TBA
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
TBA
Studentship Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST/R504737/1 | 01/10/2017 | 30/09/2021 | |||
| 1961326 | Studentship | ST/R504737/1 | 01/10/2017 | 31/03/2021 | Elizabeth Leason |
| Description | TBA |
| Amount | £525,315 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 1961326 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Title | Low energy electron recoil analysis framework |
| Description | General framework for all low energy electron recoil searches in LZ. |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Paper in preparation |
| Description | LUX Collaboration |
| Organisation | Large Underground Xenon Experiment (LUX) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Mirror dark matter analysis using LUX Run3 data. Included new simulations, updated analysis software and new analysis of data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data taken by the LUX experiment before I joined, many hardware and software/analysis efforts culminating in the full WIMP search and world leading limit. |
| Impact | Physical Review D Article:First direct detection constraint on mirror dark matter kinetic mixing using LUX 2013 data. https://inspirehep.net/record/1748651 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | LUX ZEPLIN |
| Organisation | LUX-ZEPLIN |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Development of low energy electron recoil analysis framework to use in sensitivity projections for low energy electron recoil searches. Simulations work related to low energy electron recoils. Infrastructure to run statistical analysis on grid. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Simulations, statistical analysis, software tools and support. |
| Impact | Paper in preparation |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | Statistical analysis on grid |
| Description | Submission, retrieval and benchmarking for statistical analysis on grid. |
| Type Of Technology | Grid Application |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Able to use grid computing resources |
| Description | Dark Matter Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dark matter day exhibits. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Grassmarket Science Chat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about searching for invisible particles with adults who use the Grassmarket Community Centre, Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IoP Festival of Physics |
| 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 | Helped with particle physics activities at IoP Festival of Physics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2019 |
| Description | Quebec Science Magazine |
| 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 | Mirror dark matter article in Quebec Science magazine after interview with journalist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Sutton Trust Workshop |
| 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 | Dark matter workshop for 17 year olds considering studying physics at university. They work though calculations, using galaxy rotation curves to infer the amount of dark matter. This is supposed to give them a taste of physics at university. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |