Consolidated Grant 2015
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The research of the experimental particle physics group addresses some of the main questions in fundamental physics. One of the most pressing is what is the mechanism that is behind the overwhelming dominance of matter over anti-matter in the Universe? Matter and anti-matter should have been created in equal quantities in the early Universe, yet the gross difference in their natural occurrence is a defining feature of what we observe. Without this asymmetry life could not exist. We believe that neutrinos may hold the key to understanding the matter-antimatter asymmetry. Neutrinos, discovered almost a century ago, are the most evanescent of particles. They have no charge, barely interact with matter and were long thought to be completely massless (like a photon). They can travel through the earth with only the tiniest probability of leaving a trace. To detect neutrinos we have had to build enormous but very sensitive detectors. Our experiments show that neutrinos actually have a very small but significantly non-zero mass. This small non-zero mass allows them to drive the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the early Universe. An important part of our research is to make detailed measurements of the neutrinos, to understand their masses and to calculate if their properties are indeed those required to explain the matter-antimatter dominance.
The discovery of the Higgs particle was one of the most important in the last decade. It confirmed the existence of a fundamentally new type of "force" that pervades all of nature and gives mass to elementary particles. Without the Higgs, particles such as electrons could not bind to protons to make hydrogen atoms. Thus normal atomic matter, even stars, could not be formed. We continue to study the Higgs to measure and understand its properties. We are especially interested to see if the Higgs particles provides a window to what we call the "dark universe". It has long been known that there is not enough visible matter in the Universe to explain the speed at which galaxies rotate. There are simply not enough stars. The only explanation appears to be that surrounding us, and in all galaxies, there is a halo of invisible matter which exerts a gravitational influence (hence why the galaxies spin as fast as they do) but which does not interact with light. Calculations suggest there is 5 times more of this dark matter than visible matter in the Universe. The Higgs could interact with dark matter, thus we can use the Higgs to "illuminate" the dark sector for the first time. This is an important part of our research.
Observations also suggest that the Universe is inflating, as if there is pressure created by space itself. This process is observed but non-understood. It strongly suggests there is another form of dark energy at work. Altogether the dark universe accounts for 95% of the matter/energy in the Universe with only 5% (that we can observe) being luminous. This makes the study of the dark matter and energy absolutely central to our understanding of the fundamental nature of our world. Thus we have joined experiments whose aim is to try and study and uncover the true nature of dark energy.
Our theory of how all particles interact is embodied in what is called the Standard Model. With the exception of neutrinos and their masses it has enormous predictive power and provides a simple framework for elucidating the nature of the universe. Following the scientific method we continue to refine and test the SM at the energy frontier and with dedicated precision experiments. This provides another, and well tested route, to the discovery of new physics.
The discovery of the Higgs particle was one of the most important in the last decade. It confirmed the existence of a fundamentally new type of "force" that pervades all of nature and gives mass to elementary particles. Without the Higgs, particles such as electrons could not bind to protons to make hydrogen atoms. Thus normal atomic matter, even stars, could not be formed. We continue to study the Higgs to measure and understand its properties. We are especially interested to see if the Higgs particles provides a window to what we call the "dark universe". It has long been known that there is not enough visible matter in the Universe to explain the speed at which galaxies rotate. There are simply not enough stars. The only explanation appears to be that surrounding us, and in all galaxies, there is a halo of invisible matter which exerts a gravitational influence (hence why the galaxies spin as fast as they do) but which does not interact with light. Calculations suggest there is 5 times more of this dark matter than visible matter in the Universe. The Higgs could interact with dark matter, thus we can use the Higgs to "illuminate" the dark sector for the first time. This is an important part of our research.
Observations also suggest that the Universe is inflating, as if there is pressure created by space itself. This process is observed but non-understood. It strongly suggests there is another form of dark energy at work. Altogether the dark universe accounts for 95% of the matter/energy in the Universe with only 5% (that we can observe) being luminous. This makes the study of the dark matter and energy absolutely central to our understanding of the fundamental nature of our world. Thus we have joined experiments whose aim is to try and study and uncover the true nature of dark energy.
Our theory of how all particles interact is embodied in what is called the Standard Model. With the exception of neutrinos and their masses it has enormous predictive power and provides a simple framework for elucidating the nature of the universe. Following the scientific method we continue to refine and test the SM at the energy frontier and with dedicated precision experiments. This provides another, and well tested route, to the discovery of new physics.
Planned Impact
The impact of the group's research can be summarized in two main areas. First in terms of the direct economic and technological outputs which support industry and R&D outside of our own research base. Second in terms of the societal impact beyond the research itself.
