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
Aaji R
(2012)
Measurement of b hadron production fractions in 7 TeV p p collisions
in Physical Review D
Abbaneo D
(2016)
Performance Requirements for the Phase-2 Tracker Upgrades for ATLAS and CMS
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Abbrescia M
(2014)
The upgrade of the Muon System of the CMS experiment
in Journal of Instrumentation
Abbrescia M
(2013)
Operation, performance and upgrade of the CMS Resistive Plate Chamber system at LHC
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abdallah J
(2015)
Simplified models for dark matter searches at the LHC
in Physics of the Dark Universe
Abdulsalam A
(2014)
Bottomonium production in pp, pPb and PbPb collisions with CMS
in Nuclear Physics A
Abi B
(2021)
Supernova neutrino burst detection with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment DUNE Collaboration
in The European Physical Journal C
Abi B
(2021)
Prospects for beyond the Standard Model physics searches at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment: DUNE Collaboration.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Abramowicz H
(2014)
Erratum: Measurement of D*± production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Acosta D
(2016)
CMS Trigger Improvements Towards Run II
in Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings
Adam W
(2016)
Trapping in proton irradiated p + -n-n + silicon sensors at fluences anticipated at the HL-LHC outer tracker
in Journal of Instrumentation
Adelman J
(2014)
CMS computing operations during run 1
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Adler V
(2013)
Top properties in tt¯ events at CMS (includes mass)
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Affolder A
(2013)
Radiation damage in the LHCb vertex locator
in Journal of Instrumentation
Agram J
(2012)
CMS Silicon Strip Tracker Performance
in Physics Procedia
Ahmad M
(2016)
Standard Model Results of CMS at 13 TeV
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Akiba K
(2016)
Characterisation of Medipix3 silicon detectors in a charged-particle beam
in Journal of Instrumentation
Akiba K
(2013)
The Timepix Telescope for high performance particle tracking
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Albrow M
(2014)
Forward shower counters for diffractive physics at the LHC
in International Journal of Modern Physics A
Aleksa M
(2013)
Discussion on the electromagnetic calorimeters of ATLAS and CMS
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Alves G
(2015)
CMS results on exclusive and diffractive production
Anagnostou G
(2016)
Beyond two generations
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Anderson J
(2012)
Upgrade of the CMS hadron calorimeter for an upgraded LHC
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Andrea J
(2013)
Precise top quark cross-section results at LHC
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Anjos N
(2016)
Studies of jet cross-sections and production properties with the ATLAS and CMS detectors
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Appelt E
(2012)
Azimuthal Anisotropy in Charged Hadron Production in 2.76 TeV PbPb Collisions Measured by CMS
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Appelt E
(2013)
Elliptic azimuthal anisotropy of charged hadrons and neutral pions in PbPb collisions at 2.76 TeV with CMS
in Nuclear Physics A
Appelt E
(2014)
Jet and charged hadron nuclear modification factors in pPb collisions with CMS
in Nuclear Physics A
Apresyan A
(2015)
Performance of MET reconstruction in CMS
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Apresyan A
(2012)
Identification and Mitigation of Anomalous Signals in CMS Hadronic Calorimeter
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Arcidiacono R
(2017)
A new timing detector for the CT-PPS project
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Arguin J
(2013)
Experimental interplay between the top quark and Supersymmetry at the LHC and Tevatron
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Artuso M
(2012)
Amplitude analysis of D 0 ? K + K - p + p -
in Physical Review D
Asner D
(2012)
Updated measurement of the strong phase in D 0 ? K + p - decay using quantum correlations in e + e - ? D 0 D ¯ 0 at CLEO
in Physical Review D
Aubert B
(2013)
The BB detector: Upgrades, operation and performance
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Austin Belknap D
(2013)
Spin and Parity Measurements of the Higgs-Like Boson in the H ? ZZ ? 4 l Channel at CMS
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Autermann C
(2015)
Search for Supersymmetry at CMS
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Auzinger G
(2016)
Deployment of the CMS Tracker AMC as backend for the CMS pixel detector
in Journal of Instrumentation
Auzinger G
(2013)
Analysis of testbeam data of irradiated silicon prototype sensors for the CMS tracker upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Avila C
(2015)
Search for direct production of pairs of stops at s = 8 TeV by the CMS experiment
in Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings
Azzurri P
(2016)
Measurements of the hadronic activity and the electroweak production in events with a Z boson and two jets in proton-proton collisions with the CMS experiment
in Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings
Baber M
(2014)
Development and testing of an upgrade to the CMS level-1 calorimeter trigger
in Journal of Instrumentation
Baesso P
(2012)
High resolution muon tracking with resistive plate chambers
in Journal of Instrumentation
Baesso P
(2015)
Degradation in the efficiency of glass Resistive Plate Chambers operated without external gas supply
in Journal of Instrumentation
Baesso P
(2014)
Toward a RPC-based muon tomography system for cargo containers.
in Journal of Instrumentation
Baesso P
(2013)
A high resolution resistive plate chamber tracking system developed for cosmic ray muon tomography
in Journal of Instrumentation
Bagnaschi E
(2017)
Likelihood analysis of supersymmetric SU(5) GUTs.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Bagnaschi EA
(2015)
Supersymmetric dark matter after LHC run 1.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Bakhshiansohi H
(2013)
Top quark mass measurements with 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 |