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IoP HEPP and AP joint meeting

Europe/London
Chichester Lecture Theatre (University of Sussex)

Chichester Lecture Theatre

University of Sussex

Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
Antonella De Santo (University of Sussex (GB)), Christian Byrnes (University of Sussex (GB)), Fabrizio Salvatore (University of Sussex (GB)), Joanne Hemstock (Institute of Physics), Philip Harris, Simon Peeters (University of Sussex)
Description
This is the annual joint meeting of the Institute of Physics High Energy Particle Physics and Astroparticle Physics Groups. The meeting will take place at the University of Sussex, starting on Monday 21 March. An STFC town meeting will follow the conference on the afternoon of 23 March. The conference will focus on both experimental, as well as theoretical physics within the following themes: collider physics neutrino physics flavour physics non-accelerator particle physics astroparticle physics particle physics particle physics detectors particle accelerators for future projects Twitter hashtag: #IOPSUSSEX2016 The 42nd Annual Bubble Chamber HEP football tournament will be held on Sunday 20 March. Organised jointly by the IOP High Energy Particle Physics Group and the IOP Astroparticle Physics Group
    • Arrival Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
    • Welcome Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

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    • Keith Ellis (IPPP): Precision perturbative QCD Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

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      Precision perturbative QCD

      Convener: Richard Keith Ellis (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    • Chris Hays (Oxford): Standard model measurements at the LHC Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
      Convener: Chris Hays (University of Oxford (GB))
    • Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (Birmingham): Higgs results at the LHC Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
      Convener: Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (University of Birmingham (GB))
    • Becky Parker, Institute for Research in Schools: Practical Particle Physics in schools Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

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      Convener: Rebecca Parker (Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (GB))
    • Lunch / APP AGM Dine Central, Level 1 Bramber House

      Dine Central, Level 1 Bramber House

    • Iacopo Vivarelli (Sussex): Search for supersymmetric and exotic signatures at the Large Hadron Collider with ATLAS and CMS Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
      Convener: Iacopo Vivarelli (University of Sussex (GB))
    • Alex Tapper (Imperial): Future upgrades to the LHC Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
      Convener: Alex Tapper (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))
    • Stewart Boogert (RHUL/JAI): A UK perspective on future high energy colliders Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
      Convener: Stewart boogert (Royal Holloway, University of London)
    • Poster session 1 and refreshments Dine Central, Level 1 Bramber House

      Dine Central, Level 1 Bramber House

    • Parallel session 1: Session 1A Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      • 1
        Searching for dijet resonances with the ATLAS detector
        Speaker: Lydia Audrey Beresford (University of Oxford (GB))
      • 2
        Pursuit of new physics in events with many jets at ATLAS
        Speaker: William James Fawcett (University of Oxford (GB))
      • 3
        Jet trigger performance and background studies for a dark matter search in ATLAS
        Speaker: Valentinos Christodoulou (University College London (UK))
      • 4
        Searches for diboson resonances at ATLAS using boson-tagged jets
        Speaker: Alex Christopher Martyniuk (University College London)
    • Parallel session 1: Session 1B Pevensey 1, Level 1 A06 (1A06)

      Pevensey 1, Level 1 A06 (1A06)

      University of Sussex

      • 5
        Charmless B meson decays Bs to p overline hh (h = pi,K) at LHCb
        Speaker: Giulio Dujany (University of Manchester (GB))
      • 6
        Studies of charmless multi-body b-baryon decays at LHCb
        Speaker: Daniel Patrick O'Hanlon (University of Warwick (GB))
      • 7
        Testing lepton universality in rare decays of Lb baryons using LHCb data
        Speaker: Sean Kirwan (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))
      • 8
        Measurement of the forward energy flow in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the LHCb experiment
        Speaker: Karlis Dreimanis (University of Liverpool (GB))
    • Parallel session 1: Session 1C Pevensey 1, Level 1 A07 (1A07)

      Pevensey 1, Level 1 A07 (1A07)

      University of Sussex

      • 9
        Search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge-76 with the GERDA experiment
        Speaker: Andrea Kirsch (Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics)
      • 10
        Neutrinoless double beta decay with SNO+
        Speaker: Edward Leming (University of Sussex)
      • 11
        Detecting Axion-Like Particles, originating from the Sun, with large neutrino detectors such as SNO+
        Speaker: Christopher Rob Jones (University of Cambridge (GB))
      • 12
        Search for Majorana neutrinos in LHCb
        Speaker: Federico Leo Redi (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))
    • Parallel session 1: Session 1D Pevensey 1, Level 2 D10 (2D10)

      Pevensey 1, Level 2 D10 (2D10)

      University of Sussex

      • 13
        Recent results from the Pierre Auger Observatory
        Speaker: Ad van den Berg (University of Groningen)
      • 14
        Interactions between ultra high-energy particles and protogalactic environments. Ellis Owen, UCL
      • 15
        Results of the CASCADE microwave hidden sector photon search
        Speaker: Ian Bailey (Lancaster University)
      • 16
        Gauge-independence of tunneling rates
        Speaker: Carlos Tamarit (IPPP Durham)
    • Parallel session 1: Session 1E Pevensey 1, Level 2 D11 (2D11)

      Pevensey 1, Level 2 D11 (2D11)

      University of Sussex

      • 17
        Testing lepton flavour universality with the R K0 ratio
        Speaker: Luca Pescatore (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 18
        Asls and the Ds production asymmetry
        Speaker: Suzanne Klaver (University of Manchester (GB))
      • 19
        Lifetime measurements and time dependent CP violation of B->h+h'-
        Speaker: Sarah Karodia (University of Glasgow (GB))
      • 20
        Search for CP violation in multi-body charm decays with the energy test
        Speaker: Shanzhen Chen (University of Manchester (GB))
    • Welcome drinks reception Meeting House, University of Sussex

      Meeting House, University of Sussex

    • Tom Blake (Warwick): Rare b-hadron decays Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
      Convener: Thomas Blake (University of Warwick)
    • Kostantinos Petridis (Bristol): Recent results from LHCb Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

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      Convener: Konstantinos Petridis (University of Bristol (GB))
    • Refreshment break Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

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    • Anna Holin (UCL): The world of accelerator neutrinos Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

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      Convener: Anna Holin (University College London)
    • Kai Zuber (Dresden): Non-accelerator neutrino physics Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

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      Convener: Kai Zuber (Technische Universitaet Dresden)
    • Anne Green (Nottingham): Cosmology Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

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      Convener: Christian Byrnes (University of Sussex (GB))
    • Lunch / HEP AGM Dine Central, Level 1 Bramber House

      Dine Central, Level 1 Bramber House

    • Parallel session 2: Session 2A Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      • 21
        Search for SM Higgs Boson decaying to two photons in run II LHC collision at CMS
        Speaker: Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))
      • 22
        Search for Standard Model Higgs bosons produced in association with a t quark pair and decaying to two b quarks in pp collisions at 13 TeV in ATLAS
        Speaker: William Dmitri Breaden Madden (University of Glasgow (GB))
      • 23
        Search for the Higgs Boson decaying to two b-quarks, produced in association with leptonically decaying top quarks in Run 2 at ATLAS
        Speaker: Benjamin Sowden (Royal Holloway, University of London)
      • 24
        Search for SM Higgs bosons produced in association with a t quark pair and decaying to two b quarks in pp collisions at 13 TeV in ATLAS, in the boosted regime
        Speaker: Samuel Joseph Crawley (University of Glasgow (GB))
      • 25
        Boosting Higgs pair production in the bb¯bb¯ final state with multivariate techniques
        Speaker: Cigdem Issever (University of Oxford (GB))
      • 26
        Search for rare exclusive Higgs boson decays to vector mesons and photons with ATLAS
        Speaker: James Broughton (University of Birmingham (GB))
    • Parallel session 2: Session 2B Pevensey 1, Level 1 A06 (1A06)

      Pevensey 1, Level 1 A06 (1A06)

      University of Sussex

      • 27
        Measurement of the W and Z boson production cross sections at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
        Speaker: Rhys Edward Owen (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 28
        Measurement of the ZZ production cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
        Speaker: Stefan Richter (University College London (GB))
      • 29
        Measurement of the ZZ production cross section in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
        Speaker: Jonatan Rosten (University of Cambridge (GB))
      • 30
        Measurement of the triple differential cross section of Drell-Yan production at 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
        Speaker: Lewis James Armitage (University of London (GB))
      • 31
        Measurements of the top quark pair production rate in pp collisions at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
        Speaker: Fabian Wilk (University of Manchester (GB))
      • 32
        Bs to mumu result from ATLAS
        Speaker: Marcella Bona (Queen Mary University of London (UK))
    • Parallel session 2: Session 2C Pevensey 1, Level 1 A07 (1A07)

      Pevensey 1, Level 1 A07 (1A07)

      University of Sussex

      • 33
        First neutrino oscillation results from NOvA
        Speaker: Luke Vinton (University of Sussex)
      • 34
        Status of sterile neutrino global fits to neutrino oscillation data. Davio Cianci, Manchester
      • 35
        Charged-current neutral pion events in the ND280 for T2K. David Shaw, Lancaster
        Speaker: Dave Shaw (Lancaster University)
      • 36
        Low energy physics at Hyper-Kamiokande
        Speaker: Thomas Dealtry (RAL & University of Oxford)
      • 37
        Atmospheric-neutrino flux-integrated differential cross-section measurement in IceCube
        Speaker: Shivesh Mandalia
      • 38
        Precision neutrino oscillation physics at the South Pole. Steven Wren, University of Manchester, UK
    • Parallel session 2: Session 2D Pevensey 1, Level 2 D10 (2D10)

      Pevensey 1, Level 2 D10 (2D10)

      University of Sussex

      • 39
        Direct Dark Matter searches with the LUX and LZ experiments. Sally Shaw, University College London, UK
      • 40
        Status of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment
        Speaker: Paolo Beltrame (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN))
      • 41
        Multiple interaction event rejection in the LZ dark matter detector. Thomas Davison, University of Edinburgh, UK
      • 42
        DEAP-3600 dark matter detector
        Speaker: Dr Nasim Fatemighomi (Royal Holloway University of London)
      • 43
        Position reconstruction in DEAP-3600
        Speaker: Navin Seeburn (Royal Holloway, University of London)
    • Parallel session 2: Session 2E Pevensey 1, Level 2 D11 (2D11)

      Pevensey 1, Level 2 D11 (2D11)

      University of Sussex

      • 44
        The ATLAS muon trigger in Run-2
        Speaker: Savanna Marie Shaw (University of Manchester)
      • 45
        Generalisation in machine learning for HEP
        Speaker: Thomas James Stevenson (University of London (GB))
      • 46
        Gaseous photomultiplier development for position-sensitive VUV light detection in liquid argon
        Speaker: Matthew Thiesse
      • 47
        Development of a 3He-based absolute calibration magnetometer for the muon g-2 experiment
        Speaker: Sam Henry (University of Oxford)
    • Poster session 2 and refreshments Dine Central, Level 1 Bramber House

      Dine Central, Level 1 Bramber House

    • Parallel session 3: Session 3A Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      • 48
        Search for new resonances decaying to a W or Z boson and a Higgs in 0,1,2 lepton channels in pp collisions at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
        Speaker: Stephen Jiggins (University of London (GB))
      • 49
        Search for beyond SM Higgs boson decaying to two tau leptons in Run-II ATLAS
        Speaker: Guillermo Nicolas Hamity (University of Sheffield (GB))
      • 50
        Perturbative unitarity bound on the parameter space in composite two Higgs doublet models. Emine Yildirim, University of Southampton, UK
      • 51
        MonoH to bb in association with dark matter
        Speaker: Matt Baca (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 52
        Searches for neutral BSM Higgs bosons with final states containing two taus
        Speaker: Adinda De Wit (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))
      • 53
        The search for high mass resonances in Diboson decays at ATLAS in Run-2
        Speakers: Joseph Stanford Ennis (University of Warwick (GB)), Joseph Stanford Ennis (University of Warwick (GB))
    • Parallel session 3: Session 3B Pevensey 1, Level 1 A06 (1A06)

      Pevensey 1, Level 1 A06 (1A06)

      University of Sussex

      • 54
        Search for supersymmetry in pp collisions at CMS at a centre of mass energy of 13 TeV
        Speaker: Dominic Smith (University of Bristol (GB))
      • 55
        Summary of searches for the electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in √s=8 TeV pp collisions in ATLAS
        Speakers: Itzebelt Santoyo Castillo (University of Sussex (GB)), Itzebelt Santoyo Castillo (University of Sussex (GB))
      • 56
        Data-driven background estimation techniques used in ATLAS searches for SUSY
        Speaker: Calum Michael Macdonald (University of Sheffield (GB))
      • 57
        Direct stop pair production in the fully hadronic channel at ATLAS
        Speaker: Dave Lewis (University of London (GB))
    • Parallel session 3: Session 3C Pevensey 1, Level 1 A07 (1A07)

      Pevensey 1, Level 1 A07 (1A07)

      University of Sussex

      • 58
        NC gamma, an exclusive channel for neutrino photo-production in GENIE neutrino event generator. Pierre Lasorak, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
      • 59
        Nucleon final state interaction in NEUT
        Speaker: Wing Yan Ma (Imperial College London)
      • 60
        A truth study using transverse variables to characterise nuclear effects in neutrino–nucleus scattering
        Speaker: Luke Pickering (Imperial College London)
      • 61
        Neutrino coherent pion production
        Speaker: Paul Martins (C)
      • 62
        Shower reconstruction in LAr for the detection of pi0s in the DUNE far detector. Michael Wallbank, University of Sheffield, UK
        Speaker: Michael Wallbank
      • 63
        Particle Identification in the 35 ton and Cosmogenic simulations. Thomas Warburton, University of Sheffield, UK
        Speaker: Mr Thomas Warburton (University of Sheffield, UK)
    • Parallel session 3: Session 3D Pevensey 1, Level 2 D10 (2D10)

      Pevensey 1, Level 2 D10 (2D10)

      University of Sussex

      • 64
        Liquid level monitoring with a differential capacitive sensor for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment. Fengting Liao, University of Oxford, UK
        Speaker: FengTing Liao
      • 65
        Simplified readout for CYGNUS-TPC: a massive directional dark matter detector. Anthony Ezeribe, University of Sheffield, UK
      • 66
        Prospects for the direct detection of dark matter with inelastic transitions of xenon
        Speakers: Christopher McCabe, Christopher Mccabe
      • 67
        UK materials screening for the LZ dark matter direct detection experiment and future rare event searches
        Speaker: James Edward Young Dobson
      • 68
        Boulby Underground Laboratory: update of science hosted and infrastructure for new projects. Chris Toth, STFC, UK
      • 69
        Radio-purity strategy for the SuperNEMO experiment. Xinran Liu, University College London, UK
    • Parallel session 3: Session 3E Pevensey 1, Level 2 D11 (2D11)

      Pevensey 1, Level 2 D11 (2D11)

      University of Sussex

      • 70
        Reactor monitoring with T2K anti-neutrino technology
        Speaker: Yan Jie Schnellbach (University of Liverpool (GB))
      • 71
        Muon radiography for carbon storage monitoring
        Speaker: David Woodward (University of Sheffield)
      • 72
        Prototype atom interferometer for fundamental physics. David Morris, University of Liverpool, UK
      • 73
        Fabrication and characterisation of 3D diamond detectors
        Speaker: Steven Alexander Murphy (University of Manchester (GB))
      • 74
        3D diamond detector development
        Speaker: Giulio Tiziano Forcolin (University of Manchester (GB))
    • Break Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
    • Conference dinner Amex Stadium, Brighton

      Amex Stadium, Brighton

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
    • Stéphanie Roccia (CNRS): Electric Dipole Moment experiments Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
      Conveners: Stephanie Roccia (CSNSM Universite Paris Sud IN2P3 CNRS), stephanie roccia (Universite Paris Sud)
    • Parallel session 4: Session 4A Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      • 75
        The search for the production of four top quarks at the CMS experiment
        Speaker: Lana Margaret Gwen Beck (University of Bristol (GB))
      • 76
        Search for high mass Zgamma resonances using leptonic Z Boson decays in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
        Speaker: Nathan Peter Readioff (University of Liverpool (GB))
      • 77
        Theoretical uncertainties in the search for heavy gauge bosons at the LHC
        Speaker: Ellis Kay (University of Liverpool (GB))
    • Parallel session 4: Session 4B Pevensey 1, Level 1 A06 (1A06)

      Pevensey 1, Level 1 A06 (1A06)

      University of Sussex

      • 78
        Determining the standard model backgrounds of a search for new physics with jets and missing transverse momentum in 13 TeV pp collisions at the LHC
        Speaker: Adam Christopher Elwood (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))
      • 79
        Statistical methods for optimising the sensitivity of a search for new physics using jets and missing transverse momentum in 13 TeV pp collisions at the LHC
        Speaker: Matthew Daniel Citron (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))
      • 80
        Search for bottom squark pair production with the ATLAS detector in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13TeV
        Speaker: John Kenneth Anders (University of Liverpool (GB))
    • Parallel session 4: Session 4C Pevensey 1, Level 1 A07 (1A07)

      Pevensey 1, Level 1 A07 (1A07)

      University of Sussex

      • 81
        The ANNIE Experiment - Measuring neutron yield from accelerator neutrino interactions. Marcus O'Flaherty, University of Sheffield, UK
      • 82
        Prototype detection unit for the CHIPS experiment. Maciej Pfutzner, University College London, UK
      • 83
        Search for short baseline oscillations with the SoLid Experiment
        Speaker: Antonin Vacheret (University of Oxford)
    • Parallel session 4: Session 4D Pevensey 1, Level 2 D10 (2D10)

      Pevensey 1, Level 2 D10 (2D10)

      University of Sussex

      • 84
        Status of the NA62 experiment at CERN SPS
        Speaker: Angela Romano (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 85
        The coherent muon to electron transition experiment
        Speaker: Ajit Kurup (Imperial College London)
      • 86
        Physics with the g-2 straw tracker. Thomas Stuttard, University College London, UK
      • 87
        Measurement of the width difference of the B_d meson with the ATLAS detector
        Speaker: Malcolm Bruce Skinner (Lancaster University (GB))
    • Refreshment break Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
    • Neil Spooner (Sheffield): Direct searches for galactic particle dark matter Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
      Convener: Neil Spooner (University of Sheffield)
    • Themis Bowcock (Liverpool): TBC Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
      Conveners: Themis Bowcock (CERN), Themis Bowcock (University of Liverpool (GB))
    • Lunch Dine Central, Level 1 Bramber House

      Dine Central, Level 1 Bramber House

    • Giles Hammond (Glasgow): UK astroparticle physics research Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
      Convener: Giles Hammond (University of Birmingham)
    • Keynote and closing remarks Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
    • STFC Town Meeting Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

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      • 88
        Update from STFC
        Speakers: Grahame Blair (RHUL), Grahame Blair (Royal Holloway, Univ. of London), Grahame Blair (University of London (GB)), John William Womersley (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB)), John Womersley (RAL)
      • 89
        Update from Particle Physics Advisory Panel chair
      • 90
        Update from Particle Astrophysics Advisory Panel chair
      • 91
        Update from STFC Science Board
      • 92
        Q&A
    • Public lecture Chichester Lecture Theatre

      Chichester Lecture Theatre

      University of Sussex

      Falmer Brighton BN1 9QJ UK