The economic and technological impact is driven in our group by our detector R&D. Our traditional area of strength being radiation hard position sensors, neutrino detector technologies and recently atomic interferometry. Before 2011 the group's strategy was largely serendipitous, and concentrated on low TRL level projects. Translation of our R&D into the economy was performed by long standing partners (Micron Semiconductor, Hawk Electronics, Stevenage Circuits) with whom we built the LHC detectors. Micron and Hawk have won industry awards for their work with us and both improved their sales, product catalogue and capabilities. Our LHC era silicon technology still remains at the forefront of sensor production world-wide with companies (e.g. HPK) providing offerings whose origins lie in the devices we have developed. However, since 2012 we have aimed at revitalising our impact. We are now trying to take all our projects through to commercial exploitation retaining direct involvement. We expect first results to appear in the period 2015-2020.(See our pathways to impact document). We list here the projects underway.
1) GAMBE: This is a gamma blind neutrino detector technology with substantial IP. This is being extended to both hand-held devices and for oil well explorations. A company will be formed to sell and market this product.
2) Reactor Monitoring: This is a TRL-6/7 level project that has just received over £1M from Innovate UK. It permits "stand-off" monitoring of the state of a reactor. Working with JCS Ltd. we are striving to make this the IAEA mandated/approved standard.
3) We were funded in FP7 (Modes - Special Nuclear Materials) to create a low-cost high sensitive scanner for ports of entry. This has been successfully tested at Heathrow and Rotterdam. Commercial exploitation will take place with our partners Arktis.
4) During the last grant round we developed water based phantoms for hadron therapy ( with Clatterbridge Oncology Centre). Based on our early work on using LHC sensors in Clatterbridge we joined a consortium (Pravda) funded by the Wellcome Trust to build the sensors for a Proton Computed Tomography system. Liverpool provided the high precision sensors and readout system. This will move to a clinical evaluation stage in the next 24 months.
5) At the lowest TRL level, but with support from industry, our work on atomic interferometry is focussed on producing gravitometers and gradiometers for remote scanning.
Over the next year Sensor City UEZ will be built in Liverpool. This is a £15M University Enterprise Zone, and the idea was originated in PP. This promises to be transformative for the local economy. It is supported by over 100 companies and we are asking STFC to follow EPSRC and use it as a platform for developing PhDs with entrepreneurial skills.
Our societal impact is directly manifested through our outreach, and is mostly focused on school children and their parents. We are aiming to expand this programme to put small PP experiments into schools, and to involve parents from non-scientific backgrounds. This is now performed in concert with the Ogden trust (see the CG) and we reach out to over 10,000 students a year. We are aiming to bring a new generation of PP experiments to schools in the NW. Through Prof. Tara Shears we have presence on television and radio and in print media. She has presented at Ted-X and at other cultural events. In 2014 an entire floor of the Victoria Gallery and Museum in Liverpool was given over to the history of PP. This will be on show for 3 years. Through the efforts of Dr. Girish Patel LHCb VELO detectors were exhibited at the London Science Museum.
The economic and technological impact is driven in our group by our detector R&D. Our traditional area of strength being radiation hard position sensors, neutrino detector technologies and recently atomic interferometry. Before 2011 the group's strategy was largely serendipitous, and concentrated on low TRL level projects. Translation of our R&D into the economy was performed by long standing partners (Micron Semiconductor, Hawk Electronics, Stevenage Circuits) with whom we built the LHC detectors. Micron and Hawk have won industry awards for their work with us and both improved their sales, product catalogue and capabilities. Our LHC era silicon technology still remains at the forefront of sensor production world-wide with companies (e.g. HPK) providing offerings whose origins lie in the devices we have developed. However, since 2012 we have aimed at revitalising our impact. We are now trying to take all our projects through to commercial exploitation retaining direct involvement. We expect first results to appear in the period 2015-2020.(See our pathways to impact document). We list here the projects underway.
1) GAMBE: This is a gamma blind neutrino detector technology with substantial IP. This is being extended to both hand-held devices and for oil well explorations. A company will be formed to sell and market this product.
2) Reactor Monitoring: This is a TRL-6/7 level project that has just received over £1M from Innovate UK. It permits "stand-off" monitoring of the state of a reactor. Working with JCS Ltd. we are striving to make this the IAEA mandated/approved standard.
3) We were funded in FP7 (Modes - Special Nuclear Materials) to create a low-cost high sensitive scanner for ports of entry. This has been successfully tested at Heathrow and Rotterdam. Commercial exploitation will take place with our partners Arktis.
4) During the last grant round we developed water based phantoms for hadron therapy ( with Clatterbridge Oncology Centre). Based on our early work on using LHC sensors in Clatterbridge we joined a consortium (Pravda) funded by the Wellcome Trust to build the sensors for a Proton Computed Tomography system. Liverpool provided the high precision sensors and readout system. This will move to a clinical evaluation stage in the next 24 months.
5) At the lowest TRL level, but with support from industry, our work on atomic interferometry is focussed on producing gravitometers and gradiometers for remote scanning.
Over the next year Sensor City UEZ will be built in Liverpool. This is a £15M University Enterprise Zone, and the idea was originated in PP. This promises to be transformative for the local economy. It is supported by over 100 companies and we are asking STFC to follow EPSRC and use it as a platform for developing PhDs with entrepreneurial skills.
