Professor Lee Thompson
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Emeritus Professor of Experimental Particle Physics
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School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
- Research interests
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My research interests fall into 2 broad areas, namely neutrino physics and applications of experimental particle physics.
Neutrino Physics
Neutrinos are fundamental elementary particles. Whilst they are hugely abundant due, e.g. to the nuclear fusion processes taking place in our Sun, their properties of no charge, almost no mass and only interacting via the web interaction result in them being the most enigmatic of the building blocks of the Universe.
Furthermore, the family of 3 neutrinos exhibit a unique property in that they can oscillate from one type to another, a phenomenon known as neutrino oscillation.
The discovery of the neutrino was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in 1995 and neutrino oscillations received the Nobel Prize in 2015. In 2015 all members of T2K, including myself, were awarded a share in the prestigious Breakthrough Prize.
I am a member of the T2K (Tokai to Kamiokande) and HyperK (HyperKamiokande) experiments, both large international collaborations of scientists from across the world.
T2K is an existing long baseline neutrino experiment designed to explore, in detail, neutrino mixing and to measure some of the parameters of the so-called PMNS mixing matrix which parametrises the process.
T2K has already been hugely successful in measuring some of these parameters and placing constraints on others such as δCP, a measure of CP violation in the neutrino sector.
HyperK is a planned next generation long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that promises to greatly improve our understanding of neutrino oscillation.
My contributions, past and present, to T2K and HyperK include:
- Sheffield group leader for T2K and HyperK experiments
- Overseeing of the quality assessment and control of all of the plastic scintillator used in the T2K ND280 electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL)
- Organisation of, and participation in, the production of scintillator/lead layers for part of the T2K ND280 ECAL
- Project management of the design, construction, commissioning and operation of the ECAL light injection system, a calibration system based on blue LEDs
- Joint co-ordinator of ECAL endcap test beam studies at CERN
- Member of T2K Publications Board (2013-2016)
- Successful supervision of 5 PhD students on T2K (PhD topics: water-based liquid scintillator, silicon photomultipliers, light injection system, neutral current events with a neutral pion, charged current events with a neutral pion).
Plans our T2K and HyperK group for the next few years include:
- Continuation of existing work on the analysis of T2K data to measure cross-sections, investigate neutrino interactions in the nucleus and observe neutrino-induced events that involve a neutral pion in the final state
- Construction and testing of a LED-based light injection system for HyperK (in collaboration with our colleagues in Liverpool and Warwick)
- Development of a HyperK analysis that will permit astrophysical models of supernovae to be tested
- Continuation of measurements of radionuclide impurities Gadolinium salt samples in the low background BUGS suite at the Boulby mine
I was previously a member of the ANTARES high energy neutrino experiment and currently have observer status on the next generation project, KM3NeT. I was to Principal Investigator (PI) on the ACORNE experiment that looked into acoustic signatures from ultra-high energy neutrinos.
Applications of Experimental Particle Physics
In addition to my work on neutrino physics I have a strong interest in the application of particle physics know-how to real world problems.
This started in 2009 when I was the first academic in the Faculty of Science to be successful in obtaining a grant for a government-funded KTP (Knowledge Transfer Programme) jointly with LabLogic Systems Ltd, a medical and pharmaceutical instrumentation company.
During this KTP, along with the KTP Associate, Tom Deakin (now R&D manager at LabLogic) we successfully developed a next generation radionuclide detector that is used in connection with high performance liquid chromatography.
Since then my interests in this area have broadened out to include the development of muon tomography instrumentation for applications as diverse as the monitoring of stored carbon in carbon capture and storage, its use in portal monitors to scan cargo containers for contraband nuclear material and the characterisation of radioactive waste.
I am also a member of the WATCHMAN collaboration which brings together my joint interests in neutrinos and applications of particle physics know-how in a project that aims to develop nuclear non-proliferation instrumentation that is capable of detecting nuclear reactors at a considerable standoff distance.
Recent work in applications of particle physics includes:
- Completion of a next generation β-RAM radionuclide detector for HPLC applications (joint with LabLogic Systems Ltd.)
- Development of radiodetection systems towards miniaturised quality control of PET and SPECT radio-pharmaceuticals (joint with the University of Hull)
- Design and construction of a borehole-deployable prototype muon detector for CCS monitoring
- Development of a UK production base of doped plastic scintillator (joint with LabLogic Systems Ltd.)
- Construction of large area scintillator panels for a cargo scanner demonstrator (joint with AWE)
- Application of muon tomography to the characterisation of radioactive waste (supported by a €400,000 EU H2020 grant)
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Development of radiodetection systems towards miniaturised quality control of PET and SPECT radiopharmaceuticals. Lab Chip, 16(9), 1605-1616. View this article in WRRO
- Observation of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam. Phys. Rev. Lett., 112, 061802.
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Journal articles
- Search for Astrophysical Electron Antineutrinos in Super-Kamiokande with 0.01% Gadolinium-loaded Water. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 951(2), L27-L27.
- Development of ultra-pure gadolinium sulfate for the Super-Kamiokande gadolinium project. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2023(1).
- Atmospheric muography for imaging and monitoring tropic cyclones. Scientific Reports, 12(1).
- Background shielding by dense samples in low-level gamma spectrometry. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 188, 110384-110384.
- Periodic sea-level oscillation in Tokyo Bay detected with the Tokyo-Bay seafloor hyper-kilometric submarine deep detector (TS-HKMSDD). Scientific Reports, 12(1).
- Gadolinium loaded Cherenkov detectors for neutron monitoring in high energy air showers. Journal of Instrumentation, 17.
- Scintillating thermal neutron detectors for cosmic ray soil moisture monitoring. Journal of Instrumentation, 16(11).
- Author Correction: First results of undersea muography with the Tokyo-Bay Seafloor Hyper-Kilometric Submarine Deep Detector. Scientific Reports, 11(1).
- Search for tens of MeV neutrinos associated with gamma-ray bursts in Super-Kamiokande. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2021(10).
- First results of undersea muography with the Tokyo-Bay Seafloor Hyper-Kilometric Submarine Deep Detector. Scientific Reports, 11(1).
- 3D printing neutron detectors using scintillating BN/ZnS resin. Journal of Instrumentation, 16(1). View this article in WRRO
- Muography as a new complementary tool in monitoring volcanic hazard: Implications for early warning systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 477(2255).
- Measurement of the charged-current electron (anti-)neutrino inclusive cross-sections at the T2K off-axis near detector ND280. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020(10).
- Constraint on the matter–antimatter symmetry-violating phase in neutrino oscillations. Nature, 580(7803), 339-344.
- Evaluation of gadolinium’s action on water Cherenkov detector systems with EGADS. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 959. View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current single
π+ production on hydrocarbon using the T2K off-axis near detector ND280. Physical Review D, 101(1). View this article in WRRO
- Non-destructive assay of nuclear waste containers using muon scattering tomography in the Horizon2020 CHANCE project. EPJ Web of Conferences, 225, 06008-06008.
- Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon and iron, and their ratios, with the T2K on-axis detectors. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2019(9). View this article in WRRO
- Search for neutral-current induced single photon production at the ND280 near detector in T2K. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 46(8), 08LT01-08LT01.
- Atmospheric neutrino oscillation analysis with improved event reconstruction in Super-Kamiokande IV. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2019(5).
- Search for light sterile neutrinos with the T2K far detector Super-Kamiokande at a baseline of 295 km. Physical Review D, 99(7). View this article in WRRO
- Passive, continuous monitoring of carbon dioxide geostorage using muon tomography. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 377(2137). View this article in WRRO
- Search for CP Violation in Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations by the T2K Experiment with 2.2 × 10²¹ Protons on Target. Physical Review Letters, 121(17).
- Measurement of the tau neutrino cross section in atmospheric neutrino oscillations with Super-Kamiokande. Physical Review D, 98(5). View this article in WRRO
- Photon detector system timing performance in the DUNE 35-ton prototype liquid argon time projection chamber. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 13. View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the single pi(0) production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water. Physical Review D, 97(3). View this article in WRRO
- First measurement of the νμ charged-current cross section on a water target without pions in the final state. Physical Review D, 97(1). View this article in WRRO
- Physics potentials with the second Hyper-Kamiokande detector in Korea. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2018(6). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations by the T2K experiment including a new additional sample of ν_e interactions at the far detector. Physical Review D, 96(9). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of ¯νμ and νμ charged current inclusive cross sections and their ratio with the T2K off-axis near detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 96(5). View this article in WRRO
- Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 1.5 × 1021 protons on target. Physical Review D, 96(1). View this article in WRRO
- Search for nucleon decay into charged antilepton plus meson in 0.316 megaton . years exposure of the Super-Kamiokande water Cherenkov detector. Physical Review D, 96(1). View this article in WRRO
- Search for Lorentz and violation using sidereal time dependence of neutrino flavor transitions over a short baseline. Physical Review D, 95(11). View this article in WRRO
- Combined Analysis of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations at T2K. Physical Review Letters, 118(15). View this article in WRRO
- NUISANCE: a neutrino cross-section generator tuning and comparison framework. Journal of Instrumentation, 12. View this article in WRRO
- First measurement of the muon neutrino charged current single pion production cross section on water with the T2K near detector. Physical Review D, 95(1). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of Coherent π+ Production in Low Energy Neutrino-Carbon Scattering. Physical Review Letters, 117(19). View this article in WRRO
- Letter of intent for KM3NeT 2.0. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 43(8), 084001-084001. View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of double-differential muon neutrino charged-current interactions on C8H8 without pions in the final state using the T2K off-axis beam. Physical Review D, 93(11). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Oscillations with an Accelerator-Produced Off-Axis Beam. Physical Review Letters, 116(18). View this article in WRRO
- Testing charged current quasi-elastic and multinucleon interaction models in the NEUT neutrino interaction generator with published datasets from the MiniBooNE and MINERνA experiments. Physical Review D, 93(7). View this article in WRRO
- Development of radiodetection systems towards miniaturised quality control of PET and SPECT radiopharmaceuticals. Lab Chip, 16(9), 1605-1616. View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the muon neutrino inclusive charged-current cross section in the energy range of 1–3 GeV with the T2K INGRID detector. Physical Review D, 93(7). View this article in WRRO
- Upper bound on neutrino mass based on T2K neutrino timing measurements. Physical Review D, 93(1).
- The prototype detection unit of the KM3NeT detector. The European Physical Journal C, 76(2).
- Measurement of the charged-current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the ND280 detector at T2K. Physical Review D, 92(11). View this article in WRRO
- Simulation of muon radiography for monitoring CO 2 stored in a geological reservoir. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 42, 644-654. View this article in WRRO
- Physics potential of a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment using a J-PARC neutrino beam and Hyper-Kamiokande. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2015(5), 53C02-0.
- Neutrino oscillation physics potential of the T2K experiment. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2015(4). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the Inclusive Electron Neutrino Charged Current Cross Section on Carbon with the T2K Near Detector. Physical Review Letters, 113(24). View this article in WRRO
- Deep sea tests of a prototype of the KM3NeT digital optical module. The European Physical Journal C, 74(9).
- The mass-hierarchy and CP-violation discovery reach of the LBNO long-baseline neutrino experiment. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS(5). View this article in WRRO
- Using MiniBooNE neutral current elastic cross section results to constrain 3+1 sterile neutrino models. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(1).
- Recent Results from the T2K Experiment. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, 246-247, 23-28.
- Electroweak measurements in electron-positron collisions at W-boson-pair energies at LEP. Physics Reports, 532(4), 119-244.
- Detection potential of the KM3NeT detector for high-energy neutrinos from the Fermi bubbles. Astroparticle Physics, 42, 7-14.
- Measurement of the group velocity of light in sea water at the ANTARES site. Astroparticle Physics, 35(9), 552-557.
w using jet charge measurements in hadronic Z decays. European Physical Journal C, 71(1), 357-378.
Determination of sin2 θeff- Search for neutral Higgs bosons decaying into four taus at LEP2. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS(5).
- Study of the acoustic signature of UHE neutrino interactions in water and ice. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 607(2), 398-411.
- Measurement of Z-pair production in e(+)e(-) collisions and constraints on anomalous neutral gauge couplings. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS(4).
- Acoustic cosmic ray neutrino experiment. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 110(12), 122020-122020.
- KM3NeT: designing a cubic-kilometre scale neutrino telescope for the mediterranean. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 110(12), 122021-122021.
- Neutrino telescope modelling of Lorentz invariance violation in oscillations of atmospheric neutrinos. ASTROPART PHYS, 29(5), 345-354. View this article in WRRO
- The ANTARES optical beacon system. NUCL INSTRUM METH A, 578(3), 498-509.
- Simulation of ultra high energy neutrino induced showers in ice and water. Astroparticle Physics, 28(3), 366-379.
- Fermion pair production in e(+)e(-) collisions at 189-209 GeV and constraints on physics beyond the standard model. EUR PHYS J C, 49(2), 411-437.
- Search for Higgs bosons decaying to WW in e(+)e(-) stope collisions at LEP. EUR PHYS J C, 49(2), 439-455.
- Simple techniques for generating nanosecond blue light pulses from light emitting diodes. MEAS SCI TECHNOL, 18(1), 131-137.
- The data acquisition system for the ANTARES neutrino telescope. NUCL INSTRUM METH A, 570(1), 107-116.
- Test of colour reconnection models using three-jet events in hadronic Z decays. EUR PHYS J C, 48(3), 685-698.
- First results of the instrumentation line for the deep-sea ANTARES neutrino telescope. ASTROPART PHYS, 26(4-5), 314-324.
- Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons at LEP. EUR PHYS J C, 47(3), 547-587.
- Deuteron and anti-deuteron production in e(+)e(-) collisions at the Z resonance. PHYS LETT B, 639(3-4), 192-201.
- Measurement of the W boson mass and width in e(+)e(-) collisions at LEP. EUR PHYS J C, 47(2), 309-335.
- Probing quantum decoherence in atmospheric neutrino oscillations with a neutrino telescope. ASTROPART PHYS, 25(5), 311-327. View this article in WRRO
- Precision electroweak measurements on the Z resonance. PHYS REP, 427(5-6), 257-454.
- Study of large hemispherical photomultiplier tubes for the ANTARES neutrino telescope. NUCL INSTRUM METH A, 555(1-2), 132-141.
- Branching ratios and spectral functions of τ decays: Final ALEPH measurements and physics implications. Physics Reports, 421(5-6), 191-284.
- Towards a cubic kilometre scale neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. NUCL PHYS B-PROC SUP, 143, 363-366.
- Improved measurement of the triple gauge-boson couplings gamma WW and ZWW in e(+)e(-) collisions. PHYS LETT B, 614(1-2), 7-26.
- Transmission of light in deep sea water at the site of the ANTARES neutrino telescope. ASTROPART PHYS, 23(1), 131-155.
- Bose-Einstein correlations in W-pair decays with an event-mixing technique. PHYS LETT B, 606(3-4), 265-275.
- Single vector boson production in e(+)e(-) collisions at centre-of-mass energies from 183 to 209 GeV. PHYS LETT B, 605(1-2), 49-62.
- Measurement of W-pair production in e(+)e(-) collisions at centre-of-mass energies from 183 to 209 GeV. EUR PHYS J C, 38(2), 147-160.
- Constraints on anomalous QGCs in e(+)e(-) interactions from 183 to 209 GeV. PHYS LETT B, 602(1-2), 31-40.
- Two-dimensional analysis of Bose-Einstein correlations in hadronic Z decays at LEP. EUR PHYS J C, 36(2), 147-159.
- Studies of QCD at e(+)e(-) centre-of-mass energies between 91 and 209 GeV. EUR PHYS J C, 35(4), 457-486.
- Absolute mass lower limit for the lightest neutralino of the MSSM from e(+)e(-) data at root s up to 209 GeV. PHYS LETT B, 583(3-4), 247-263.
- Search for pentaquark states in Z decays. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 599(1-2), 1-16.
- Search for stable hadronizing squarks and gluinos in e(+)e(-) collisions up to root s=209 GeV. EUR PHYS J C, 31(3), 327-342.
- Search for anomalous weak dipole moments of the tau lepton. EUR PHYS J C, 30(3), 291-304.
- Search for supersymmetric particles with R-parity violating decays in e(+)e(-) collisions at root s up to 209 GeV. EUR PHYS J C, 31(1), 1-16.
- Exclusive production of pion and kaon meson pairs in two photon collisions at LEP. PHYS LETT B, 569(3-4), 140-150.
- Measurement of the hadronic photon structure function F-2(gamma)(x,Q(2)) in two-photon collisions at LEP. EUR PHYS J C, 30(2), 145-158.
- Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson at LEP. Physics Letters B, 565, 61-75.
- Improved search for B-S(0)-(B)over-bar(S)(0) oscillations. EUR PHYS J C, 29(2), 143-170.
- Measurement of the inclusive D*(+/-) production in gamma gamma collisions at LEP. EUR PHYS J C, 28(4), 437-449.
- A measurement of the gluon splitting rate into c(c)over-bar pairs in hadronic Z decays. PHYS LETT B, 561(3-4), 213-224.
- Single- and multi-photon production in e(+)e(-) collisions at root s up to 209 GeV. EUR PHYS J C, 28(1), 1-13.
- Sedimentation and fouling of optical surfaces at the ANTARES site. ASTROPART PHYS, 19(2), 253-267.
- Measurements of the strong coupling constant and the QCD colour factors using four-jet observables from hadronic Z decays. EUR PHYS J C, 27(1), 1-17.
- Search for gauge mediated SUSY breaking topologies in e(+)e(-) collisions at centre-of-mass energies up to 209 GeV. EUR PHYS J C, 25(3), 339-351.
- Search for R-parity violating production of single sneutrinos in e(+)e(-) collisions at root s=189-209 GeV. EUR PHYS J C, 25(1), 1-12.
- Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z -> b(b)over-bar and Z -> c(c)over-bar decays with leptons. EUR PHYS J C, 24(2), 177-191.
- Search for scalar leptons in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies up to 209 GeV. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 526(3-4), 206-220.
- Absolute lower limits on the masses of selectrons and sneutrinos in the MSSM. Physics Letters B, 544(1-2), 73-88.
- Search for charged Higgs bosons in e+e− collisions at energies up to GeV. Physics Letters B, 543(1-2), 1-13.
- Inclusive semileptonic branching ratios of b hadrons produced in Z decays. EUR PHYS J C, 22(4), 613-626.
- Measurement of the Michel parameters and the nu(tau) helicity in tau lepton decays. EUR PHYS J C, 22(2), 217-230.
- Measurement of A(FB)(b) using inclusive b-hadron decays. EUR PHYS J C, 22(2), 201-215.
- Measurement of triple gauge-boson couplings at LEP energies up to 189 GeV. EUR PHYS J C, 21(3), 423-441.
- Investigation of inclusive CP asymmetries in B-0 decays. EUR PHYS J C, 20(3), 431-443.
- Measurement of the Tau Polarisation at LEP. EUR PHYS J C, 20(3), 401-430.
- Search for R-parity violating decays of supersymmetric particles in e(+)e(-) collisions at centre-of-mass energies from 189 GeV to 202 GeV. EUR PHYS J C, 19(3), 415-428.
- Measurements of BR(b ->tau(-)(nu)over-bar(tau)X) and BR(b ->tau(-)(nu)over-bar(tau)D(*+/-)X) and upper limits on BR(B-->tau(-)(nu)over-bar(tau)) and BR(b -> s nu(nu)over-bar). EUR PHYS J C, 19(2), 213-227.
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- Search for charged Higgs bosons in e+e− collisions at = 181–184 GeV. Physics Letters B, 450(4), 467-478.
s (M2τ ) from hadronic τ decays. European Physical Journal C, 4(3), 409-431.
Measurement of the axial-vector τ spectral functions and determination of α- Studies of quantum chromodynamics with the ALEPH detector. Physics Report, 294(1-3), 1-165.
- Search for the neutral Higgs bosons of the MSSM in e+e− collisions at from 130 to 172 GeV. Physics Letters B, 412(1-2), 173-188.
- Search for the Bc meson in hadronic Z decays. Physics Letters B, 402(1-2), 213-226.
- Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in e+e- collisions at √s = 161, 170 and 172 GeV. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 412(1-2), 155-172.
- Searches for scalar top and scalar bottom quarks at LEP2. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 413(3-4), 431-446.
- Measurement of the mass of the Λ
b baryon. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 380(3-4), 442-452. - Measurement of D
s + meson production in Z decays and of the Bs 0 lifetime. Zeitschrift für Physik C: Particles and Fields, 69(1), 585-595. - Improved tau polarisation measurement. Zeitschrift für Physik C: Particles and Fields, 69(2), 183-193.
- An upper limit for the τ neutrino mass from τ → 5π(π0)ν
τ decays. Physics Letters B, 349(4), 585-596. - CORRELATION-MEASUREMENTS IN Z-]TAU(+)TAU(-) AND THE TAU-NEUTRINO HELICITY. PHYSICS LETTERS B, 321(1-2), 168-176.
- Production of K0 and Λ in hadronic Z decays. Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields, 64(3), 361-373.
- Photo- and hadro-production of? (1020),K *(892)0 and $$overline {K*} (892)^0 $$ mesons in the energy range 65 to 175 GeV. Zeitschrift f�r Physik C Particles and Fields, 61(3), 383-397.
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- Search for contact interactions in the reactions e+e-→l+l- and e+e-→γγ. Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields, 59(2), 215-229.
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- Inclusive production of η-mesons in πp,Kp and γp collisions at energies around 100 GeV. Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields, 54(2), 185-191.
- Production off 2(1270) andf 0(975) mesons by photons and hadrons of energy 65?175 GeV. Zeitschrift f�r Physik C Particles and Fields, 56(2), 185-192.
- Comparison of photon and hadron induced production of ρ0 mesons in the energy range of 65 to 175 GeV. Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields, 53(4), 581-594.
- Separation of minimum and higher twist in photoproduction of high-P T mesons. Zeitschrift f�r Physik C Particles and Fields, 50(2), 179-184.
- Measurement of the B hadron lifetime. Physics Letters B, 257(3-4), 492-504.
- Search for a new weakly interacting particle. Physics Letters B, 262(1), 139-147.
- Measurement of α
s from the structure of particle clusters produced in hadronic Z decays. Physics Letters B, 257(3-4), 479-491. - Measurement of B-B mixing at the Z. Physics Letters B, 258(1-2), 236-246.
- Inclusive production of π0-mesons in πp,Kp and γp collisions at energies around 100 GeV. Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields, 52(3), 397-405.
- Measurement of the polarization of τ leptons produced in Z decays. Physics Letters B, 265(3-4), 430-444.
- Measurement of the strong coupling constant α
s from global event-shape variables of hadronic Z decays. Physics Letters B, 255(4), 623-633. - Search for the neutral Higgs bosons of the MSSM and other two-doublet models. Physics Letters B, 265(3-4), 475-486.
- Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in Z→bb and Z→cc. Physics Letters B, 263(2), 325-336.
- Charged particle pair production associated with a lepton pair in Z decays. indication of an excess in the tau channel. Physics Letters B, 263(1), 112-122.
- Production and decay of charmed mesons at the Z resonance. Physics Letters B, 266(1-2), 218-230.
- Measurement of charge asymmetry in hadronic Z decays. Physics Letters B, 259(3), 377-388.
- Measurement of isolated photon production in hadronic Z decays. Physics Letters B, 264(3-4), 476-486.
- Search for neutral Higgs bosons from supersymmetry in Z decays. Physics Letters B, 237(2), 291-302.
- Forward charge asymmetry in low-P T photoproduction of hadrons. Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields, 47(3), 397-400.
- A study of the point-like interactions of the photon using energy-flows in photo- and hadro-production for incident energies between 65 and 170 GeV. Zeitschrift für Physik C: Particles and Fields, 46(1), 35-43.
- Measurement of electroweak parameters from Z decays into fermion pairs. Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields, 48(3), 365-391.
- Search for excited neutrinos in Z decay. Physics Letters B, 250(1-2), 172-182.
- Inclusive photoproduction of single charged particles at highp T. Zeitschrift für Physik C: Particles and Fields, 43(1), 63-74.
- A Ring Imaging Cherenkov detector for the CERN Omega Spectrometer — the design and recent performance. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 248(1), 76-85.
- A Ring Imaging Cerenkov Detector for the CERN Omega Spectrometer. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 32(1), 674-680.
- A Novel, Low-Cost, Position-Sensitive Neutron Detector to Support Thick-Target Inverse Kinematics Experiments for Nuclear Data Measurements. Universe, 9(6), 274-274.
- Indirect search for dark matter from the Galactic Center and halo with the Super-Kamiokande detector. Physical Review D, 102(7).
- First measurement of the charged current
ν¯μ
double differential cross section on a water target without pions in the final state. Physical Review D, 102(1).
- First combined measurement of the muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross section without pions in the final state at T2K. Physical Review D, 101(11).
- Simultaneous measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross section on oxygen and carbon without pions in the final state at T2K. Physical Review D, 101(11).
- Search for Electron Antineutrino Appearance in a Long-Baseline Muon Antineutrino Beam. Physical Review Letters, 124(16). View this article in WRRO
- Muon tomography for railway tunnel imaging. Physical Review Research, 2(2).
- Design and performance of a 35-ton liquid argon time projection chamber as a prototype for future very large detectors. Journal of Instrumentation, 15(03), P03035-P03035. View this article in WRRO
- Search for proton decay into three charged leptons in 0.37 megaton-years exposure of the Super-Kamiokande. Physical Review D, 101(5). View this article in WRRO
- Search for Astronomical Neutrinos from Blazar TXS 0506+056 in Super-Kamiokande. The Astrophysical Journal, 887(1), L6-L6.
- Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino neutral-current quasielasticlike interactions on oxygen by detecting nuclear deexcitation
γ
rays. Physical Review D, 100(11).
- Sensitivity of Super-Kamiokande with Gadolinium to Low Energy Antineutrinos from Pre-supernova Emission. The Astrophysical Journal, 885(2), 133-133.
- Optimizing geophysical muon radiography using information theory. Geophysical Journal International.
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- Search for heavy neutrinos with the T2K near detector ND280. Physical Review D, 100(5).
- Measurement of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic cross section using atmospheric neutrinos at Super-Kamiokande. Physical Review D, 99(3).
