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Edinburgh PPE Group

Edinburgh PPE Group. Franz Muheim 22 nd Oct 2013 PPE Group meeting. More information available Group web pages http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/particle-physics-experiment/. Group overview Structures Activities ATLAS LHCb GridPP Detector R&D Outreach Final Comments. Nobel News.

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Edinburgh PPE Group

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  1. Edinburgh PPE Group Franz Muheim 22nd Oct 2013 PPE Group meeting More information available Group web pages http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/particle-physics-experiment/ • Group overview • Structures • Activities • ATLAS • LHCb • GridPP • Detector R&D • Outreach • Final Comments Franz Muheim

  2. Nobel News Franz Muheim

  3. PPE Group Staff Christos Leonidopoulos CF Victoria Martin Phil Clark Peter Clarke Congratulations to Matt Needham CF Steve Playfer Franz Muheim In total ~40 staff and PhD students 7 Academics (CF = Chancellor’s Fellow) Franz Muheim

  4. PPE Group Staff Greig Cowan STFC ERF Corrinne Mills DG SF Fabiola Gianotti former ATLAS spokesperson Alan Walker Ken Peach 2 new Advanced Fellows – Congratulations to 3 Honorary Fellow/Professors Franz Muheim

  5. PPE Group Staff & Students • 12 Postdocs / Senior Scientists / Technical Staff • Wahid Bhimji, Stephan Eisenhardt, Robert Harrington, Andy Washbrook, Yuehong Xie • Yiorgos Sidiropoulos (engineer) • Flavia Dias, Nick Edwards, Jon Webster (technician) • Ben Wynne, Laurence Carson, Yanyan Gao • 16 PhD Students • Rob Currie, Brendan O’Brien, Sean Benson, Chiara Debenedetti, Dean Lambert, Karoline Selbach, Ben Smart, • Francisca Garay, Haofei Luo, Manuel Proissl, • Tim Bristow, Dianne Ferguson, Paul Glaysher, Sebastian Olivares • Stephen Lloyd, Adam Morris Franz Muheim

  6. PPE Group - Support • Admin, Finance and Computing Support • Tracy Brown, Gill Maddy and team (Admin) • Jane Patterson (PhD students) • Joanna Richards and team (Finance) • Sean McGeever and team (Computing) Franz Muheim

  7. PPE Group - Infrastructure • Offices • 5301, 5302 - PhD students • 54nn corridor, 4311 – Academics/Fellows/RAs • Conference room • 5302 - Audiovisual equipment for Vidyo, Skype • Book via Google calendar – Edinburgh PPE • Coffee and Tea facility • Laboratories • 5201 - Photon Detector Test Facility • 5203, 5203b, 5204 - Advanced Detector Development Centre • 5207 - Teaching Laboratory – Muon Lifetimes Franz Muheim

  8. PPE Group - Infrastructure • Computing • see talk by Andy Washbrook • Admin • General - Tracy Brown, Gill Maddy admin-general@ph.ed.ac.uk • PhD students - Jane Patterson jane.patterson@ed.ac.uk • Finance • Travel claims - Accounts accounts@ph.ed.ac.uk • Please make sure you use correct cost centre/job code combinations • Procurement – ask us (Andy Washbrook for computers, Stephan Eisenhardt, FM) if you need something Franz Muheim

  9. PPE Group - Roles • Seminars organiser • has been taken on by Greig Cowan • please send him names of possible speakers • PhD recruitment • new - Christos Leonidopoulos • thanks to outgoing recruiter - Victoria Martin • CERN specifics • Registration and renewals via project leader:Victoria for ATLAS and Franz for LHCb • Procedure has changed, need Home Institute Declaration - forms • Make sure that you have insurance (ask Tracy/Jane) Franz Muheim

  10. Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics • School of Physics and Astronomy • Head of School - Arthur Trew • School is made from four institutes: IPNP, ICMCS, IfA and EPCC • Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics (IPNP) • Head of Institute – yours truly • 3 Research groups – PPE, Particle Physics Theory (PPT) and Nuclear Physics (NP) • Joint IPNP Activities • Postgraduate PPE & PPT recruitment –Christos, Einan Gardi • Higgsteria –Victoria, Alan Walker (p.w.higgs@ed.ac.uk, ….), • Higgs MOOC – Christos, Luigi del Debbio • Colloquium and seminar • Particle astrophysics - Alex Murphy is part of PPE Consolidated Grant Franz Muheim

  11. Undergraduate Teaching • 6 Undergraduate MPhys Students • Dean Cameron, Rebecca Carney, Max Nolte,Josh Neil, Mark Stringer, Reuben Taylor • projects on ATLAS and LHCb data analysis and detector development • project on Linear Collider • Undergraduate Teaching • Muon lifetime and mass measurementsTypically 4 students per semester • Analysis and computational projects Franz Muheim

  12. Recent Student Successes • PhD Students – submitted, (viva-ed, graduated) in 2013 • Gemma Fardell → Nikon Metrology • Ailsa Sparkes → STEP award → Culham • Alan Robertson (last BaBar student) • Ben Wynne → RA at Edinburgh • Rob Currie submitted → STFC Studentship Enhancement Programme (STEP) award • Karoline Selbach submitted • MPhys Students – graduated in 2013 • Euan Burns, Sarah Karodia, Stephen Lloyd, Meredith Maughan-Newby, Jonaten Rosten Franz Muheim

  13. Summary of Recent Developments • Leaving: Congratulations to • Andreas Korn, STFC ERF → Lectureship at UCL • Andy Buckley, STFC ERF . → Leadership Fellow at Glasgow . • Andreas Schaelicke → BESSY (Berlin) • Promotion: Congratulations to • Victoria who has been promoted to Reader • Joining • Fabiola has been appointed Honorary Professor in Aug 2013 • 2 new PhD students (Adam, Stephen) joined in Sept 2013 • Corrinne (Harvard), Yanyan (FNAL) and Ben W joined ATLAS group • Laurence (ICL) joined LHCb group Franz Muheim

  14. PPE Activities - ATLAS Observation of Higgs Boson PPE Edinburgh involvement • Highlights • It is a Higgs boson! Franz Muheim

  15. PPE Activities - LHCb PPE Edinburgh involvement Franz Muheim • Highlights • RICH peformance paper • First measurement of CP-violatingphase ϕs in Bs → ϕϕ decays • Observation of Bs → μ+μ-

  16. PPE Activities • GridPP • Data Storage • Ask Wahid Bhimji and Andy Washbrook if you are interested • Detector and Development • ATLAS and LHCb Upgrade • Excellent facilities in Advanced Detector Development Centre (ADDC) • Ask Stephan Eisenhardt et al. if you are interested • Future Plans • ATLAS, LHCb and their Upgrades will stay at the centre of the PPE group’s activities for the remainder of this decade and likely beyond • Electron-Positron Collider Ask Victoria, myself if you are interested Franz Muheim

  17. PPE Activities • Outreach • Peter Higgs web page http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/higgsmaintained by Victoria Martin and Alan Walker • Particle Physics for Scottish Schools (PP4SS)please join Alan when he is asking for volunteers, it is fun Franz Muheim

  18. CERN visit of Edinburgh VIPs CERN Courier Oct 2013 Gianotti becomes honorary professor at Edinburgh Franz Muheim

  19. CERN visit of Edinburgh VIPs Dec 18th 2012: Peter Higgs visits LHCb Franz Muheim

  20. Final Comments • 2013 has been a great year for particle physics at Edinburgh • Confirmation that 4th July 2012 particle is a Higgs boson • Nobelprize for Peter Higgs • Lots of PhD graduations • Lots of new faces • All group PPE meeting is now a regular fixture • We all profit from knowing what else is going on in the group • Plan to have 2 meetings per year • Open Issues • Group seminars – I am looking for a volunteer to organise seminars • Group Web pages – I am looking for a volunteer Franz Muheim

  21. Backup slides Franz Muheim

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