NA62 Common Fund
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
NA62 is a leading kaon experiment at CERN. This funding enables the UK groups to participate in the experiment.
Planned Impact
See ST/K001310/1 for full details of the related Impact Summary of this work.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Cristina Lazzeroni (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Batley J
(2014)
Detailed study of the K ± ? p 0 p 0 e ± ? (K e4 00 ) decay properties
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Batley J
(2014)
A new measurement of the K ± ? p ± ? ? decay at the NA48/2 experiment
in Physics Letters B
Batley J
(2012)
New measurement of the K ± ? p + p - e ± ? ( K e 4 ) decay branching ratio and hadronic form factors
in Physics Letters B
Batley J
(2015)
Search for the dark photon in p 0 decays
in Physics Letters B
Batley J
(2013)
Measurement of the branching ratio of the decay ? 0 ? S + µ - ? ¯ µ
in Physics Letters B
Batley J
(2019)
First observation and study of the K± ? p±p0e+e- decay
in Physics Letters B
Batley JR
(2019)
First observation and study of the K±?p±p0e+e- decay
in Physics Letter B788
Batley JR
(2018)
Measurement of the form factors of charged kaon semileptonic decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Cortina Gil E
(2020)
An investigation of the very rare $$ {K}^{+}\to {\pi}^{+}\nu \overline{\nu} $$ decay
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Cortina Gil E
(2020)
Search for heavy neutral lepton production in K+ decays to positrons
in Physics Letters B
| Description | This grant has allowed the UK participation in the field of very rare kaon decays. These are special particle interaction that are very well predicted by the Standard Model of Particle Physics, while being very rare; therefore any enhancement is a clear evidence for new physics; if there is no evidence, then new physics models can be constrained and refined. |
| Exploitation Route | The output of the research is been used to constrain physics models and is being combined with other measurements from different research in the field. |
| Sectors | Education |
| Description | This award has allowed the UK to remain in the NA48/NA62 experiment. This has allowed us to be in several publications (see list), and to progress with the research in rare kaon decays. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural |
| Description | ERC Advanced |
| Amount | € 520,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 09/2011 |
| End | 08/2016 |
| Description | University of Birmingham Summer Studentships |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 10/2020 |
| Description | summer studentships |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | CERN |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN - Other |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NA62: we have built a sub-detector for the experiment |
| Collaborator Contribution | NA62: The rest of the collaboration have built the remaining of the detectors |
| Impact | Several papers, as detailed in paper list |
| Description | Charles University Prague student collaboration |
| Organisation | Charles University |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | PhD student in particle theory hosted for 6 months in UK, with creations of new ideas |
| Collaborator Contribution | Student produced code for monte carlo generator |
| Impact | New generator for simulation code of experiment |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with Higgs Centre, University of Edinburgh |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I co-organised a kaon physics workshop in 2018 at the University of Edinburgh. My team provided the experimental input and a number of talks to the workshop. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Edinburgh team from the Higgs Centre provided the meeting facilities, the theory input and a number of theory speakers. |
| Impact | Workshop at the Higgs Centre in Edinburgh |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | INFN |
| Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NA62: contribute to detector, and analysis of data for publications |
| Collaborator Contribution | NA62: contribute to the detector and data analysis |
| Impact | fully working detector. data collected. papers. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Title | New Monte Carlo generator for radiative corrections in kaon decays |
| Description | Monte Carlo generator to take into account radiative correction in kaon decays |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Kaon physics papers will use this version of the software |
| Title | Software for alignment and calibation of particle detector |
| Description | The research student developed the software for alignment and calibration of part of the na62 detector at CERN. This software is used in the experiment as the legacy of this project. |
| Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | The experiment has been able to successfully take data thanks to this software. |
| Description | Cafe scientific |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 40 people attended and had a wide discussion people were much more interested in particle physics afterwards |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Cheltenam Science Festival |
| 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 | exhibit on cosmic rays |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Daytime entertainment talk at Royal Society Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | about 400 people attended talk and discussion afterwards very positive feedback received by audience, who was enthusiastic |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Exhibit at British Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | about 100 students tried the game and liked it a lot, and gave us feedback for improvements. Teachers said they would be willing to play game at school as educational tool. Students also enjoyed the large variety of other demonstrations we offered and engaged with us about particle research. students said they would be willing to pay and buy the game. teachers said they would be willing to use game at school as educational tool for particle physics and business studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2014 |
| Description | Exhibit at the Royal Society Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We were flooded by interested people at our stand (around 15,000 every year). Several members of the public contacted us afterwards for more information. I was asked to bring the stand to many other national science events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | Institute of Physics: Physics in the City event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition on cutting edge particle research at Birmingham New Street Train Station, co-organised with IoP Midlands |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Lectures at IoP CPD event for teachers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 15 teachers training per year per workshop. Three workshops. After my talk, I discussed with the IoP and we decided to enlarge the scheme. Several teachers decided to hire my equipment and my teaching resources. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | Lectures at Teacher CPD event on Modern Physics, organised by Philip Allan Events, part of Hodder Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 15 teachers training The teachers agreed that they knew more after the lectures; they asked for more resources to be provided to them via a website; some invited me to give talks at their schools; others decided to hire my equipment for practical demonstrations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | Manchester Science festival, Brighton Science Festival |
| 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 | Exhibits on particle physics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | Research at the Heart of Brum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | part of exhibition on cutting edge research performed at the University of Birmingham. The event took place at New Street train station |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Royal Society MP and Civil Servant pairing scheme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I had a week each with MP and Civil servant in Parliament i am still in touch with MP and Civil Servant for discussions on science and science related subjects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Sessions for teachers at ASE annual conference on quark model and feynman diagrams; and on particle detection with cloud chamber and cosmic telescope |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 13 teachers from europe every workshop and every year. three workshops every year several teachers asked for my resources to be used in their class teaching |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | Talk and exhibit at British Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 200 people attended the talk, asked question and had discussion afterwards. same number visit the exhibit. schools asked about borrowing detectors for school demo. teachers invited me to give further talks at their schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2014 |
| Description | Talk on Mysteries of the Early Universe, general programme, British Science Festival 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk was followed by very lively discussion session with many questions from the audience I have submitted a similar format event for consideration at other science festivals and events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Talks at local schools (around 10 yearly) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talks always sparks lively discussions and questions. I got more and more invitations, and a few schools approached me to do after-school science projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | radio interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | radio interview for italian channel audience was high and I got good review |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | talk at Science week at school in birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 50 students attended and had discussion afterwards school asked me to visit regularly to have a extra-curriculum science activity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |