LHCb Capital Equipment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
This is for funding capital equipment required in the LHCb Upgrade Proposal. The funding will cover the purchase of orbital welding equipment from Sheffield as per agreed with STFC.
Planned Impact
We are extremely fortunate to have as a member of staff Dr. Tara Shears who 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.
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.
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ORCID iD |
| Themistocles Bowcock (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Aaboud M
(2017)
Search for heavy resonances decaying to a Z boson and a photon in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for the Decays B_{s}^{0}?t^{+}t^{-} and B^{0}?t^{+}t^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for CP violation in the phase space of D0?p+p-p+p- decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the decay ? b 0 ? pK - µ + µ - and a search for CP violation
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the Decay ?_{b}^{-}?pK^{-}K^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Updated search for long-lived particles decaying to jet pairs.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of the J/? pair production cross-section in pp collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of ? c ( 2 S ) ? p p ¯ and search for X ( 3872 ) ? p p ¯ decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2017)
First Observation of a Baryonic B_{s}^{0} Decay.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
?_{c1} and ?_{c2} Resonance Parameters with the Decays ?_{c1,c2}?J/?µ^{+}µ^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] decays.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurements of charm mixing and C P violation using D 0 ? K ± p ± decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the suppressed decay ? b 0 ? pp - µ + µ -
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Observation of the decay B s 0 ? ? c ? and evidence for B s 0 ? ? c p + p -
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for Baryon-Number Violating ?_{b}^{0} Oscillations.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2017)
Study of charmonium production in b -hadron decays and first evidence for the decay B s 0 ? ? ? ?.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaij R
(2017)
Measurement of forward t t ? , W + b b ¯ and W + c c ¯ production in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2017)
Erratum to: Measurements of the S-wave fraction in B 0 ? K + p - µ + µ - decays and the B 0 ? K *(892)0 µ + µ - differential branching fraction
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2017)
Amplitude analysis of B + ? J / ? ? K + decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2017)
Search for the suppressed decays B+?K+K+p- and B+?p+p+K-
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2017)
Erratum to: Measurement of forward J/? production cross-sections in pp collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Affolder A
(2016)
Charge collection studies in irradiated HV-CMOS particle detectors
in Journal of Instrumentation
Allport P
(2017)
Recent results and experience with the Birmingham MC40 irradiation facility
in Journal of Instrumentation
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
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
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
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
Huffman B
(2016)
Radiation hardness of two CMOS prototypes for the ATLAS HL-LHC upgrade project.
in Journal of Instrumentation
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
Kuehn S
(2017)
Prototyping of hybrids and modules for the forward silicon strip tracking detector for the ATLAS Phase-II upgrade
in Journal of Instrumentation
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
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
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
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
Poley L
(2017)
Investigations into the impact of locally modified sensor architectures on the detection efficiency of silicon micro-strip sensors
in Journal of Instrumentation
Poley L
(2016)
Alternative glues for the production of ATLAS silicon strip modules for the Phase-II upgrade of the ATLAS Inner Detector
in Journal of Instrumentation
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
Vilella E
(2017)
First results on the ATLAS HL-LHC H35DEMO prototype
in Journal of Instrumentation
Villani E
(2017)
HVMUX, a high voltage multiplexing for the ATLAS Tracker upgrade
in Journal of Instrumentation
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
| 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 |