New Applicant Scheme
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
This proposal outlines support for the research programme of Dr. Steven Worm, within the University of Birmingham particle physics group. IT supports basic travel and consumables for a senior academic until the next opportunity for funding through the Consolidated Grant in September 2019.
Planned Impact
My research expertise and interests lie in searches for Dark Matter and other new particles and interactions at the LHC, and in silicon-based particle detection. While at STFC-RAL I led CMS's Exotic Physics group and pioneered collider-based Dark Matter searches. I also led the UK's R&D efforts in pixel detectors for the International Linear Collider, and maintain an active silicon-based detector research programme via the OverMOS/ChessTJ, DECAL and EU AIDA-2020 initiatives. Whle my impact is primarily academic, I am involved in multiple commercial initiatives; some designed to support and augment STFC impact with local SMEs (STFC/B4I Regional Centre), and some more traditional spinouts from particle physics detectors (CLASP, CASE studentships, etc). This grant will indirectly enable these activities by providing support for travel and computing.
Organisations
- University of Birmingham (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Sussex (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- University of Tokyo (Collaboration)
- University of Delaware (Collaboration)
- Deutsches Electronen-Synchrotron (DESY) (Collaboration)
- National Metrology Institute (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Observatory of Paris (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Steven Worm (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Dyndal M
(2020)
Mini-MALTA: radiation hard pixel designs for small-electrode monolithic CMOS sensors for the High Luminosity LHC
in Journal of Instrumentation
Freeman P
(2020)
MALTA: a Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor for tracking in ATLAS
in Journal of Instrumentation
Mironova M
(2020)
Measurement of the relative response of small-electrode CMOS sensors at Diamond Light Source
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
| Description | QSNET: Networked Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics |
| Organisation | Deutsches Electronen-Synchrotron (DESY) |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am one of the initiators and leaders of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We propose to create an expandable network of innovative quantum sensors across the UK and with links into international networks. The sensors will include atomic clocks, magnetometers, clock-transition- atom interferometers and optical cavities. Individually, these sensors allow searches for dark matter and dark energy, variations in fundamental constants, Lorentz symmetry breaking, new forces, neutrino oscillations and quantum gravity. Collectively, the network will allow greater sensitivity and also enable detection of transient effects through correlations in the data from different locations. |
| Impact | Funding request has passed the first stage with STFC+EPSRC. We await the outcome and final funding for the three-year proposal. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | QSNET: Networked Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am one of the initiators and leaders of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We propose to create an expandable network of innovative quantum sensors across the UK and with links into international networks. The sensors will include atomic clocks, magnetometers, clock-transition- atom interferometers and optical cavities. Individually, these sensors allow searches for dark matter and dark energy, variations in fundamental constants, Lorentz symmetry breaking, new forces, neutrino oscillations and quantum gravity. Collectively, the network will allow greater sensitivity and also enable detection of transient effects through correlations in the data from different locations. |
| Impact | Funding request has passed the first stage with STFC+EPSRC. We await the outcome and final funding for the three-year proposal. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | QSNET: Networked Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am one of the initiators and leaders of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We propose to create an expandable network of innovative quantum sensors across the UK and with links into international networks. The sensors will include atomic clocks, magnetometers, clock-transition- atom interferometers and optical cavities. Individually, these sensors allow searches for dark matter and dark energy, variations in fundamental constants, Lorentz symmetry breaking, new forces, neutrino oscillations and quantum gravity. Collectively, the network will allow greater sensitivity and also enable detection of transient effects through correlations in the data from different locations. |
| Impact | Funding request has passed the first stage with STFC+EPSRC. We await the outcome and final funding for the three-year proposal. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | QSNET: Networked Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics |
| Organisation | National Metrology Institute |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I am one of the initiators and leaders of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We propose to create an expandable network of innovative quantum sensors across the UK and with links into international networks. The sensors will include atomic clocks, magnetometers, clock-transition- atom interferometers and optical cavities. Individually, these sensors allow searches for dark matter and dark energy, variations in fundamental constants, Lorentz symmetry breaking, new forces, neutrino oscillations and quantum gravity. Collectively, the network will allow greater sensitivity and also enable detection of transient effects through correlations in the data from different locations. |
| Impact | Funding request has passed the first stage with STFC+EPSRC. We await the outcome and final funding for the three-year proposal. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | QSNET: Networked Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am one of the initiators and leaders of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We propose to create an expandable network of innovative quantum sensors across the UK and with links into international networks. The sensors will include atomic clocks, magnetometers, clock-transition- atom interferometers and optical cavities. Individually, these sensors allow searches for dark matter and dark energy, variations in fundamental constants, Lorentz symmetry breaking, new forces, neutrino oscillations and quantum gravity. Collectively, the network will allow greater sensitivity and also enable detection of transient effects through correlations in the data from different locations. |
| Impact | Funding request has passed the first stage with STFC+EPSRC. We await the outcome and final funding for the three-year proposal. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | QSNET: Networked Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics |
| Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
| Department | SYRTE Department |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I am one of the initiators and leaders of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We propose to create an expandable network of innovative quantum sensors across the UK and with links into international networks. The sensors will include atomic clocks, magnetometers, clock-transition- atom interferometers and optical cavities. Individually, these sensors allow searches for dark matter and dark energy, variations in fundamental constants, Lorentz symmetry breaking, new forces, neutrino oscillations and quantum gravity. Collectively, the network will allow greater sensitivity and also enable detection of transient effects through correlations in the data from different locations. |
| Impact | Funding request has passed the first stage with STFC+EPSRC. We await the outcome and final funding for the three-year proposal. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | QSNET: Networked Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics |
| Organisation | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am one of the initiators and leaders of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We propose to create an expandable network of innovative quantum sensors across the UK and with links into international networks. The sensors will include atomic clocks, magnetometers, clock-transition- atom interferometers and optical cavities. Individually, these sensors allow searches for dark matter and dark energy, variations in fundamental constants, Lorentz symmetry breaking, new forces, neutrino oscillations and quantum gravity. Collectively, the network will allow greater sensitivity and also enable detection of transient effects through correlations in the data from different locations. |
| Impact | Funding request has passed the first stage with STFC+EPSRC. We await the outcome and final funding for the three-year proposal. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | QSNET: Networked Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics |
| Organisation | University of Delaware |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am one of the initiators and leaders of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We propose to create an expandable network of innovative quantum sensors across the UK and with links into international networks. The sensors will include atomic clocks, magnetometers, clock-transition- atom interferometers and optical cavities. Individually, these sensors allow searches for dark matter and dark energy, variations in fundamental constants, Lorentz symmetry breaking, new forces, neutrino oscillations and quantum gravity. Collectively, the network will allow greater sensitivity and also enable detection of transient effects through correlations in the data from different locations. |
| Impact | Funding request has passed the first stage with STFC+EPSRC. We await the outcome and final funding for the three-year proposal. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | QSNET: Networked Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics |
| Organisation | University of Sussex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am one of the initiators and leaders of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We propose to create an expandable network of innovative quantum sensors across the UK and with links into international networks. The sensors will include atomic clocks, magnetometers, clock-transition- atom interferometers and optical cavities. Individually, these sensors allow searches for dark matter and dark energy, variations in fundamental constants, Lorentz symmetry breaking, new forces, neutrino oscillations and quantum gravity. Collectively, the network will allow greater sensitivity and also enable detection of transient effects through correlations in the data from different locations. |
| Impact | Funding request has passed the first stage with STFC+EPSRC. We await the outcome and final funding for the three-year proposal. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | QSNET: Networked Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics |
| Organisation | University of Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am one of the initiators and leaders of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We propose to create an expandable network of innovative quantum sensors across the UK and with links into international networks. The sensors will include atomic clocks, magnetometers, clock-transition- atom interferometers and optical cavities. Individually, these sensors allow searches for dark matter and dark energy, variations in fundamental constants, Lorentz symmetry breaking, new forces, neutrino oscillations and quantum gravity. Collectively, the network will allow greater sensitivity and also enable detection of transient effects through correlations in the data from different locations. |
| Impact | Funding request has passed the first stage with STFC+EPSRC. We await the outcome and final funding for the three-year proposal. |
| Start Year | 2018 |