Bristol Particle Physics Consolidated Grant 2012-17
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The University of Bristol proposes to carry out research into the fundamental laws of space, time, matter and force. The current theoretical description of physics at the smallest scales, the Standard Model, is known not to hold at energies greater than around 1TeV. By carrying out experiments at particle colliders, we will observe how and when the Standard Model breaks down; discover new models which accurate describe physics at these scales; measure the parameters of these models; and investigate their significance for cosmology and the study of the large-scale universe. This work will be carried out using a wide range of different experiments and studies.
The experimental data supporting this programme will be obtained using the CMS and LHCb experiments at the CERN LHC, and the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS. We will use these detectors to work both at the energy frontier, with sensitivity to new heavy particles, and the precision frontier, comparing the largest ever experimental data sets with the predictions of the Standard Model. Having built important components of these experiments, we will continue to operate and maintain the apparatus, and design and install upgraded equipment to further enhance their capabilities.
We will design and construct new particle detectors and instruments, optimised for sensitivity, performance and cost. Along with new techniques we will develop in computing and data analysis, this technology will be used in the future to build new experiments at future colliders, and to solve practical problems in the security, medical and environmental sectors.
The results of our research will be publicised via talks, media involvement and events, in order to enhance public understanding and appreciation of science. We will engage with schools wherever possible, in order to ensure the continued take-up of science subjects at school and university level.
The experimental data supporting this programme will be obtained using the CMS and LHCb experiments at the CERN LHC, and the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS. We will use these detectors to work both at the energy frontier, with sensitivity to new heavy particles, and the precision frontier, comparing the largest ever experimental data sets with the predictions of the Standard Model. Having built important components of these experiments, we will continue to operate and maintain the apparatus, and design and install upgraded equipment to further enhance their capabilities.
We will design and construct new particle detectors and instruments, optimised for sensitivity, performance and cost. Along with new techniques we will develop in computing and data analysis, this technology will be used in the future to build new experiments at future colliders, and to solve practical problems in the security, medical and environmental sectors.
The results of our research will be publicised via talks, media involvement and events, in order to enhance public understanding and appreciation of science. We will engage with schools wherever possible, in order to ensure the continued take-up of science subjects at school and university level.
Planned Impact
The key beneficiaries of the proposed research programme, and the benefits they are likely to obtain, can be classified as follows:
- The results obtained and techniques developed in this programme will be of direct benefit in the international fields of experimental and theoretical particle physics and astronomy. The research outputs will directly address outstanding questions in these fields.
- Other academic disciplines will benefit directly and indirectly through access to instruments and techniques developed in this research programme. There is also potential impact upon private-sector companies for commercialisation of detector and computing technology. Examples of areas where impact has already been demonstrated include the security and medical instrumentation sectors. UK industry will also benefit through contracts for specialized detectors and electronic / mechanical assemblies.
- The results from high-profile particle physics experiments provide both a significant cultural impact for the general public, and an impact on the science agenda of national and regional government. Engagement of both the general public and policy makers is an explicit aim of this programme, with routes detailed in the pathways to impact document.
- There is a particular impact upon schools and universities, due to the postitive effect of experimental particle physics upon take up of science courses at GCSE, A-Level and degree levels. The results obtained as part of this research programme will help to continue the 'LHC effect', with physics becoming an increasingly popular subject.
- The technological and organisational demands of experimental particle physics have a demonstrated impact upon culture and best practice in universities and academia in general, and will continue to do so. For instance, through the move to open electronic repositories and open publishing; through the use of networking and distributed research in many disciplines; and through well planned and high profile public engagement exercises.
- The results obtained and techniques developed in this programme will be of direct benefit in the international fields of experimental and theoretical particle physics and astronomy. The research outputs will directly address outstanding questions in these fields.
- Other academic disciplines will benefit directly and indirectly through access to instruments and techniques developed in this research programme. There is also potential impact upon private-sector companies for commercialisation of detector and computing technology. Examples of areas where impact has already been demonstrated include the security and medical instrumentation sectors. UK industry will also benefit through contracts for specialized detectors and electronic / mechanical assemblies.
- The results from high-profile particle physics experiments provide both a significant cultural impact for the general public, and an impact on the science agenda of national and regional government. Engagement of both the general public and policy makers is an explicit aim of this programme, with routes detailed in the pathways to impact document.
- There is a particular impact upon schools and universities, due to the postitive effect of experimental particle physics upon take up of science courses at GCSE, A-Level and degree levels. The results obtained as part of this research programme will help to continue the 'LHC effect', with physics becoming an increasingly popular subject.
- The technological and organisational demands of experimental particle physics have a demonstrated impact upon culture and best practice in universities and academia in general, and will continue to do so. For instance, through the move to open electronic repositories and open publishing; through the use of networking and distributed research in many disciplines; and through well planned and high profile public engagement exercises.
Organisations
Publications
Olszewski M
(2014)
Triggering on Delayed Particles in the CMS Detector
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Bluj M
(2013)
Higgs Boson in the Standard Model and Other Highlights of SM Measurements with the LHC
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Misiura M
(2014)
Mueller--Navelet Jets at the CMS
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Milstead D
(2013)
Searches for Higgs Bosons and Other New Physics in Scenarios Beyond the Standard Model
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Ahmad M
(2016)
Standard Model Results of CMS at 13 TeV
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Battaglieri M
(2015)
Analysis Tools for Next-Generation Hadron Spectroscopy Experiments
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Walczak M
(2016)
Exclusive Production at CMS
in Acta Physica Polonica B
De Guio F
(2016)
Performance of the CMS Detector During the LHC Run 2
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Faltova J
(2016)
Standard Model Higgs Results from ATLAS and CMS Experiments
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Konecki M
(2014)
CMS: Performance, Physics, Perspectives
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Kalinowski A
(2014)
SM and BSM Higgs Results from the CMS Experiment
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Kazana M
(2016)
Searches for Supersymmetry with the CMS Detector at the LHC
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Olszewski M
(2016)
Higgs $\to \tau \tau $ Analysis in the CMS Experiment
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Basegmez Du Pree S
(2016)
First Run 2 Searches for Exotica at CMS
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Boimska B
(2016)
Heavy-ion Results of the CMS Experiment
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Devetak D
(2016)
Leading and Sub-leading Flows at the LHC from the CMS
in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
Miloševic J
(2015)
Latest Results on Anisotropy in $p$Pb and PbPb Collisions from CMS
in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
Petrushanko S
(2013)
Results on Flow and Correlations with the CMS Detector
in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
Brona G
(2013)
Forward Jets, Dijet Correlations at Large Rapidity Separation and Forward Energy Flow at the LHC
in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
Haitz D
(2015)
Measurement of Jet Energy Scale and Resolution at ATLAS and CMS at $\sqrt {s} = 8$ TeV
in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
[Dijk]van Dijk M
(2014)
TORCH --- a Cherenkov-based Time-of-Flight Detector
in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
Miloševic J
(2013)
Latest QCD Results on Pb--Pb Collisions from CMS
in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
Dogra S
(2016)
Two-particle Correlations in $pp$ Collisions at 13 TeV Measured with CMS
in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
[Remortel]van Remortel N
(2013)
Soft and Semi-hard QCD Dynamics in <span class="cmmi-10">p</span>-<span class="cmmi-10">p </span>Collisions with the CMS Detector
in Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
Straessner A
(2013)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LHC
in Acta Polytechnica
Li W
(2015)
Explore the high-density QCD medium via particle correlations in pPb collisions at CMS
in Annals of Physics
Lee Y
(2015)
Studies of dijet pseudorapidity distributions and transverse momentum balance in pPb collisions at s N N = 5.02 TeV
in Annals of Physics
Velthuis JJ
(2014)
The VANILLA sensor as a beam monitoring device for X-ray radiation therapy.
in Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
Aaij R
(2021)
Search for the rare decay B 0 ? J/?? *
in Chinese Physics C
Olive K
(2014)
Review of Particle Physics
in Chinese Physics C
Aaij R
(2021)
Search for the doubly heavy baryons and decaying to and *
in Chinese Physics C
Aaij R
(2016)
Study of the production of and hadrons in pp collisions and first measurement of the branching fraction
in Chinese Physics C
Olive K
(2016)
Review of Particle Physics
in Chinese Physics C
Benedetti D
(2015)
Spacetime condensation in (2+1)-dimensional CDT from a Horava-Lifshitz minisuperspace model
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Cadamuro D
(2015)
Wedge-Local Fields in Integrable Models with Bound States
in Communications in Mathematical Physics
Bostelmann H
(2015)
Characterization of Local Observables in Integrable Quantum Field Theories
in Communications in Mathematical Physics
Micheli F
(2014)
Search for the Higgs boson produced in association with top quarks
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Marco M
(2014)
Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson at CMS in the 4-lepton channel
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Marinelli N
(2013)
Search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to two photons with CMS at the LHC
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Duk V
(2016)
Search for K + ? p + ??¯ at the NA62 experiment
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Jeong Kim T
(2014)
Top quark physics at the LHC
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Gunnellini P
(2016)
Forward and small-x physics at CMS
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Böser C
(2013)
Searches for the Higgs-like boson decaying into bottom quarks in the WH channel
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Adler V
(2013)
Top properties in tt¯ events at CMS (includes mass)
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Dräger A
(2014)
Inclusive searches for SUSY from CMS
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Tzeng Y
(2013)
Searches for New Physics in Top-like Final States
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Chiochia V
(2013)
Studies of rare B hadron decays to leptons at hadron colliders
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Wulz C
(2015)
B physics and quarkonia at CMS
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Theofilatos K
(2015)
Search for a dileptonic edge with CMS
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Silveira D
(2014)
Exclusive production of W pairs in CMS
in EPJ Web of Conferences
| Description | This award supported several key developments in particle physics. Most notably, early in the funding period the Higgs boson was discovered and considerable effort was then spent to precisely determine its properties to see if it is really exactly as predicted. There were a host of other measurements at various experiments, pinning down details of the standard model and trying to spot deviations. Finally, good progress was made in "spinning out" particle physics technology into other areas, including the development of systems for scanning for dense materials (with security and other applications) as well as for radiotherapy beam monitoring. |
| Exploitation Route | The group is continuing to pursue these lines of research with subsequent grants. Other particle physics groups have also noted our results. And companies are working with us to develop commercial products based on our knowledge exchange. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Healthcare |
| Description | Research conducted in muon tomography is being investigated by homeland security agencies, the nuclear industry and others as a means of remote, non-invasive imaging. Research in radiotherapy beam monitoring has led to commercial products. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare,Security and Diplomacy |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |