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
CMS Collaboration
(2012)
A new boson with a mass of 125 GeV observed with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Perrey H
(2012)
Performance and Phase I upgrade plans for the CMS pixel detector
Salur S
(2012)
Dijet imbalance in 2.76 TeV PbPb collisions in CMS
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Aaij R
(2012)
First observation of the decay B s 0 ? K ? 0 K ¯ ? 0
in Physics Letters B
Chatrchyan S
(2012)
Search for pair production of first- and second-generation scalar leptoquarks in p p collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physical Review D
Artuso M
(2012)
Amplitude analysis of D 0 ? K + K - p + p -
in Physical Review D
Yi K
(2013)
Search for Single and Pair-Production of Dijet Resonances with the CMS Detector (Proceedings submitted to the Kruger 2012 Conference)
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Aaij R
(2013)
Branching fraction and CP asymmetry of the decays B + ? K S 0 p + and B + ? K S 0 K +
in Physics Letters B
Palla F
(2013)
Latest results on the search for D 0 ? µµ and B 0 s.d ? µµ decays from CMS
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Benhabib L
(2013)
W and Z in heavy ion collisions with CMS
in Nuclear Physics A
Brinkerhoff A
(2013)
Search for Higgs boson production in association with a top quark pair in pp collisions
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Bartoloni A
(2013)
The CMS ECAL Barrel HV system
in Journal of Instrumentation
Matteo L
(2013)
Search for Higgs decaying to WW at CMS
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Marinelli N
(2013)
Search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying to two photons with CMS at the LHC
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Klabbers P
(2013)
CMS level-1 upgrade calorimeter trigger prototype development
in Journal of Instrumentation
Kodolova O
(2013)
Particle Physics at the Tercentenary of Mikhail Lomonosov
Gorelov I
(2013)
Heavy Flavor Physics at ATLAS and CMS
in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Seidel M
(2013)
Top-quark mass results at the LHC
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
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
Page R
(2013)
Towards using a Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor for in vivo beam monitoring of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Hammad G
(2013)
Search for production of SUSY partners of the top quark with the CMS detector
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Tzeng Y
(2013)
Searches for New Physics in Top-like Final States
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Cortiana G
(2013)
Experimental and theoretical uncertainties in top-quark mass measurements at the Tevatron and the LHC
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Pardos C
(2013)
Object definition and performance at CMS
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Chiochia V
(2013)
Studies of rare B hadron decays to leptons at hadron colliders
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Proskuryakov A
(2013)
Particle Physics at the Tercentenary of Mikhail Lomonosov
Barberis E
(2013)
Beyond the standard model searches at CMS
CMS Collaboration
(2013)
Search for physics beyond the standard model in events with t leptons, jets, and large transverse momentum imbalance in pp collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Ward P
(2013)
Diboson Production at LHC and Tevatron
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Chatrchyan S
(2013)
Searches for Higgs bosons in pp collisions at s = 7 and 8 TeV in the context of four-generation and fermiophobic models
in Physics Letters B
Rangel G
(2013)
Detailed measurements of bottomonium suppression in PbPb collisions at 2.76 TeV with CMS
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Shabalina E
(2013)
W helicity, top quark spin and charge
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Ntomari E
(2013)
Search for SUSY in final states with photons at CMS
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Chatrchyan S
(2013)
Measurement of the W + W - and ZZ production cross sections in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Déliot F
(2013)
Vector boson+jets as background to top-quark physics at Tevatron and LHC
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Wöhrmann H
(2013)
Studies of the nuclear stopping power in PbPb collisions at 2.76 TeV with CMS
in Nuclear Physics A
Aaij R
(2013)
Observation of $B^{0}_{s}$ - $\overline{B}{}^{0}_{s}$ mixing and measurement of mixing frequencies using semileptonic B decays
in The European Physical Journal C
Petrushanko S
(2013)
Particle Physics at the Tercentenary of Mikhail Lomonosov
LHCb Collaboration
(2013)
Measurement of J/? polarization in pp collisions at [Formula: see text].
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Onyisi P
(2013)
Improved measurement of absolute hadronic branching fractions of the D s + meson
in Physical Review D
Chatrchyan S
(2013)
Measurement of the Bs(0)?µ+ µ- branching fraction and search for B(0)?µ+ µ- with the CMS experiment.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurements of the ? b 0 ? J / ? ? decay amplitudes and the ? b 0 polarisation in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2013)
Observation of the decay B(c)(+) ? B(s)(0)p+.
in Physical review letters
Haug S
(2013)
Searches with long-lived or unusual signatures at LHC
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Chatrchyan S
(2013)
Rapidity distributions in exclusive Z + jet and ? + jet events in p p collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physical Review D
Chatrchyan S
(2013)
Measurement of the prompt J / ? and ? ( 2 S ) polarizations in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Chatrchyan S
(2013)
Search for a Higgs boson decaying into a Z and a photon in pp collisions at s = 7 and 8 TeV
in Physics Letters B
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 |