GridPP4 Tranche-II NorthGrid-Liverpool Staff Grant
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.
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.
Planned Impact
GridPP's knowledge exchange activities fall into two main areas: firstly, those aimed at other academic disciplines, and secondly, business and industry. GridPP has a strong outreach programme to a public and academic audience, and intends to continue this in GridPP4. The Dissemination Officer will organise GridPP's presence at conferences and events. This includes booking and manning booths, arranging backdrops, material, posters, screens, and rotas where appropriate. Examples of events that we have attended include The British Science Festival, The Royal Society Summer Exhibition, the British Science Association Science Communication Conference and Meet The Scientist at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.
In the last 8 years GridPP has developed an extensive website that is central to project communications and won 'Best e-Science project website' at the 2004 All Hands Meeting. The Dissemination Officer will be responsible for producing news items for the website and drafting GridPP press releases. We have had broad coverage from these in the past, including many national newspapers and online publications.
Additional activities will include producing GridPP material, such as leaflets, posters, t-shirts, bags and magic cubes. We have found these very valuable in raising GridPP's and LHC's profile at minimal cost. The Dissemination Officer will also promote outreach training for members of the collaboration, will identify GridPP staff who have specific expertise in this area and will arrange occasional GridPP events, such as the QMUL opening and the Tier-1 open day.
On KE, our initial work has proved that GridPP's technology can be of use across a range of disciplines and sectors, and we plan to continue this work during GridPP4. The objectives of this program will be to improve awareness of the technologies developed by GridPP and its partners in academia and industry, and hence facilitate the increase in use of these technologies within new areas.
In the last 8 years GridPP has developed an extensive website that is central to project communications and won 'Best e-Science project website' at the 2004 All Hands Meeting. The Dissemination Officer will be responsible for producing news items for the website and drafting GridPP press releases. We have had broad coverage from these in the past, including many national newspapers and online publications.
Additional activities will include producing GridPP material, such as leaflets, posters, t-shirts, bags and magic cubes. We have found these very valuable in raising GridPP's and LHC's profile at minimal cost. The Dissemination Officer will also promote outreach training for members of the collaboration, will identify GridPP staff who have specific expertise in this area and will arrange occasional GridPP events, such as the QMUL opening and the Tier-1 open day.
On KE, our initial work has proved that GridPP's technology can be of use across a range of disciplines and sectors, and we plan to continue this work during GridPP4. The objectives of this program will be to improve awareness of the technologies developed by GridPP and its partners in academia and industry, and hence facilitate the increase in use of these technologies within new areas.
Organisations
Publications
Aaij R
(2014)
Evidence for the decay X ( 3872 ) ? ? ( 2 S ) ?
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2015)
Model-independent confirmation of the Z ( 4430 ) - state
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
Lees J
(2015)
Study of the e + e - ? K + K - reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2014)
Dalitz plot analysis of ? c ? K + K - ? and ? c ? K + K - p 0 in two-photon interactions
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Dalitz plot analysis of B 0 ? D ¯ 0 p + p - decays
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2015)
Search for a light Higgs resonance in radiative decays of the ? ( 1 S ) with a charm tag
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Study of W boson production in association with beauty and charm
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2014)
Study of the reaction e + e - ? ? ( 2 S ) p + p - via initial-state radiation at BaBar
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2014)
Bottomonium spectroscopy and radiative transitions involving the ? b J ( 1 P , 2 P ) states at BaBar
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Search for the rare decays B 0 ? J / ? ? and B s 0 ? J / ? ?
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2014)
Antideuteron production in ? ( n S ) decays and in e + e - ? q q ¯ at s ˜ 10.58 GeV
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of C P violation parameters in B 0 ? D K * 0 decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of the resonant and C P components in B ¯ 0 ? J / ? p + p - decays
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2015)
Measurement of the branching fractions of the radiative leptonic t decays t ? e ? ? ? ¯ and t ? µ ? ? ? ¯ at BABAR
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2015)
Measurement of initial-state-final-state radiation interference in the processes e + e - ? µ + µ - ? and e + e - ? p + p - ?
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2014)
Measurements of direct C P asymmetries in B ? X s ? decays using sum of exclusive decays
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2014)
Evidence for the baryonic decay B ¯ 0 ? D 0 ? ? ¯
in Physical Review D
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)
Dalitz plot analysis of B s 0 ? D ¯ 0 K - p + decays
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2015)
Collins asymmetries in inclusive charged K K and K p pairs produced in e + e - annihilation
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2016)
Search for mixing-induced C P violation using partial reconstruction of B ¯ 0 ? D * + X l - ? ¯ l and kaon tagging
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the branching fraction ratio B ( B c + ? ? ( 2 S ) p + ) / B ( B c + ? J / ? p + )
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Study of C P violation in B ± ? D h ± ( h = K , p ) with the modes D ? K ± p ± p 0 , D ? p + p - p 0 and D ? K + K - p 0
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurements of C P violation in the three-body phase space of charmless B ± decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
First observation and amplitude analysis of the B - ? D + K - p - decay
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Amplitude analysis of B 0 ? D ¯ 0 K + p - decays
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2016)
Measurement of the I = 1 / 2 K p S -wave amplitude from Dalitz plot analyses of ? c ? K K ¯ p in two-photon interactions
in Physical Review D
Lees J
(2014)
Search for new p 0 -like particles produced in association with a t -lepton pair
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of C P violation in B s 0 ? ? ? decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Study of B - ? D K - p + p - and B - ? D p - p + p - decays and determination of the CKM angle ?
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2015)
Quantum numbers of the X ( 3872 ) state and orbital angular momentum in its ? 0 J / ? 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)
Evidence for CP violation in B+ ? ppK+ decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B[over ¯]^{0}?D^{*+}t^{-}?[over ¯]_{t})/B(B[over ¯]^{0}?D^{*+}µ^{-}?[over ¯]_{µ}).
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2015)
Measurement of CP Violation in B0?J/?K{S}^{0} 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)
Search for Hidden-Sector Bosons in B(0)?K(*0)µ(+)µ(-) Decays.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
First measurement of the charge asymmetry in beauty-quark pair production.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of overlapping spin-1 and spin-3 D0K- resonances at mass 2.86 GeV/c2.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2015)
First observation of top quark production in the forward region.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2015)
Evidence for the Strangeness-Changing Weak Decay ?_{b}^{-}??_{b}^{0}p^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2015)
Observation of J / ? p Resonances Consistent with Pentaquark States in ? b 0 ? J / ? K - p Decays
in Physical Review Letters
Aaij R
(2014)
Observation of photon polarization in the b?s? transition.
in Physical review letters
Abdesselam A
(2015)
First Observation of CP Violation in B[over ¯]^{0}?D_{CP}^{(*)}h^{0} Decays by a Combined Time-Dependent Analysis of BABAR and Belle Data.
in Physical review letters
Lees JP
(2014)
Search for a dark photon in e(+)e(-) collisions at BABAR.
in Physical review letters
Lees JP
(2015)
Search for Long-Lived Particles in e+ e- Collisions.
in Physical review letters
Description | The grant supported staff maintaining the Liverpool Tier 2 node of the GridPP project. As such it supported the processing of the data from the LHC and other particle physics experiments. |
Exploitation Route | Information technology and big data may use the GridPP performance to optimise their computer purchasing decisions. |
Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
URL | http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/ |
Description | The findings have improved the knowledge of the fundamental parameters of the universe. Including all of the particle physics experimental results from the LHC and other particle physics projects for the last seven years. Including the discovery of the Higgs and associated cultural impact. |
First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
Sector | Education |
Impact Types | Cultural |