
(2014)
Search for high-mass dilepton resonances in p p collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2015)
Search for high-mass diphoton resonances in p p collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2012)
Search for pair-produced heavy quarks decaying to W q in the two-lepton channel at ( s ) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Abe K
(2016)
Upper bound on neutrino mass based on T2K neutrino timing measurements
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2012)
Measurement of D * ± meson production in jets from p p collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2015)
Search for photonic signatures of gauge-mediated supersymmetry in 8 TeV p p collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2015)
Search for new phenomena in events with a photon and missing transverse momentum in p p collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2013)
Search for new phenomena in events with three charged leptons at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2012)
Search for resonant top quark plus jet production in t t ¯ + jets events with the ATLAS detector in p p collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2012)
Measurement of the transverse momentum distribution of W bosons in p p collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2014)
Flavor tagged time-dependent angular analysis of the B s 0 ? J / ? ? decay and extraction of ? G s and the weak phase ? s in ATLAS
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2012)
Measurement of the isolated diphoton cross section in p p collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2014)
Search for the lepton flavor violating decay Z ? e µ in p p collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Abe K
(2013)
Measurement of the inclusive ? µ charged current cross section on carbon in the near detector of the T2K experiment
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2014)
Search for supersymmetry in events with four or more leptons in s = 8 TeV p p collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Abe K
(2015)
Measurement of the ? µ charged-current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the ND280 detector at T2K
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2014)
Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Abe K
(2014)
Measurement of the inclusive ? µ charged current cross section on iron and hydrocarbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2015)
Search for Higgs bosons decaying to a a in the µ µ t t final state in p p collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment
in Physical Review D
Abe K
(2013)
Evidence of electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam
in Physical Review D
Description | The computing design work can be used by other experiments but is immature on this grant; the tracking development can be used by other experiments and potentially by users like medical physics |
Exploitation Route | The tracking can be reused for medical and other HEP applications when complete - this is a multistage project |
Sectors | Healthcare |
Description | The technologies are under development for medical applications and beyond |
First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
Sector | Healthcare |
Impact Types | Societal |
Description | STFC Spark Public Engagement Awards |
Amount | £6,400 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/R001596/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2017 |
End | 08/2018 |
Description | ATLAS |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | CERN LHC ATLAS |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Tracking R&D and construction, software, distributed computing systems, detector operations, trigger performance and design, Standard Model, B-physics, Onium, Higgs, Top and SUSY studies; ran UK software and computing |
Collaborator Contribution | Detector operations, computing operations, software, shared physics tools |
Impact | currently O(200) papers in press (Feb 2013) |
Description | GridPP |
Organisation | European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Middleware, hardware, operations; ATLAS Member of the PMB, formerly Applications Co-ordinator, Deputy Chair of Users Board. Provide Deployment Team member. |
Collaborator Contribution | Middleware, operations, co-ordination |
Impact | some papers, enabled many physics papers. |
Description | GridPP |
Organisation | Queen Mary University of London |
Department | GRIDPP3 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Middleware, hardware, operations; ATLAS Member of the PMB, formerly Applications Co-ordinator, Deputy Chair of Users Board. Provide Deployment Team member. |
Collaborator Contribution | Middleware, operations, co-ordination |
Impact | some papers, enabled many physics papers. |
Description | WLCG |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Hardware, middleware, operations; Collaboration Board Member and Chair |
Collaborator Contribution | Hardware, middleware, operations, co-ordination |
Impact | All LHC and Tevatron papers |
Description | 5 Particle Physics Masterclasses/Residentials |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Increases interest in science and particle physics Increased applications to Lancaster, citing particle phsyics interest |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Big bang fair |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Big Bang Fair, general science exhibition at the NEC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
Description | Lancaster particle physics masterclasses |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Three days of masterclasses held at Lancaster with Y12/Y13 pupils. The event influences both pupils and teachers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/physics/outreach/masterclasses/ |
Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | many thousands saw stands on the Grid/Higgs physics/Beyond the Higgs |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2011,2014 |
Description | WOMAD 2016 Physics Pavilion |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Curated the first phsycis pavilion at the WOMAD festival 2016 in Wiltshire. Totoal attendence over 40,000, through the tent 4000 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |