2012 Consolidated Grant Supplement
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Support for consumables and travel on 2012 CG
Planned Impact
Our innovations are finding applications of benefit to UK plc and the public. Highlights include:
1. Our joint projects with e2v on the production of sensor technologies has brought this UK company to the point it can bid for contracts against Hamamatsu Photonics
2. Our relationship with Micron Semiconductor Ltd has enabled the UK to retain its leadership in the production of detectors for a wide variety of applications for aerospace and reactor monitoring.
3. Working with electronics companies we have enabled them to bid for major EU contracts.
a. Stevenage Circuits, with whom we developed the LHCb VELO readout hybrids, have extended these ultra reliable processes for the ATLAS tracker upgrade.
b. Hawk Electronics who worked with us on the VELO, won an industry award, and is now bidding for large EU contracts (see http://www.hawkelectronics.co.uk/)
4. We are adapting T2K technology towards a robust, cost effective antineutrino detector for passive reactor monitoring. This IAEA promoted activity addresses non-proliferation security in an environment of Global Uncertainty.
5. Our LHCb VELO detectors have been qualified and are being installed as a permanent beam monitor at Clatterbridge Oncology Unit.
6. Collaborating in an EU programme we are developing a modular, mobile neutron detection system for locating fissile materials e.g. at ports of entry, an important contribution to Homeland Security.
7. Our new foray into ground based detection of dark energy using atom interferometers has attracted AWE interest and support towards further applications.
8. In 2003 we founded the AiMes Institute for exploitation of Grid technologies which had a £20M footprint and seed-corn funding from NWDA and the EU. As well as seeding e-business related companies and winning entrepreneur awards, the Institute itself eventually became a commercial, award winning company http://www.aimesgridservices.com/.
We are extremely fortunate to have as a member of staff Dr. Tara Shears wo is one of the most popular communicators of particle physics in the country. She is regularly interviewed in the national press and appears frequently on local and national radio and television. Tara is part of the public face of CERN and appears in short popular science films, one of which was shortlisted in the best popular science section of the national network NHK (Japan, 2011). She is highly in demand as an expert commentator on physics with a notable presence and following on YouTube and Twitter. Other members of our staff have appeared in ad-hoc interviews round the world including Greek and Russian Television and national press.
We work closely with the University's Corporate Communications Department to ensure that the particle physics message is communicated round the world. For example at the most recent Higgs announcement Liverpool staff members had substantial coverage in the press, including on the front page of Financial Times, attracting congratulatory comments from Hong Kong financiers, and on Radio 4 and Television.
The group organized a short workshop with our Corporate Communications and the Interactions Collaboration at Liverpool . We have a policy of ensuring that opinion makers, industrialists and MPs are invited to CERN and are able to discuss with students, technical staff and researchers. We have participated in the House of Commons exchange scheme where one of our staff members spends a week at Westminster and, in return, an MP spends time in our Laboratory.
We have an active programme with Schools, from Masterclass events and talks, inviting local schools to CERN and in the last 4 years creating a CERN based Summer School for the brightest pre-university students. We also run a 4 week Nuffield course at Liverpool for school children considering a career in Science. Phil Allport has played a major role in IoP activities and is well known on Merseyside acting as an official Ambassador for the region.
1. Our joint projects with e2v on the production of sensor technologies has brought this UK company to the point it can bid for contracts against Hamamatsu Photonics
2. Our relationship with Micron Semiconductor Ltd has enabled the UK to retain its leadership in the production of detectors for a wide variety of applications for aerospace and reactor monitoring.
3. Working with electronics companies we have enabled them to bid for major EU contracts.
a. Stevenage Circuits, with whom we developed the LHCb VELO readout hybrids, have extended these ultra reliable processes for the ATLAS tracker upgrade.
b. Hawk Electronics who worked with us on the VELO, won an industry award, and is now bidding for large EU contracts (see http://www.hawkelectronics.co.uk/)
4. We are adapting T2K technology towards a robust, cost effective antineutrino detector for passive reactor monitoring. This IAEA promoted activity addresses non-proliferation security in an environment of Global Uncertainty.
5. Our LHCb VELO detectors have been qualified and are being installed as a permanent beam monitor at Clatterbridge Oncology Unit.
6. Collaborating in an EU programme we are developing a modular, mobile neutron detection system for locating fissile materials e.g. at ports of entry, an important contribution to Homeland Security.
7. Our new foray into ground based detection of dark energy using atom interferometers has attracted AWE interest and support towards further applications.
8. In 2003 we founded the AiMes Institute for exploitation of Grid technologies which had a £20M footprint and seed-corn funding from NWDA and the EU. As well as seeding e-business related companies and winning entrepreneur awards, the Institute itself eventually became a commercial, award winning company http://www.aimesgridservices.com/.
We are extremely fortunate to have as a member of staff Dr. Tara Shears wo is one of the most popular communicators of particle physics in the country. She is regularly interviewed in the national press and appears frequently on local and national radio and television. Tara is part of the public face of CERN and appears in short popular science films, one of which was shortlisted in the best popular science section of the national network NHK (Japan, 2011). She is highly in demand as an expert commentator on physics with a notable presence and following on YouTube and Twitter. Other members of our staff have appeared in ad-hoc interviews round the world including Greek and Russian Television and national press.
We work closely with the University's Corporate Communications Department to ensure that the particle physics message is communicated round the world. For example at the most recent Higgs announcement Liverpool staff members had substantial coverage in the press, including on the front page of Financial Times, attracting congratulatory comments from Hong Kong financiers, and on Radio 4 and Television.
The group organized a short workshop with our Corporate Communications and the Interactions Collaboration at Liverpool . We have a policy of ensuring that opinion makers, industrialists and MPs are invited to CERN and are able to discuss with students, technical staff and researchers. We have participated in the House of Commons exchange scheme where one of our staff members spends a week at Westminster and, in return, an MP spends time in our Laboratory.
We have an active programme with Schools, from Masterclass events and talks, inviting local schools to CERN and in the last 4 years creating a CERN based Summer School for the brightest pre-university students. We also run a 4 week Nuffield course at Liverpool for school children considering a career in Science. Phil Allport has played a major role in IoP activities and is well known on Merseyside acting as an official Ambassador for the region.
People |
ORCID iD |
Themistocles Bowcock (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Poley L
(2016)
Characterisation of strip silicon detectors for the ATLAS Phase-II Upgrade with a micro-focused X-ray beam
in Journal of Instrumentation
Aaij R
(2013)
Exclusive J /? and ?(2 S ) production in pp collisions at $\protect \sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Abelleira Fernandez J
(2012)
A Large Hadron Electron Collider at CERN Report on the Physics and Design Concepts for Machine and Detector
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Aaij R
(2014)
Updated measurements of exclusive J /? and ?(2S) production cross-sections in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
BRÜNING O
(2013)
THE LARGE HADRON ELECTRON COLLIDER
in Modern Physics Letters A
CMS And LHCb Collaborations
(2015)
Observation of the rare B(s)(0) ?µ+µ- decay from the combined analysis of CMS and LHCb data.
in Nature
Abazov V
(2014)
Muon reconstruction and identification with the Run II D0 detector
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Kimura K
(2016)
Test beam evaluation of newly developed n-in-p planar pixel sensors for use in a high radiation environment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Ullán M
(2016)
Embedded pitch adapters: A high-yield interconnection solution for strip sensors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Kuehn S
(2013)
Signal and charge collection efficiency of n-in-p strip detectors after mixed irradiation to HL-LHC fluences
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Casse G
(2013)
Radiation damage on the LHCb-VELO
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Hommels L
(2016)
Detailed studies of full-size ATLAS12 sensors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Wiehe M
(2018)
Measurements of the reverse current of highly irradiated silicon sensors to determine the effective energy and current related damage rate
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abazov V
(2014)
Jet energy scale determination in the D0 experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Fadeyev V
(2016)
Investigation of HV/HR-CMOS technology for the ATLAS Phase-II Strip Tracker Upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abazov V
(2014)
Electron and photon identification in the D0 experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Allport P
(2014)
Development of planar pixel modules for the ATLAS high luminosity LHC tracker upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Hara K
(2016)
Charge collection and field profile studies of heavily irradiated strip sensors for the ATLAS inner tracker upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Allport P
(2013)
Results with p-type pixel sensors with different geometries for the HL-LHC
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Bates R
(2013)
Planar pixel detector module development for the HL-LHC ATLAS pixel system
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Goudzovski E
(2015)
Development of the kaon tagging system for the NA62 experiment at CERN
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Mori R
(2016)
Evaluation of the performance of irradiated silicon strip sensors for the forward detector of the ATLAS Inner Tracker Upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Casse G
(2013)
Charge multiplication in irradiated segmented silicon detectors with special strip processing
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abazov V
(2014)
Improved b quark jet identification at the D0 experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Mikestikova M
(2016)
Study of surface properties of ATLAS12 strip sensors and their radiation resistance
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Liang Z
(2016)
Study of built-in amplifier performance on HV-CMOS sensor for the ATLAS phase-II strip tracker upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Casse G
(2013)
Recent developments on silicon detectors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Benítez V
(2016)
Sensors for the End-cap prototype of the Inner Tracker in the ATLAS Detector Upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Aaij R
(2014)
Measurement of CP violation and constraints on the CKM angle ? in B ± ? D K ± with D ? K S 0 p + p - decays
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B ( B 0 ? K ? 0 ? ) / B ( B s 0 ? ? ? ) and the direct CP asymmetry in B 0 ? K ? 0 ?
in Nuclear Physics B
Aad G
(2013)
Dynamics of isolated-photon plus jet production in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2013)
Prompt charm production in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2014)
Evidence for the decay X ( 3872 ) ? ? ( 2 S ) ?
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2013)
Evidence for the decay B 0 ? J / ? ? and measurement of the relative branching fractions of B s 0 meson decays to J / ? ? and J / ? ? '
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2013)
Measurement of the effective B s 0 ? J / ? K S 0 lifetime
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2013)
Observations of B s 0 ? ? ( 2 S ) ? and B ( s ) 0 ? ? ( 2 S ) p + p - decays
in Nuclear Physics B
Aaij R
(2013)
Observation of B s 0 ? ? c 1 ? decay and study of B 0 ? ? c 1 , 2 K ? 0 decays
in Nuclear Physics B
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of the total cross section from elastic scattering in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Nuclear Physics B
Abe K
(2014)
Recent Results from the T2K Experiment
in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of event-plane correlations in s NN = 2.76 TeV lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Aad G
(2012)
Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy for charged particle production in s N N = 2.76 TeV lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Aad G
(2015)
Z boson production in p + Pb collisions at s NN = 5.02 TeV measured with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of differential J / ? production cross sections and forward-backward ratios in p + Pb collisions with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Abazov V
(2014)
Publisher's Note: Measurement of the electric charge of the top quark in t t ¯ events [Phys. Rev. D 90 , 051101(R) (2014)]
in Physical Review D
Beringer J
(2012)
Review of Particle Physics
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2015)
Measurement of the electron charge asymmetry in p p ¯ ? W + X ? e ? + X decays in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Abazov V
(2013)
Search for anomalous quartic W W ? ? couplings in dielectron and missing energy final states in p p ¯ collisions at s = 1.96 TeV
in Physical Review D
Description | See 2012-2016 Consolidated Grant ST/K001418/1 |
Exploitation Route | Joint funding of PhD Students |
Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Security and Diplomacy |
Description | See ST/K-1418/1 Cultural outputs include the Museum exhibits and the London Science Museum ("Collider"and the "World a Particle" at the Victoria Gallery and Museum Liverpool |
First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Healthcare |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic |
Description | Collaboration with Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) |
Organisation | Fondazione Bruno Kessler |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Creation of the partnership |
Collaborator Contribution | We have started a partnership in 2 main areas. First with the MicroSystems Division (CMM). Previous staff member Prof. G. Casse became director in 2016. We have expanded this to deep learning with their IT departmetmn |
Impact | Award of STFC CDT, collabrateion with Microsoft. This multi-disiplinary and impacts health. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Pixel Tiles |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Department | Physics and Astronomy Department |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Liverpool helped model, design, and test pixel sensors from a number of manufactureres including Micron Semiconductors. Our focus was on producting radiation hard sensors. The collaboration produced the first prototypes for two of the major CERN detectorss (LHCb and ATLAS). |
Collaborator Contribution | Both Manchester and Glagow contributed variants of the designs and different technologies. These were use by Glasgow with application to the ATLAS detectors at CERN and with Manchester to the LHCb detector at CERN. |
Impact | The UK was able to capture the design and fabrication of sensors and modules for the LHCb detectors uipgrade at CERN and be the major lead int he design and construction of the pixel endcap for ATLAS |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Pixel Tiles |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Department | School of Physics and Astronomy Manchester |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Liverpool helped model, design, and test pixel sensors from a number of manufactureres including Micron Semiconductors. Our focus was on producting radiation hard sensors. The collaboration produced the first prototypes for two of the major CERN detectorss (LHCb and ATLAS). |
Collaborator Contribution | Both Manchester and Glagow contributed variants of the designs and different technologies. These were use by Glasgow with application to the ATLAS detectors at CERN and with Manchester to the LHCb detector at CERN. |
Impact | The UK was able to capture the design and fabrication of sensors and modules for the LHCb detectors uipgrade at CERN and be the major lead int he design and construction of the pixel endcap for ATLAS |
Start Year | 2010 |