IoP APP / HEPP Conference 2018

Europe/London
University of Bristol

University of Bristol

H. H. Wills Laboratory Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TL UK
    • 18:30 19:30
      Drinks reception Zero Degrees

      Zero Degrees

      53 Colston St Bristol BS1 5BA
    • 09:00 11:00
      Plenary: Session I Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      University of Bristol

      H H Wills Physics Lab Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TL
    • 11:00 11:30
      Coffee 30m
    • 11:30 13:00
      Parallel I: TBC Mott Theatre

      Mott Theatre

      University of Bristol

      • 11:30
        Search for additional heavy neutral Higgs and gauge bosons decaying to di-tau in the ATLAS detector produced with 13 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC 15m
        Speaker: Theodore Zorbas (University of Sheffield (GB))
      • 11:45
        Search for exclusive Higgs and Z boson decays to φγ and ργ with the ATLAS detector 15m
        Speaker: Rhys Edward Owen (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 12:00
        Search for boosted ttH(H→bb) with the ATLAS detector 15m
        Speaker: Emma Winkels (University of Sussex (GB))
      • 12:15
        Searching for decays of the Higgs boson to charm quarks at ATLAS 15m
        Speaker: Elliot Reynolds (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 12:30
        Searches for additional neutral Higgs bosons in the di-tau final state with the CMS experiment 15m
        Speaker: Daniel Winterbottom (Imperial College (GB))
    • 11:30 13:00
      Parallel II: TBC Frank Theatre

      Frank Theatre

      University of Bristol

      • 11:30
        Measurement of the CP violating phase, φs, in Run 2 using B⁰s→J/ψK+K− 15m
        Speaker: Konstantin Gizdov (The University of Edinburgh (GB))
      • 11:45
        Prospects for K±→π±μ+μ- at the LHCb Experiment 15m
        Speaker: Kristian Alexander Zarebski (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 12:00
        Status and prospects of the measurement of the pi+mu+mu- form factor with the NA62 experiment at CERN 15m
        Speaker: Christopher John Parkinson (University of Birmingham)
      • 12:15
        Measurement of the branching fractions and form factors of K+→π⁰l+ν decays 15m
        Speaker: Mr Stoyan Trilov (University of Bristol (GB))
      • 12:30
        Measurement of the K+ -> pi+ gamma gamma decay at NA62 15m
        Speaker: Maria Brigida Brunetti (University of Birmingham (GB))
    • 11:30 13:00
      Parallel III: TBC 3.34

      3.34

      University of Bristol

      • 11:30
        Vertex finding for pile-up mitigation in the Phase-2 upgrade of the Level-1 Trigger of CMS 15m
        Speaker: Antoni Shtipliyski (Imperial College (GB))
      • 11:45
        Gaussian Processes for High Energy Physics 15m
        Speaker: Adam Bozson (Royal Holloway, University of London (GB))
      • 12:00
        Perspectives for SUSY in light of current LHC constraints 15m
        Speaker: Jonathan Costa (Imperial College London)
      • 12:15
        QED Parton Distribution Functions 15m
        Speaker: Ricky Nathvani
      • 12:30
        Positivity Constraints on Self-Interacting Dark Matter 15m
        Speakers: Scott Melville (Imperial College London), Scott Melville (Imperial College, London)
    • 11:30 13:00
      Parallel IV: TBC Berry Theatre (3.21)

      Berry Theatre (3.21)

      University of Bristol

      • 11:30
        Measuring the Effective Longitudinal Electron Diffusion Coefficient at MicroBooNE 15m
        Speaker: Adam Lister
      • 11:45
        Calorimetric Energy Scale in the NOvA Detectors 15m
        Speaker: Tyler Alion (University of Sussex)
      • 12:00
        MicroBooNE NC Delta Radiative Single-Photon Search 15m
        Speaker: Robert Murrells
      • 12:15
        Latest muon neutrino disappearance results from the NOvA experiment 15m
        Speaker: Diana Patricia Mendez (University of Sussex)
      • 12:30
        Comparison of Binned vs. Unbinned Likelihood Analyses for Neutrino Oscillation Measurements in NOvA 15m
        Speaker: Sebastian Bending
    • 13:00 14:00
      APP AGM Frank Theatre (University of BristolF)

      Frank Theatre

      University of BristolF

    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 15:45
      Parallel I: TBC Mott Theatre

      Mott Theatre

      University of Bristol

      • 14:00
        Measurement of Z+bb kinematic variables with ATLAS 15m
        Speaker: Chloe Gray (University of Glasgow (GB))
      • 14:15
        Searching for invisible phenomena through measurement of events with jets and large missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at ATLAS 15m
        Speaker: Rebecca Hayley Pickles (University of Manchester (GB))
      • 14:30
        Measurements of boosted top-quark differential cross-sections in the lepton+jets channel at s=√13 TeV using pp collision data recorded with the ATLAS detector 15m
        Speaker: Michael James Fenton (University of Glasgow (GB))
      • 14:45
        Higgsinos and compressed sleptons: opening the soft lepton frontier for new physics at the LHC 15m
        Speaker: Jesse Liu (University of Oxford)
      • 15:00
        Dark Matter Searches at CMS 15m
        Speaker: Shane Davy Breeze (Imperial College (GB))
      • 15:15
        Search for single top production in association with a Z boson for the dilepton final state in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV in the CMS detector 15m
        Speaker: Corin James Keir Hoad (Brunel University (GB))
    • 14:00 15:45
      Parallel II: TBC Frank Theatre

      Frank Theatre

      University of Bristol

      • 14:00
        Search for the decay B → p+p-μν 15m
        Speaker: Matthew James Tilley (Imperial College (GB))
      • 14:15
        Measuring the WW Production Cross-Section at LHCb 15m
        Speaker: Heather Mckenzie Wark (University of Liverpool (GB))
      • 14:30
        Search for Bc→DD decays with the LHCb detector 15m
        Speaker: Alison Maria Tully (University of Cambridge (GB))
      • 14:45
        Searching for lepton universality violation and New Physics in rare decays of Lambda baryons at the LHCb. 15m
        Speaker: Ross John Glew (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))
      • 15:00
        Search for K+ to pi+ nu nu at NA62 15m
        Speaker: Angela Romano (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 15:15
        Search For Heavy Neutral Lepton Decays At NA62 Experiment At CERN 15m
        Speaker: Lorenza Iacobuzio (University of Birmingham (GB))
    • 14:00 15:45
      Parallel III: TBC 3.34

      3.34

      University of Bristol

      • 14:00
        Sensor Characterisation and Readout for the LHCb VELO Upgrade 15m
        Speaker: Vinicius Franco Lima (University of Liverpool (GB))
      • 14:15
        3D Printing Gaseous Radiation Detectors 15m
        Speaker: Samuel Fargher
      • 14:30
        ATLAS inner detector decommissioning: Tolerance study of robotic components for use in high radiation environment 15m
        Speaker: Alice Cryer (University of Sheffield (GB))
      • 14:45
        The LHCb VELO Upgrade 15m
        Speaker: Dutta Deepanwita
      • 15:00
        Bayesian optimisation of the SHiP muon shield 15m
        Speaker: Oliver Lantwin (Imperial College (GB))
      • 15:15
        Towards the highest precision detector at the LHC - The LHCb Upgrade VELO and Its Performance 15m
        Speaker: Chris Burr (University of Manchester (GB))
    • 14:00 15:45
      Parallel IV Berry Theatre (3.21)

      Berry Theatre (3.21)

      University of Bristol

      • 14:00
        Overview of the ANITA experiment 15m
        Speaker: Linda Cremonesi (Queen Mary University of London)
      • 14:15
        Hunting Axionlike Dark Matter by Searching for an Oscillating Neutron Electric Dipole Moment 15m
        Speaker: Nick Ayres (University of Sussex)
      • 14:30
        Search for New Physics in Astrophysical Flavor at IceCube 15m
        Speaker: Shivesh Mandalia (Queen Mary University of London)
      • 14:45
        Neutrino Interferometry for High-Precision Tests of Lorentz Symmetry with IceCube 15m
        Speaker: Teppei Katori (Queen Mary University of London)
      • 15:00
        Searching for WIMP dark matter with the LZ experiment 15m
        Speaker: Ibles Olcina
    • 15:45 16:15
      Coffee 30m
    • 16:15 18:15
      Plenary: Session II Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      University of Bristol

      H H Wills Physics Lab Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TL
    • 18:15 19:30
      Poster reception 1h 15m
    • 09:00 11:00
      Plenary: Session III Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      University of Bristol

      H H Wills Physics Lab Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TL
    • 11:00 11:30
      Coffee 30m
    • 11:30 13:00
      Parallel I: TBC Mott Theatre

      Mott Theatre

      University of Bristol

      • 11:30
        Tagging boosted jets from top quarks and heavy vector bosons using jet substructure and multivariate techniques 15m
        Speaker: Amal Vaidya (University of London (GB))
      • 11:45
        Searches for Resonant and Non-Resonant Higgs Pair Production in the bbtautau Decay Channel with the ATLAS Detector 15m
        Speaker: Emily Charlotte Graham (University of Liverpool (GB))
      • 12:00
        Searches for heavy ZZ and ZW resonances in the llqq and ννqq final states at 13 TeV in the ATLAS detector 15m
        Speaker: David Philip John Lack (University of Manchester (GB))
      • 12:15
        Measurements of Higgs boson cross sections and couplings in the diphoton decay channel with the CMS experiment 15m
        Speaker: Edward Scott (Imperial College (GB))
      • 12:30
        Higgs-to-Invisible Searches for the CMS experiment at the LHC 15m
        Speaker: Mr Riccardo Di Maria (Imperial College (GB))
    • 11:30 13:00
      Parallel II: TBC Frank Theatre

      Frank Theatre

      University of Bristol

      • 11:30
        Relative branching fraction measurements of B→3h decays 15m
        Speaker: Cayo Costa Sobral (University of Warwick (GB))
      • 11:45
        A search for the decay Λb ->pKη' using the LHCb Run I dataset. 15m
        Speaker: Timothy Williams (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 12:00
        Anti-deuteron measurements at LHCb 15m
        Speaker: Sophie Katherine Baker (Imperial College (GB))
      • 12:15
        Searches for doubly charmed baryons at LHCb 15m
        Speaker: Murdo Thomas Traill (University of Glasgow (GB))
      • 12:30
        Angular analysis of the decay $\Lambda_{b}^{0}\rightarrow \Lambda \mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ 15m
        Speaker: Georgios Chatzikonstantinidis (University of Birmingham (GB))
    • 11:30 13:00
      Parallel III: TBC 3.34

      3.34

      University of Bristol

      • 11:30
        Optical Calibration of the Hyper-Kamiokande Detector with Test Data in Super-Kamiokande 15m
        Speaker: Lauren Anthony
      • 11:45
        Gadolinium radiopurity assay programme for Super-Kamiokande 15m
        Speaker: Matthew Thiesse
      • 12:00
        The Hyper-Kamiokande Outer-Detector : design, performance estimation of background rejection and physics potential 15m
        Speaker: Stephane Alexandre Zsoldos (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))
      • 12:15
        Supernova Neutrino Simulations in Hyper-Kamiokande 15m
        Speaker: Jost Migenda (University of Sheffield)
      • 12:30
        Innovation and Non-Proliferation - Particle Physics for Nuclear Threat Reduction 15m
        Speaker: Elisabeth Kneale
    • 11:30 13:00
      Parallel IV: TBC Berry Theatre (3.21)

      Berry Theatre (3.21)

      University of Bristol

      • 11:30
        Status of the SuperNEMO double-beta decay experiment 15m
        Speaker: Cheryl Patrick (Northwestern University)
      • 11:45
        Recent Developments in the Spherical Proportional Counter for NEWS-G 15m
        Speaker: Patrick Knights
      • 12:00
        Sensitivity Studies and Development of the Gas Supply System for the SuperNEMO Experiment 15m
        Speaker: Lauren Dawson
      • 12:15
        Radon Background Mitigation Strategy for the SuperNEMO Experiment 15m
        Speaker: Fang Xie
      • 12:30
        Search for light Dark Matter with NEWS-G 15m
        Speaker: Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (University of Birmingham (GB))
    • 13:00 14:00
      HEPP AGM Frank Theatre

      Frank Theatre

    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 15:30
      Plenary: Session IV Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      University of Bristol

      H H Wills Physics Lab Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TL
      • 14:00
        Standard Model Measurements at the LHC 30m
        Speaker: Ulla Blumenschein (University of London (GB))
      • 14:30
        Higgs Physics at the LHC 30m
        Speaker: Nicholas Wardle (Imperial College (GB))
      • 15:00
        New Physics Searches at the LHC 30m
        Speaker: Jim Brooke (University of Bristol (GB))
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee 30m
    • 16:00 18:00
      STFC Town Meeting Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      University of Bristol

      H H Wills Physics Lab Tyndall Ave Bristol]BS8 1TL
    • 19:00 23:00
      Dinner 4h

      Dinner will be held at xxx, arrival 19:00 for 19:30

    • 09:00 10:35
      Plenary: Session V Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      University of Bristol

      H H Wills Physics Lab Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TL
    • 10:35 11:00
      Coffee 25m
    • 11:00 12:00
      Parallel I Mott Theatre

      Mott Theatre

      University of Bristol

      • 11:00
        Search for low mass dijet resonances in association with ISR in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector 15m
        Speaker: Andreas Sogaard (University of Edinburgh (GB))
      • 11:15
        ATLAS Measurement of the Dynamics of Single Proton Dissociation at the LHC 15m
        Speaker: Andrew Geoffrey Foster (University of Birmingham (GB))
      • 11:30
        The Quest for New Physics, motivated with strong-supersymmetric models, in final states with many hadronic jets in 13 TeV pp collisions at the ATLAS detector 15m
        Speaker: Michael Edward Nelson (University of Oxford (GB))
    • 11:00 12:00
      Parallel II Frank Theatre

      Frank Theatre

      University of Bristol

      • 11:00
        Search for hidden sectors in kaon decays at the NA62 experiment at CERN 15m
        Speaker: Dr Viacheslav Duk (University of Birmingham)
      • 11:15
        Charged Higgs Bosons in Naturally Aligned Two Higgs Doublet Models at the LHC 15m
        Speaker: Emily Orgill (University of Manchester (GB))
      • 11:30
        Constraining new physics with standard model measurements 15m
        Speaker: David Yallup (University College London)
    • 11:00 12:00
      Parallel III Berry Lecture Theatre (3.21)

      Berry Lecture Theatre (3.21)

      University of Bristol

      • 11:00
        Commissioning of a Laser Calibration System for SNO+ 15m Berry Theatre (3.21)

        Berry Theatre (3.21)

        Speaker: Esther Turner
      • 11:15
        The physics of SNO+ 15m Berry Theatre (3.21)

        Berry Theatre (3.21)

        Speaker: Dr Edward Leming (University of Oxford)
      • 11:30
        Cosmic Muon Induced Neutrons in SNO+ 15m Berry Theatre (3.21)

        Berry Theatre (3.21)

        Speaker: Billy Liggins
    • 12:00 13:00
      Plenary: Session VI Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      Tyndall Lecture Theatre

      University of Bristol

      H H Wills Physics Lab Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TL
      • 12:00
        IoP Prize Lecture: Charm Physics 30m
        Speaker: Marco Gersabeck (University of Manchester (GB))
      • 12:30
        Collider Physics Beyond the LHC 30m
        Speaker: Victoria Jane Martin (The University of Edinburgh (GB))