Our societal impact is directly manifested through our outreach, and is mostly focused on school children and their parents. We are aiming to expand this programme to put small PP experiments into schools, and to involve parents from non-scientific backgrounds. This is now performed in concert with the Ogden trust (see the CG) and we reach out to over 10,000 students a year. We are aiming to bring a new generation of PP experiments to schools in the NW. Through Prof. Tara Shears we have presence on television and radio and in print media. She has presented at Ted-X and at other cultural events. In 2014 an entire floor of the Victoria Gallery and Museum in Liverpool was given over to the history of PP. This will be on show for 3 years. Through the efforts of Dr. Girish Patel LHCb VELO detectors were exhibited at the London Science Museum.
Organisations
- University of Liverpool (Lead Research Organisation)
- Deutsches Electronen-Synchrotron (DESY) (Collaboration)
- University of Tsukuba (Collaboration)
- Heidelberg University (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University College Dublin (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
- National Nuclear Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Penn State University (Collaboration)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of Geneva (Collaboration)
- University of Bern (Collaboration)
- John Caunt Scientific Ltd (Collaboration)
- FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER (Collaboration)
- IFIC Barcelona (Collaboration)
- Yale University (Collaboration)
- Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (Collaboration)
- University of Toronto (Collaboration)
Publications
Aaboud M
(2016)
Study of hard double-parton scattering in four-jet events in pp collisions at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ TeV with the ATLAS experiment
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaboud M
(2019)
Dijet azimuthal correlations and conditional yields in p p and p + Pb collisions at s N N = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Aaboud M
(2016)
Measurement of the relative width difference of the B 0 - B ¯ 0 $$ {B}^0\hbox{-} {\overline{B}}^0 $$ system with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaboud M
(2016)
Search for heavy long-lived charged R-hadrons with the ATLAS detector in 3.2 fb-1 of proton-proton collision data at s = 13 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aaboud M
(2016)
Measurement of the W±Z boson pair-production cross section in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aaboud M
(2017)
Search for the Dimuon Decay of the Higgs Boson in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
in Physical review letters
Aaboud M
(2016)
Search for TeV-scale gravity signatures in high-mass final states with leptons and jets with the ATLAS detector at s = 13 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aaboud M
(2017)
Jet energy scale measurements and their systematic uncertainties in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aaboud M
(2019)
Search for excited electrons singly produced in proton-proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s} ~=~13~\text {Te}\text {V}$$ with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC
in The European Physical Journal C
Description | Nature of neutrinos and quarks (findamental particles) and the forces that bind them together. |
Exploitation Route | Continued research into the fundamental properties of nature. |
Sectors | Energy |
Description | Advisory committee member of the MCNet EU network |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Bilateral Visit to China with the FCO and CACDA about Nuclear Issues |
Geographic Reach | Asia |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Part of Dialogue and discussion in with CACDA through the FCO |
Description | Member of Project Peer Review Panel - STFC |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | awards granted to major collaborations thanks to the project peer review made by the panel |
Description | AION: A UK Atom Interferometer Observatory and Network |
Amount | £1,193,209 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/T007001/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 09/2025 |
Description | AIT / WATCHMAN: Year One |
Amount | £1,652,088 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/S006524/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2018 |
End | 09/2024 |
Description | CASE Studentship |
Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 09/2020 |
Description | DUNE UK Production Project |
Amount | £1,152,736 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/S004696/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 12/2024 |
Description | DarkSide-20K Photon-detector pre-production development |
Amount | £77,015 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/W000458/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 12/2022 |
Description | Extension to the build project for the Mu3e MuPix Pixel Tracker |
Amount | £80,745 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/X002268/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2022 |
End | 03/2024 |
Description | Extension to the build project for the Mu3e MuPix Pixel Tracker |
Amount | £44,509 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/V005952/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Hyper Kamiokande Preconstruction III |
Amount | £65,906 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/V002856/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Hyper-K One-Year Pre-Construction Extension |
Amount | £124,291 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/T002905/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Innovate-UK |
Amount | £1,100,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Innovate UK |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2015 |
End | 11/2018 |
Description | Jan Kretzschmar - Long Term Attachment for central responsability role at the ATLAS experiment (£ 15000; 2014 - 2016) |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2014 |
End | 09/2016 |
Description | LHCb Upgrade II: Maximising HL-LHC Discovery Potential |
Amount | £75,917 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/V003402/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2021 |
End | 09/2024 |
Description | LHCb Upgrade II: Maximising HL-LHC Discovery Potential (Bridging Funding) |
Amount | £59,388 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/V003054/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | LHCb Upgrade: Beyond the Energy Frontier- cost to completion |
Amount | £289,594 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/W001640/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Large scale technology demonstration at CERN of a UK developed optical readout for two-phase LAr Neutrino Detectors |
Amount | £190,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/T007265/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2020 |
End | 01/2021 |
Description | Max Klein - Long Term Attachment for central responsability role at the ATLAS experiment |
Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2017 |
End | 12/2020 |
Description | Monica D'Onofrio - Long Term Attachment for central responsability role at the ATLAS experiment |
Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2012 |
End | 09/2016 |
Description | Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 fellowship |
Amount | £74,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2013 |
End | 10/2016 |
Description | Silicon Photosensor Development for the Low-Background Frontier |
Amount | £346,013 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/V001795/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 03/2024 |
Description | UK Participation in the pre-production phase of CTA extension 2020 |
Amount | £20,036 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/V000292/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2020 |
End | 12/2022 |
Description | XENON : R&D FOR A GLOBAL RARE EVENT OBSERVATORY (PHASE 2FUTURES) |
Amount | £70,617 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/V001841/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 03/2024 |
Description | XENON FUTURES: R&D for a Global Rare Event Observatory - Phase 1 |
Amount | £102,660 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/T007095/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 10/2023 |
Title | "Data" of "First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment" |
Description | Data points used in analysis in log_10(S2)-S1 space |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://www.hepdata.net/record/145093 |
Title | "Efficiency" of "First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment" |
Description | Data selection efficiency as a function of nuclear recoil energy |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://www.hepdata.net/record/145092 |
Title | "SDn cross section" of "First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment" |
Description | 90% CL WIMP SDn cross sections, including sensitivities and nuclear structure uncertainties |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://www.hepdata.net/record/145090 |
Title | "SDp cross section" of "First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment" |
Description | 90% CL WIMP SDp cross sections, including sensitivities and nuclear structure uncertainties |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://www.hepdata.net/record/145091 |
Title | "SI cross section" of "First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment" |
Description | 90% CL WIMP SI cross sections, including sensitivities |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://www.hepdata.net/record/145089 |
Description | Collaboration with CERN |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | CERN LHC ATLAS |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | I have been a member of the ATLAS collaboration, which involves about 3000 scientists, since 2001. I have contributed to various areas of the experiment, including data quality monitoring, software development, data analysis and Monte Carlo (MC) studies. In the area of physics analysis I pioneered the searches for supersymmetry (SUSY) in strong and electroweak sectors, dark matter (DM), leptoquarks, dark sectors and long-lived particles. I have been appointed editor and major contributor of several ATLAS publications in HEP Journals and public Notes released for International Conferences. |
Collaborator Contribution | The ATLAS experiment involves 3000 scientists from about 160 Institutes. The collaboration as a whole is responsible to run the detector and ensure the collection of physics data. The team at Liverpool which I lead since 2017 is involved in physics analysis activities and construction of the upgraded detector which will be installed for the Run 4 of the LHC. The group counts 7 academics, 2 postdocs, 5 researches, 14 students and several engineers and technicians. |
Impact | - Author of all ATLAS publications (about 1000 refereed journal publications as member of the ATLAS collaboration) - Several Invited talks at International conferences |
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 | HV-CMOS collaboration |
Organisation | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Collaborator Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Impact | First prototype pixel sensors in AMS 350 nm HV-CMOS technology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HV-CMOS collaboration |
Organisation | Heidelberg University |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Collaborator Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Impact | First prototype pixel sensors in AMS 350 nm HV-CMOS technology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HV-CMOS collaboration |
Organisation | IFIC Barcelona |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Collaborator Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Impact | First prototype pixel sensors in AMS 350 nm HV-CMOS technology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HV-CMOS collaboration |
Organisation | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Collaborator Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Impact | First prototype pixel sensors in AMS 350 nm HV-CMOS technology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HV-CMOS collaboration |
Organisation | University of Bern |
Department | Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Collaborator Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Impact | First prototype pixel sensors in AMS 350 nm HV-CMOS technology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HV-CMOS collaboration |
Organisation | University of Geneva |
Department | Physics Section |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Collaborator Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Impact | First prototype pixel sensors in AMS 350 nm HV-CMOS technology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HV-CMOS collaboration |
Organisation | University of Tsukuba |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Collaborator Contribution | Design, cost sharing for submissions and evaluation of prototype HV-CMOS devices |
Impact | First prototype pixel sensors in AMS 350 nm HV-CMOS technology |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | John Caunt Scientific Ltd |
Organisation | John Caunt Scientific Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Development of Commercial Detector |
Collaborator Contribution | development of Comercialisation |
Impact | Innovate-UK Funding |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | NPL |
Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Work in collaboration on topics towards Atom Interferometry |
Collaborator Contribution | Work in collaboration on topics towards Atom Interferometry |
Impact | The outputs are the development of several atom interferometers, both chip-based, and the conversion of a clock fountain time standard into an atom interferometer. All work stems from Dark Energy table top experiments. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd (NNL) |
Organisation | National Nuclear Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Access to data and experimetental setup and know for monitoring nuclear reactors with anti-neutrinos for safeguards. Join PhD appointment. |
Collaborator Contribution | Working towards full reactor simulation for anti-neutrino production. Access to Nuclear Policy Influencers. Join PhD appointment. |
Impact | Fledgling collaboration has just formed. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | SiPM camera for liquid argon TPCs |
Organisation | Fondazione Bruno Kessler |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We have provided the liquid argon setup within the Liverpool liquid argon facility in order to test SiPMs made from FBK Italy. We have made casing for the camera and provided the necessary expertise on operation and characterisation studies in a liquid argon TPC system. Preliminary tracking reconstruction algorithms have also been made. |
Collaborator Contribution | FBK has provided the SiPMs and expertise on their readout. |
Impact | Paper in preparation. New detector physics readout method for liquid argon TPCs |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Support for UK HVCMOS Development |
Organisation | Lancaster University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Prototype HV-CMOS evaluation boards have been assembled and wirebonded in LSDC using thi wirebonder purchased through this award. |
Collaborator Contribution | Lancaster and Edinburgh supplied bare PCBs and prototype HV-CMOS sensors. |
Impact | Assembly of prototype HV-CMOS evaluation boards |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Support for UK HVCMOS Development |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Prototype HV-CMOS evaluation boards have been assembled and wirebonded in LSDC using thi wirebonder purchased through this award. |
Collaborator Contribution | Lancaster and Edinburgh supplied bare PCBs and prototype HV-CMOS sensors. |
Impact | Assembly of prototype HV-CMOS evaluation boards |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | UCD/Liverpool |
Organisation | University College Dublin |
Department | School of Psychology |
Country | Ireland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborations on new areas of the LHCb physics programme; developing the electroweak physics programme, and more recently working on the forward CEP programme. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborations on new areas of the LHCb physics programme; developing the electroweak physics programme, and more recently working on the forward CEP programme. The partner institute had several PhD students who participated in the joint research. Two of these are now employed at Liverpool. |
Impact | All LHCb electroweak physics papers. The forthcoming 13 TeV J/psi and chic_c CEP papers (not yet public). |
Start Year | 2006 |
Description | UK-US power boards for ATLAS upgrade strip barrel modules |
Organisation | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
Department | Physics Department |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Research and development of small form factor powerboard |
Collaborator Contribution | Development of coils and future asic controller. |
Impact | This work enables the US to take this ASIC as a deliverable for the ATLAS upgrade project. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | UK-US power boards for ATLAS upgrade strip barrel modules |
Organisation | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Department | Physics Division |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Research and development of small form factor powerboard |
Collaborator Contribution | Development of coils and future asic controller. |
Impact | This work enables the US to take this ASIC as a deliverable for the ATLAS upgrade project. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | UK-US power boards for ATLAS upgrade strip barrel modules |
Organisation | Penn State University |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Research and development of small form factor powerboard |
Collaborator Contribution | Development of coils and future asic controller. |
Impact | This work enables the US to take this ASIC as a deliverable for the ATLAS upgrade project. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | UK-US power boards for ATLAS upgrade strip barrel modules |
Organisation | Yale University |
Department | Department of Chemistry |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Research and development of small form factor powerboard |
Collaborator Contribution | Development of coils and future asic controller. |
Impact | This work enables the US to take this ASIC as a deliverable for the ATLAS upgrade project. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | development of a multiple hybrid panel crate based DAQ system |
Organisation | Deutsches Electronen-Synchrotron (DESY) |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Development of hardware for testing of data transimissions, for data rates upto 640Mbit/s. |
Collaborator Contribution | Development of firmware for testing and analysis of data transimissions, for data rates upto 640Mbit/s. |
Impact | Results presented at ATLAS collaboration meetings. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | development of a multiple hybrid panel crate based DAQ system |
Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Development of hardware for testing of data transimissions, for data rates upto 640Mbit/s. |
Collaborator Contribution | Development of firmware for testing and analysis of data transimissions, for data rates upto 640Mbit/s. |
Impact | Results presented at ATLAS collaboration meetings. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | development of a multiple hybrid panel crate based DAQ system |
Organisation | University of Toronto |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Development of hardware for testing of data transimissions, for data rates upto 640Mbit/s. |
Collaborator Contribution | Development of firmware for testing and analysis of data transimissions, for data rates upto 640Mbit/s. |
Impact | Results presented at ATLAS collaboration meetings. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | development of assembly tooling and method for strip hybrids |
Organisation | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Development of design of assembly tooling and electrical circuit boards. |
Collaborator Contribution | Development of design of assembly tooling for alternative method. |
Impact | Final tools have been designed for the production strip barrel modules. Endcaps will follow the same concept. Tooling design has been shared with the international collaboration. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Title | Engineering run submission to AMS in H18 CMOS process |
Description | Co-design of submission including ATLAS pixel devices and MuPix8 Matrix. |
Type Of Technology | Detection Devices |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Impact | Device not yet back from manufacturer. Evaluation still to come. |
Title | H35DEMO: Engineering run submission to AMS in h35 process |
Description | Prototype pixel sensors with both hybrid and fully monolithic pixel arrays in AMS 350nm High Voltage CMOS technology node |
Type Of Technology | Detection Devices |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | Testing of the novel devices and further development of the technology will take place in 2016. |
Title | Lfoundry MPW submission in their 150 nm HV-CMOS process. |
Description | Co-design of MPW submission including ATLAS and mu3e test devices |
Type Of Technology | Detection Devices |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Impact | Evaluation is ongoing. |
Title | Lfoundry MPW submission of small pixel prototype |
Description | Prototype to demonstrate 50x50 micorn pixel matrix with high level of in-pixel electronics. |
Type Of Technology | Detection Devices |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Impact | Device will be received back from manufacturer in early 2017. Evalulation still to come. |
Description | Advisor for BBC iwonder guide to LHC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Advisor and helper with BBC iWonder guide to the LHC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zpvkmnb |
Description | Ann Marks IOP lecture: "Latest news from LHC" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk given for the annual Ann Marks memorial lecture for the Merseyside IOP branch |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Antimatter (astrofest) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on Antimatter at European AStrofest event |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Antimatter Matters |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Devised Antimatter Matters exhibit for Royal society summer exhibit 2016. It showcases antimatter, research by ALPHA and LHCb in understanding it, and a spin-off (PET scanner). The exhibit has also toured to the Gravity Fields festival (2016), Manchester Science Festival (2016), and will go to the Big Bang Fair (March 2017). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
Description | Antimatter matters |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Two talks at the Royal Astronomical Society in London, one aimed at the general public, one with higher fraction of school children, both on antimatter. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.ras.org.uk/events-and-meetings/external-meetings/155-events-and-meetings/index.php?optio... |
Description | Beyond the Higgs boson |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk given at New Scientist Live event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Book review for THE |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Book review of Jim Al-Khalili's book (The world according to physics). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/world-according-physics-jim-al-khalili |
Description | CERN (science museum) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Talk on CERN for Science Museum patrons, for March 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Collaboration with artist Yu-Chen Wang for Broken Symmetries exhibit (FACT/Arts@CERN) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Discussions with artist Yu-Chen Wang, a FACT/Arts@CERN Collider honourable mention winner, as a collaboration for the development of her piece for the Broken Symmetries exhibit. This exhibit is currently at FACT and will tour Europe and beyond after March 2019. Yu-Chen's piece documents her journey and way of understanding particle physics and very foreign concepts. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
URL | https://www.fact.co.uk/news/2018/12/artist-interview-yu-chen-wang |
Description | Collide@CERN jury |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Jury member to choose the third artist for the FACT/CERN Arts@CERN Collide residency scheme;providing scientific input to inform decision, providing scientific narrative for press release. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Curator tour |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Curator tour around FACT's No such thing as Gravity exhibit, which touches on the edges of scientific knowledge and fundamental laws. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Dark matter (TEDxArendal) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | talk on dark matter for TEDxArendal |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Debate with artists at Broken Symmetries exhibit launch |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Debate with two participating artists at the launch of the Broken Symmetries exhibit (arising from the 3 year Arts@CERN and FACT collaboration). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.fact.co.uk/news/2018/11/liverpool-laser-talks |
Description | Discussion with artists |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | One day workshop with Arts Catalyst and scientist and artist participants, hosted by the IOP. Talks and debates over what both communities can learn from each other; overlaps, complementarity, plans. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Discussion with artists |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Evening debate at the Arts Catalyst, London, with other scientists and artists exploring how we all make sense of our surroundings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | FACT/Arts@CERN exhibit touring CCCB Barcelona |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | FACT / Arts@CERN collaboration final exhibit; here moved to CCCB after a 3 month period in Liverpool. I was an advisor, worked with two artists, and sat on the prize selection juries. I also gave talks supporting the activity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
URL | https://www1.diba.cat/llibreria/pdf/fullejar/61578_fullejar.pdf |
Description | FACT/Arts@CERN touring iMAL, Belgium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Touring exhibit based on the three year FACT/Arts@CERN collaboration opens in iMAL on March 5 2020. I acted as an advisor throughout the collaboration, worked with two artists, sat on the prize selection juries and gave talks supporting the activity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.imal.org/en/events/quantum-in-search-of-the-invisible/yu-chen-wang |
Description | Interview for Nature (charm CP violation) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Interview around discovery of charm CP violation, made by LHCb |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00961-w |
Description | Interview for New Scientist antimatter article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview about antimatter for a review article, cover story on 29th Feb issue |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407920304620 |
Description | Interview for Radio 3 Music Matters |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview about similarities between symmetries in particle physics, antimatter, and symmetries used in Bach's composition, for programme focussed on "Bach day" and trailing OAE event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Interview for World Service radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview to coincide with LHCb news story |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Interview with Nature about particle physics/media experiences and preparation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Interview about experiences with the media and how to best prepare for them. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06871-7 |
Description | Interview with New Scientist on LHC 10th anniversary |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview with the New Scientist on the LHC 10th anniversary |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931953-000-the-higgs-hunter-has-just-turned-10-why-is-nobod... |
Description | Interview with the Guardian for LHC upgrade |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview with Ian Sample on the HL-LHC upgrade. The story was subsequently picked up by other media outlets. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/15/720m-large-hadron-collider-upgrade-could-upend-parti... |
Description | Introduction to CERN (GOSH!) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | For CERN/Arts programme, at Ideasquare in Geneva. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Introduction to Particle Physics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | For CERN Welsh teacher's programme |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Keynote speaker at New Scientist Live! |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Keynote talk on "Why hasn't the LHC found anything new - or has it?" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://live.newscientist.com/speakers/tara-shears |
Description | LHC latest news |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IOP NE branch talk on LHC latest news |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | LHC latest news |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IPO Manchester branch talk on LHC results |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | LHC latest news |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | TEDx style talk (at Thinking Digital) on LHC results |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | LHC news |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IOP talk on the steps of Kings Place (the first in a new series of engaging the public outside) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | LHC results |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IOP Merseyside branch talk on latest LHC results. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Latest LHC news (binary festival) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | TEDx style talk on LHC at Binary festival, Liverpool |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Lepton universality short film with RI |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Short film to describe the latest lepton universality results from LHCb in 2019. Presented, collaborated on script. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQjXHoZitU0&vl=en-GB |
Description | MP visit CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Participation in CERN visit by the science and technology select committee. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | New Scientist CERN visit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | New Scientist sponsored CERN trip; guiding around CERN visit and giving overview talk as an introduction. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | New Scientist Instant Expert event on the Standard Model |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Instant expert event; talk on the Standard Model |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | New Scientist instant exprt series: keynote talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | (takes place on April 6th). A keynote talk on the LHC and big questions that remain unanswered. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.sciencelive.net/event/760/ |
Description | New Scientist interview about quarks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview about quarks for part of New Scientist long article. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://dlderakhtejavidan.ir/dl/Books/Magazines/New%20Scientist%20-%20October%205,%202019(derakhtejav... |
Description | Open Days Activitiy - various team members involved |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Open Days for pupils are a major activity for several academics contributing to this Grant |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017,2018 |
Description | Panel discussion entitled "Where is SuSy?" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited member for panel discussion entitled "Where is SUSY" at the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2017 (UK). The discussion was for general public and it was also devoted to discuss science from the point of view of philosophy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Participation to VIP visits at CERN - various ATLAS and LHCb members |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Various VIP including politicians, ministers, industry managers and alumni visit CERN facility. ATLAS and LHCb members have hosted a number of these visits, with discussions, interviews and guided tour provided |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017,2018 |
Description | Participation to filming activities: "The Future Circular Collider" (UK production) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The film will be on air in 2018, so no outcomes can be evaluated at this stage |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Pentaquark short film with RI |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Short film made to explain the 2019 discovery of more pentaquarks by LHCb. Made in conjunction with the Royal Institution. Presented, collaborated on script. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqfD75rzzpc |
Description | Podcast for Naked Scientists on LHC 10th anniversary |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Podcast with the naked scientists on the LHC 10th anniversary plus talking about FCC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/10-years-lhc |
Description | School Visit of UK high school students at CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | For at least three years I have given the introductory speech and presentation of the activities of Liverpool HEP members at CERN to schools in visit at CERN. The time spent with students has always been quite intense, full of discussions and questions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
Description | Science Friday: antimatter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Discussed antimatter and LHCb as part of the Science Friday series on Radio Merseyside, April 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Science/art debate |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Debate with the first artist who won the FACT/CERN Arts@CERN Collide residency, discussing our ways of visualising and learning and obtaining knowledge, and finding similar ground. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.thinkingliverpool.com/event/2017/fact-and-cern-collide-resident-artist-yunchul-kim-/e526... |
Description | Series of Lectures for Liverpool summer students at CERN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | At the University of Liverpool we have organized a summer studentship program in Summer 2012/2013 at CERN. In this context, I delivered a series of Lectures on 'Searches for Beyond SM physics at hadron colliders'. The lectures were also associated to a working plan for each of these students. Half of them continued as PhD students at the University of Liverpool, which made the program quite succesful. In 2016, I have supervised and mentored a summer student who has now been awarded a PhD at the University of Liverpool. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2016 |
Description | Short film on charm CP violation discovery with the RI |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Short film describing charm CP violation and the discovery made by LHCb in 2019. Presented, collaborated on script. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZuMjNh3WuY |
Description | Short written piece on culture of particle physics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Contribution to ebook containing pieces about the culture of art and science, coordinated by Arts Catalyst. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.artscatalyst.org/live-creature-and-ethereal-things-physics-culture |
Description | Speaker at philosophy/physics workshop on model independent searches |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Speaker at a 2 day workshop encompassing experimental and theoretical particle physicists, cosmologists and astrophysicists, on the philosophical basis of model independent searches and exploring what model independence means. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.perspectivalrealism.org/cross-disciplinary-perspectives-on-model-independent-searches/ |
Description | Speaker on Scientific American cruise (4 lectures on particle physics) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 6 hours of lectures on particle physics; the Standard Model; antimatter; dark matter; particle astrophysics and the future. Plus one debate with a quantum physicist. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.insightcruises.com/events/sa35/ |
Description | Symmetry and particle physics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 4 lectures on particle physics, symmetry to advanced general public, for Scientific American cruise. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Talk on Bach and antimatter with Orchestra of the age of enlightenment |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on antimatter, CP violation and relation to symmatries/patterns (like Bach's music) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://oae.co.uk/event/bach-the-universe-and-everything/ |
Description | Talk on DELPHI |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on particle physics to accompany opening of a video installation centred on the DELPHI experiment in Berlin; mainly to arts inclined public |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.scheringstiftung.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3192%3Athe-unseen-univer... |
Description | Talk on antimatter/symmetries/Bach |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Joint event with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as part of "Bach, the Universe and Everything" series. Talk to accompany cantata. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talk on the biggest questions in particle physics at new scientist instant expert event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on the biggest questions in particle physics as part of an instant expert event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.sciencelive.net/event/760/ |
Description | Talk to Liverpool Open House/alumni |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on latest LHC news, held for alumni and the general public in the context of Liverpool Open House festival |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | The AntiUniverse; debate with HLTGI festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Debate with two theorists; shown live during the Feb 21 HLTGI festival and will be made available online on IATV |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://test.howthelightgetsin.iai.tv/events/the-anti-universe-7518 |
Description | The Liverpool LHC summer school |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | An annual summer school for 6th formers and teachers run by PhD students in the group at Liverpool. This is a residential week course at CERN, including activities, talks and visits. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
Description | Think Helsinki think |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Talk on LHC for Finnish TEDx style conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | VELO @ Science Museum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The VELO was originally part of the Collider exhibit. 3 modules have now become part of the permanent exhibit at the Science Museum |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016,2017 |
Description | VELO/Science museum LHC exhibit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Members of the group had first contact in 2012, did an interview in May 2013 from which they used snippets for the audio part of the exhibit. We provided two VELO modules and various personal details that were all part of the exhibit. It subsequently went on tour to the following: 9 December 2016 - 25 April 2017 Queensland Museum, Brisbane 6 August 2016 - 6 November 2016 Powerhouse Museum, Sydney 17 October 2014 - 19 July 2015 Palais de la découverte, Paris 23 May 2014 - 28 September 2014 Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester 13 November 2013 - 5 May 2014 Science Museum, London |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
Description | briefings for researcher for forthcoming BBC4 documentary on Einstein to Hawking |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Briefings on particle physics links to Einstein and Hawking for a researcher working in the forthcoming BBC4 documentary "From Einstein to Hawking" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
Description | interview for news item on future colliders |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview about future colliders; quoted in Daily Mail article |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8439607/CERN-poised-new-20-BILLION-particle-accelera... |
Description | interview for news item on future colliders |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | interview for nature news, about future colliders given the output of the european strategy update. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01866-9 |
Description | interview on BBC world service Newsday |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | BBC world service newsday interview, to talk about LHC story |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | interviewed for world service crowdscience |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviewed for world service crowd science programme |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszv5l |
Description | interviews following New Scientist Live! talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Piece written up based on listening to the talk and Q&A afterwards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1022632/science-news-lhc-large-hadron-collider-quantum-latest... |
Description | quoted in media article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | quoted in article |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.eye-n.com/index.php/permalink/201213.html |
Description | quoted in media article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | quoted in vietnamese press, recyling of nature interview |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://tiasang.com.vn/khoa-hoc-cong-nghe/CERN-se-xay-dung-sieu-vanh-va-cham-2-ty-euro-25302 |
Description | quoted in media article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | quoted in article in chinese press, recycled from nature article |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://tech.sina.com.cn/csj/2020-06-26/doc-iirczymk9037369.shtml |
Description | quoted in media article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | quoted in article in polish press, recycled from nature interview |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://dzienniknaukowy.pl/czlowiek/naukowcy-z-cern-chca-zbudowac-akcelerator-czastek-o-dlugosci-100... |
Description | quoted in media article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | quoted in article, recycled from Nature interview |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://hypescience.com/plano-para-supercolisor-de-particulas-de-r-120-bilhoes-e-aprovado-pelo-cern/ |
Description | quoted in media article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | quoted in article, recycled from nature interview |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://alcanzandoelconocimiento.com/cern-aprueba-plan-para-construir-al-sucesor-del-gran-colisionad... |
Description | quoted in media article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | quoted in chinese press, recycling of nature interview |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.inside.com.tw/article/20138-CERN-makes-bold-push-to-build-21-billion-super-collider |
Description | quoted in media article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | quoted in italian press, recycling of nature article |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.lescienze.it/news/2020/06/22/news/cern_passo_avanti_super_collider_21_miliardi-4747579/ |
Description | quoted in media article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | quoted in article about future colliders, recycled from nature article |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.journaldugeek.com/2020/06/23/accelerateur-particules-cern/ |
Description | quoted in media article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | quoted in article about future colliders in finnish press |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://tekniikanmaailma.fi/tallainen-tulee-euroopan-seuraavasta-hiukkaskiihdyttimesta-21-miljardia-... |