Exploring new states of matter (New Applicant scheme)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of York
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The coming decade could deliver a revolution in our understanding of the fundamental nature of strongly interacting matter. Our current understanding of the strong interaction permits a large variety of bound states of quarks. Quark-anti-quark systems (mesons) and baryons (3 quarks) are the simplest options. Tetraquarks, pentaquarks, hexaquarks, hadronic molecules - are the new objects only recently starting to reveal themselves. In recent years, I led research establishing a new type of matter - the d*(2380) hexaquark. I intend to maintain this internationally leading role in the rapidly evolving, and increasingly competitive, field of hexaquark matter, which I view as one of the major recent discoveries in nuclear physics. The d* can be produced copiously in electromagnetic beam experiments, offering unique possibilities for direct measurement of the shape of a multi-quark state. Further, we have shown the d* has the potential to play a pivotal role in determining neutron star mass limits, EoS properties at high density and when in a condensate is a potential new dark-matter candidate. Recently it was indicated a d* pole in the pn interaction could play a role in nuclear structure viz. nuclear short range correlations. In this period I have a leading role in the preparations and first analysis of electron- deuteron scattering from CLAS12@JLAB, offering the first possibilities to establish the d* decuplet (discover 9 more hexaquarks) and obtain first constraints on the size of the d*. I will be leading analyses of MAMI data (recent 2 month beamtime) which has the potential to give first information on the nature of the interaction of d*. The period is also crucial for the newly-proposed neutral kaon beam facility (KLF), for which I am a co-spokesperson, using the next-generation compact photon sources at JLab (US). This is currently an international collaboration of 100+ scientists from 60+ institutions, commencing operations in 2025 and will be a major new facility for the international community leading up to the realisation of the Electron Ion Collider (EIC) in 2030.
Organisations
- University of York (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- University of Basel (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Collaboration)
- KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- JLab (Collaboration)
- Ruhr University Bochum (Collaboration)
- University of Bonn (Collaboration)
- Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Collaboration)
Publications
Strakovsky, I.
(2020)
Conceptual design of beryllium target for the KLF project
in arXiv
Schmidt A
(2020)
Probing the core of the strong nuclear interaction.
in Nature
Rowley J
(2021)
Improved ?p Elastic Scattering Cross Sections between 0.9 and 2.0 GeV/c as a Main Ingredient of the Neutron Star Equation of State.
in Physical review letters
Mullen C
(2021)
Single p 0 production off neutrons bound in deuteron with linearly polarized photons.
in The European physical journal. A, Hadrons and nuclei
Morán S
(2022)
Measurement of charged-pion production in deep-inelastic scattering off nuclei with the CLAS detector
in Physical Review C
Mornacchi E
(2022)
Measurement of Compton Scattering at MAMI for the Extraction of the Electric and Magnetic Polarizabilities of the Proton.
in Physical review letters
Mantziris, A.
(2020)
Neutron star matter equation of state including d
*-hexaquark degrees of freedom
in arXiv
Mantziris A
(2020)
Neutron star matter equation of state including d * -hexaquark degrees of freedom
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dieterle M
(2020)
Helicity-Dependent Cross Sections for the Photoproduction of p^{0} Pairs from Nucleons.
in Physical review letters
| Description | Dr Mikhail Bashkanov |
| Amount | £23,680 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/W005433/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | International Exchanges |
| Amount | £11,320 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IES\R3\203149 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | A2 collaboration (Crystal Ball, Mainz[Germany]) |
| Organisation | Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 1) Analysis of the data 2) Detector maintenance and running (shift) 3) Construction of new detector components (Start construction of new polarymeter and particle identification detector as proposed in grant application) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Detector maintenance, calibration, accelerator maintenance, target maintenance |
| Impact | 1) New insight into nuclear and particle physics. 2) High quality polarisation measurements 3) Baryon spectroscopy |
| Description | A2 collaboration (Crystal Ball, Mainz[Germany]) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Department | National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Pavia |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 1) Analysis of the data 2) Detector maintenance and running (shift) 3) Construction of new detector components (Start construction of new polarymeter and particle identification detector as proposed in grant application) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Detector maintenance, calibration, accelerator maintenance, target maintenance |
| Impact | 1) New insight into nuclear and particle physics. 2) High quality polarisation measurements 3) Baryon spectroscopy |
| Description | A2 collaboration (Crystal Ball, Mainz[Germany]) |
| Organisation | Ruhr University Bochum |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 1) Analysis of the data 2) Detector maintenance and running (shift) 3) Construction of new detector components (Start construction of new polarymeter and particle identification detector as proposed in grant application) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Detector maintenance, calibration, accelerator maintenance, target maintenance |
| Impact | 1) New insight into nuclear and particle physics. 2) High quality polarisation measurements 3) Baryon spectroscopy |
| Description | A2 collaboration (Crystal Ball, Mainz[Germany]) |
| Organisation | University of Basel |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 1) Analysis of the data 2) Detector maintenance and running (shift) 3) Construction of new detector components (Start construction of new polarymeter and particle identification detector as proposed in grant application) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Detector maintenance, calibration, accelerator maintenance, target maintenance |
| Impact | 1) New insight into nuclear and particle physics. 2) High quality polarisation measurements 3) Baryon spectroscopy |
| Description | A2 collaboration (Crystal Ball, Mainz[Germany]) |
| Organisation | University of Bonn |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 1) Analysis of the data 2) Detector maintenance and running (shift) 3) Construction of new detector components (Start construction of new polarymeter and particle identification detector as proposed in grant application) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Detector maintenance, calibration, accelerator maintenance, target maintenance |
| Impact | 1) New insight into nuclear and particle physics. 2) High quality polarisation measurements 3) Baryon spectroscopy |
| Description | A2 collaboration (Crystal Ball, Mainz[Germany]) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Department | Physics and Astronomy Department |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 1) Analysis of the data 2) Detector maintenance and running (shift) 3) Construction of new detector components (Start construction of new polarymeter and particle identification detector as proposed in grant application) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Detector maintenance, calibration, accelerator maintenance, target maintenance |
| Impact | 1) New insight into nuclear and particle physics. 2) High quality polarisation measurements 3) Baryon spectroscopy |
| Description | Elucidating Neutron Star Composition From Cutting-edge Hadron Physics (International Exchanges With Khon Kaen Thailand) |
| Organisation | Khon Kaen University |
| Country | Thailand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Project 1417720: Elucidating Neutron Star Composition From Cutting-edge Hadron Physics (International Exchanges With Khon Kaen Thailand) new collaboration to implant our data on dibaryons into theoretical description of hexaquarks with subsequent use of them in a neutron star EOS studies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing experimental data and guiding theoretical calculations |
| Impact | grant Project 1417720: Elucidating Neutron Star Composition From Cutting-edge Hadron Physics (International Exchanges With Khon Kaen Thailand) from Royal society. Publication is on its way |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Hall-B (Clas, Clas-12, [JLab, USA]) |
| Organisation | JLab |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | 1) Data analysis 2) Simulations 3) Construction of new detector components |
| Collaborator Contribution | 1) Data analysis 2) Simulations 3) Construction of new detector components |
| Impact | 1) New spectroscopy data 2) Baryon and meson spectroscopy 3) high-energy photon beams |
| Description | "Building blocks" podcast on Medical Physics |
| 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 | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Building blocks" podcast on Medical physics (~300 participants) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | 18th STFC UK Postgraduate Nuclear Physics Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | STFC UK Nuclear physics summer school for the 1-2year PhD students in Lancaster. 3 Lectures on hadron physics with emphasis on my research techniques and recent progress in multi-quark systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://personal.ph.surrey.ac.uk/~cb0023/npschool/npschool/Lecturers.html |
| Description | Atomic Nuclei: how many, how big, how old? - IOP Lecture - Feb 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Free evening talk and Binding Blocks exhibition late opening. The answers to this are held in the tiny core of the atom, the nucleus. Join Dr Arnau Huguet from the University of Surrey and the York Binding Blocks team to go on a guided tour of the elements, explore their nuclei and how they behave. The answers to this are held in the tiny core of the atom, the nucleus. Discover how understanding atomic nuclei helps us understand some of the biggest questions in physics. [ IOP Lecture: Atomic Nuclei: How big, how many, how old? Institute of Physics, London UK 13/02/2020 Exhibition Public Mainly adults 15 A lecture with the exhibtion open before and after. ] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/atomic-nuclei-how-many-how-big-how-old-tickets-90323370633# |
| Description | Daily Express article about our Dark Matter research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daily Express article about our Dark Matter research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1250619/dark-matter-news-science-big-bang-mystery-d-star-hexa... |
| Description | Daily Mail article about our Dark matter research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Daily Mail article about our Dark matter research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8073771/Known-particle-hold-key-understanding-dark-m... |
| Description | Festival of ideas, astronomy podcast |
| 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 | Schools |
| Results and Impact | ~300 pupils/students podcast on Dark matter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2020-online/calendar/syzygy-live/ |
| Description | Fox news article "Did German physicists accidentally discover dark matter in 2014?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | article about our publication "new dark matter candidate" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.foxnews.com/science/did-german-physicists-accidentally-discover-dark-matter-in-2014 |
| Description | IOP public engagement event, physics master class |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Nuclear physics public engagement activity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://events.iop.org/level-nuclear-physics-masterclass |
| Description | Interview to IIA |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview about dark matter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.media.inaf.it/2020/03/06/d-star-hexaquark/ |
| Description | Interview to Newsweek |
| 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 about a potential dark matter discovery |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.newsweek.com/dark-matter-candidate-mystery-universe-1490678 |
| Description | Interview to Space.com |
| 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 about dark matter paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.space.com/hexaquarks-big-bang-form-universe-dark-matter.html |
| Description | KLong collaboration invited talk at Meson2021 conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at the international conference Meson 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MOOC lecture "Neutron stars" |
| 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 | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A lecture as a part of Massive Online lecture course organised by the UoY |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Multiple publications about our Dark Matter research all over the globe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Over 50 publications in various media all over the globe from UK up to US, Japan, Iran, Thailand, Russia, Germany..... A large but incomplete list of all media publication about this topic can be found on https://iop.altmetric.com/details/74422526/news journal web site. The most downloaded paper in the history of J. Phys G - leading UK Nuclear Physics Journal. Over 30k downloads. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://iop.altmetric.com/details/74422526/news |
| Description | Newspaper article "La materia oscura ya está más clara" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dark matter candidate paper public overview |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.diariocordoba.com/noticias/tendencias21/materia-oscura-ya-mas-clara_1388711.html |
| Description | Nuclear Physics Masterclass - IOP London - Feb 2020 |
| 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 | This curriculum-linked workshop is centred around a 7m-long nuclear chart built from over 25,000 Lego bricks. Students will gain an introduction to nuclear physics before using the chart to follow nuclear decay chains, explore the concept and applications of binding energy, and research the uses of different isotopes. The workshop will then look at the application of nuclear physics to stars. Students will discover the nuclear reactions happening during stellar explosions in an activity demonstrating half-lives and the random nature of radioactive decay. The Masterclass is open to all students studying A level Physics (or equivalent). Students must attend with a teacher Year 12 Nuclear Masterclass - Introduction to nuclear chart, energy and decay questions, hot CNO cycle, scattering. [IOP Nuclear Masterclass Institute of Physics, London UK 13/02/2020 Masterclass Schools Year 12 50] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://events.iop.org/level-nuclear-physics-masterclass |
| Description | Nuclear Physics Masterclass - York - Summer 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Nuclear Physics Masterclass: Online Join the Department of Physics at the University of York and leading experts from around the world for a Nuclear Physics Masterclass. Find out more about cutting-edge research in Nuclear Physics and applications of nuclear technologies. This four-week programme is suitable for students studying Physics in years 12 and 13 (S5 and S6 in Scotland) and allows for flexible learning in or out of the classroom. Details Masterclasses are open to all students studying Physics in years 12 and 13 / S5 and S6, (ages 16-18). Four week programme with 3-5 hours content per week. Live webinars with leading experts weekly. Recording available after the event. Ask questions of experts live during the weekly webinar and throughout the week through a forum. Complete all activities and receive a certificate of participation. Work at your own pace Register as an individual, or teachers can make class bookings Week 1: Energy and Decay Discover the nuclear chart of the isotopes with a 3D fly-through and find out more about the building blocks of our Universe. Follow nuclear decay chains, explore the concept and applications of binding energy, and investigate half-lives. Optional activity to explore the 3D nuclear isotopes chart in Minecraft. Week 2: Nuclear Astrophysics Explore the Hot CNO Cycle: Discover the nuclear reactions happening in stars during stellar explosions, in particular on the surface of neutron stars, in an activity demonstrating half-lives and the random nature of radioactive decay. Investigate a computer simulation of the liquid drop model of nuclei and apply this to the formation of neutron stars. Learn about the influence of the fundamental forces at the nuclear scale. Week 3: Fusion Technology Find out about methods of creating nuclear fusion as a power source - from lasers to tokamaks. Investigate how the most extreme conditions in the Solar System are created in a laboratory setting, and how materials are designed to withstand such temperatures and pressures. Explore research labs through virtual tours. Week 4: Medical Physics Hear from a medical physicist about how nuclear physics shaped her career. Find out how PET scanners work and discover how cutting-edge research into quantum entanglement is making these more effective. Use computer modeling to investigate proton-therapy and see if you can optimise cancer treatments. [Online Nuclear Masterclass N/A UK 22/06/2020 - 31/07/2020 Masterclass Schools KS4/5 840] |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.york.ac.uk/physics/public-and-schools/nuclear-masterclass-homepage-summer2020/ |
| Description | Nuclear physics podcast on Dark matter |
| 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 | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Nuclear Physics, "Building blocks" podcast on Dark Matter (~500 participants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Organisation of Exotic Hadron Spectroscopy workshop 2019, York. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Fruitful discussions, a lot of new ideas and links |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.iopconferences.org/iop/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=884741&eventID=1401&language=1&CSPC... |
| Description | Organisation of the "Exotic hadron spectroscopy" workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Co-Organiser of the "Exotic Hadron Spectroscopy" workshop. The aim of the workshop was to bring together the nuclear and particle physics communities to discuss experimental searches for exotic hadronic resonances (tetra, penta, hexaquarks etc); the latest data analysis methods used; the theoretical interpretation of these states and the potential for future searches at current experimental facilities (CERN, JLab, Mainz). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://higgs.ph.ed.ac.uk/workshops/exotic-hadron-spectroscopy |
| Description | Organisation of the "Exotic hadron spectroscopy workshop 2017" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Co-Organiser of the "Exotic Hadron Spectroscopy" workshop. The aim of the workshop was to bring together the nuclear and particle physics communities to discuss experimental searches for exotic hadronic resonances (tetra, penta, hexaquarks etc); the latest data analysis methods used; the theoretical interpretation of these states and the potential for future searches at current experimental facilities (CERN, JLab, Mainz). It was very successful in 2016. It was decided to make it annual. EHS Workshop-2017 was organised in Dec. 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://higgs.ph.ed.ac.uk/workshops/exotic-hadron-spectroscopy-2017 |
| Description | South African nuclear physics summer school |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | South African, nuclear physics summer school. Set of nuclear and medical physics lectures and master classes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.unizulu.ac.za/unizulu-hosts-9th-tastes-of-nuclear-physics-conference/ |
| Description | Strong2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organisation of Strong2020 workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://agenda.infn.it/event/27658/ |
| Description | The Independent newspaper article about our Dark matter research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | article about our dark matter research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dark-matter-source-new-particle-hexaquark-university-york... |
| Description | University of Manchester Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to make a general seminar at the University of Manchester to introduce our discoveries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |