Search for Rare Charm decays at LHCb
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
LHCb is the world-leading experiment in the field of heavy flavour physics. The aim of Chris' initial project is to analyse data from this experiment to search for rare decays of the form D+ (s) -> hll, where 'h' is a charged pion or kaon and 'l' is an electron or muon. There are 28 different decay channels of this form. The aim of the project is to investigate the possibility of being able to observe or place world-best limits on all channels.
In addition Chris will work on the alignment of the LHCb experiment, particularly on the development of the alignment procedure for the vertex detector (VELO) of the next generation upgraded LHCb experiment. This work is performed in the context of a European Union funded project (AIDA) on developing common tools for paticle physics experiments. Chris will also support the alignment needs of prototype detectors tested in testbems.
In addition Chris will work on the alignment of the LHCb experiment, particularly on the development of the alignment procedure for the vertex detector (VELO) of the next generation upgraded LHCb experiment. This work is performed in the context of a European Union funded project (AIDA) on developing common tools for paticle physics experiments. Chris will also support the alignment needs of prototype detectors tested in testbems.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Christopher Parkes (Primary Supervisor) | |
Christopher Burr (Student) |
Publications
Aaij R
(2015)
Evidence for the Strangeness-Changing Weak Decay ?_{b}^{-}??_{b}^{0}p^{-}.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2015)
Search for the rare decays B 0 ? J / ? ? and B s 0 ? J / ? ?
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2016)
First observation of the rare B + ? D + K + p - decay
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of forward W ? e? production in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
First study of the CP-violating phase and decay-width difference in B s 0 ? ? ( 2 S ) ? decays
in Physics Letters B
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of the CKM angle ? using B 0 ? DK *0 with D ? K S 0 p + p - decays
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
First Observation of D^{0}-D[over ¯]^{0} Oscillations in D^{0}?K^{+}p^{-}p^{+}p^{-} Decays and Measurement of the Associated Coherence Parameters.
in Physical review letters
Aaij R
(2016)
Measurement of forward W and Z boson production in association with jets in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaij R
(2016)
Constraints on the unitarity triangle angle ? from Dalitz plot analysis of B 0 ? D K + p - decays
in Physical Review D
Aaij R
(2016)
Study of D sJ (*) + mesons decaying to D * + K S 0 and D *0 K + final states
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ST/N504178/1 | 30/09/2015 | 30/03/2021 | |||
1681016 | Studentship | ST/N504178/1 | 30/09/2015 | 31/03/2019 | Christopher Burr |