Programme of Research in Experimental Particle Physics at the University of Warwick, 2009-2014

拟议的研究范围包括四个不同的领域：包含美夸克的粒子物理学，中微子物理学，加速器和探测器的研究和开发。它还包括外展和知识交流计划，如下：o我们的目标是在LHCb实验中进一步研究美介子的物质/反物质不对称（CP违反）。这一点很重要，因为我们在过去的实验中已经证明，低能下CP破坏的主要来源与CP破坏的标准模型机制是一致的。然而，宇宙学的考虑表明，自然界中应该有其他的CP违反源，所以我们的目标是用美介子进行进一步的敏感测试，以查看是否有任何证据表明自然界中可能存在其他CP违反源。o中微子性质的阐明。它们是非常轻的中性粒子，例如，由太阳发射，在放射性衰变中。最近发现它们是振荡的。从一种类型转化为另一种，当他们繁殖。我们建议建立T2K实验的一部分，运行它并分析它的数据。这个实验的目的是确定振荡行为的细节。特别是，它旨在建立介子中微子和电子中微子之间振荡的速率和程度，并得出中微子质量的相关信息。o我们建议继续我们的中微子工厂项目的研究和发展，该项目旨在为设计这样一个粒子加速器提供关键信息，反过来，它可以在未来建造，以寻找中微子振荡中的CP违反。o我们建议继续研究和发展位置和能量敏感探测器，以应用于中微子实验和潜在的工业应用。o我们会继续推行外展计划，包括为本地学校举办活动，以及在科普刊物刊登文章。o在大学策略和校风的支持下，我们会继续寻求各种可行的教育途径。

The scope of the proposed research lies in four distinct areas: the physics of particles containing the beauty quark, and the physics of neutrinos, accelerator and detector research and development. It also includes Outreach and Knowledge Exchange programmes, as follows: o We aim to further our research into matter/anti-matter asymmetry (CP Violation) with Beauty mesons at the LHCb experiment. This is important, because we have shown in past experiments that the leading source of CP violation at low energies is consistent with the Standard Model mechanism of CP violation. However, cosmological considerations indicate that there should be other sources of CP violation in Nature, so we aim to make further sensitive tests with beauty mesons, in order to see if any evidence for additional sources of CP violation in Nature may appear there. o The elucidation of the properties of neutrinos. These are very light, neutral particles which are emitted, for example, by the sun, and in radioactive beta decay. They have recently been found to oscillate, ie. transmute from one type to another, while they propagate. We propose to build part of the T2K experiment, operate it and analyse its data., This experiment aims to determine the details of the oscillation behaviour. In particular, it aims to establish the rate and extent of oscillations between muon- and electron-neutrinos, and to derive related information on neutrino masses. o We propose to continue our research and development on the Neutrino Factory project, which aims to provide crucial information for the design of such a particle accelerator, which, in turn, could be built in the future to search for CP violation in the oscillations of neutrinos. o We propose to continue our research and development of position- and energy-sensitive detectors for applications in neutrino experiments and with potential spin-off applications in industry. o We will continue to develop our outreach programme which includes activities for local schools and articles in popular science publications. o Supported by a strong University strategy and ethos in KE, we will continue to pursue all avenues for possible KE.