- Characterization of nuclear effects in muon-neutrino scattering on hydrocarbon with a measurement of final-state kinematics and correlations in charged-current pionless interactions at T2K. Physical Review D, 98(3). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of inclusive double-differential
νμ
charged-current cross section with improved acceptance in the T2K off-axis near detector. Physical Review D, 98(1). View this article in WRRO
- Search for Boosted Dark Matter Interacting with Electrons in Super-Kamiokande. Physical Review Letters, 120(22). View this article in WRRO
- Search for Neutrinos in Super-Kamiokande Associated with the GW170817 Neutron-star Merger. The Astrophysical Journal, 857(1), L4-L4. View this article in WRRO
- Atmospheric neutrino oscillation analysis with external constraints in Super-Kamiokande I-IV. Physical Review D, 97(7). View this article in WRRO
- Search for an Excess of Events in the Super-Kamiokande Detector in the Directions of the Astrophysical Neutrinos Reported by the IceCube Collaboration. The Astrophysical Journal, 850(2), 166-166. View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the electron neutrino charged-current interaction rate on water with the T2K ND280π0detector. Physical Review D, 91(11).
- Measurement of theνμcharged current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. Physical Review D, 91(11).
- Measurements of neutrino oscillation in appearance and disappearance channels by the T2K experiment with6.6×1020protons on target. Physical Review D, 91(7).
- Reanalysis of bubble chamber measurements of muon-neutrino induced single pion production. Physical Review D, 90(11).
- Search for short baselineνedisappearance with the T2K near detector. Physical Review D, 91(5).
- Measurement of the inclusiveνμcharged current cross section on iron and hydrocarbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. Physical Review D, 90(5).
- Measurement of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current interaction cross section by observing nuclear deexcitationγrays. Physical Review D, 90(7). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the intrinsic electron neutrino component in the T2K
neutrino beam with the ND280 detector. Phys.Rev. D, 89, 092003.
- Observation of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam. Phys. Rev. Lett., 112, 061802.
- The Electromagnetic Calorimeter for the T2K Near Detector ND280. 2013_JINST_8_P10019.
- Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters from Muon Neutrino
Disappearance with an Off-axis Beam. Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 211803.
- Evidence of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam. View this article in WRRO
- Expansion cone for the 3-inch PMTs of the KM3NeT optical modules. Journal of Instrumentation, 8(03), T03006-T03006.
- Measurement of the Inclusive NuMu Charged Current Cross Section on
Carbon in the Near Detector of the T2K Experiment.
- Publisher’s Note: T2K neutrino flux prediction [Phys. Rev. D87, 012001 (2013)]. Physical Review D, 87(1).
- The T2K Neutrino Flux Prediction. Phys. Rev. D, 87, 012001.
- First Muon-Neutrino Disappearance Study with an Off-Axis Beam. Physical Review D, 85, 031103.
- Measurements of the T2K neutrino beam properties using the INGRID
on-axis near detector.
- Indication of Electron Neutrino Appearance from an Accelerator-produced
Off-axis Muon Neutrino Beam. Phys.Rev.Lett., 107, 041801.
- The T2K Experiment.
- Modelling electroluminescence in liquid argon. Journal of Instrumentation, 5(10), P10005-P10005.
- Measurement of the cross section for open b-quark production in two-photon interactions at LEP. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2007(09), 102-102.
- The application of muon tomography to the imaging of railway tunnels. Phys. Rev. Research, 2, 023017.
- Search for proton decay via
p→e+π0
and
p→μ+π0
with an enlarged fiducial volume in Super-Kamiokande I-IV. Physical Review D, 102(11).
Chapters
- Muography, a Key Technology for Monitoring Carbon Geostorage (pp. 185-197). Wiley
Conference proceedings papers
- Low Cost Neutron and Muon Detectors for Soil Moisture Monitoring. Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021), 12 July 2021.
- The Use of 3D Printing in the Development of Gaseous Radiation Detectors. EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol. 170 (pp 01016-01016)
- Muon tomography for carbon storage and monitoring. Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol. 174 (pp 479-485), 8 December 2014 - 12 December 2014. View this article in WRRO
- Geological repositories: scientific priorities and potential high-technology transfer from the space and physics sectors. Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 79(6) (pp 1651-1664)
- Using MiniBooNE NCEL and CCQE cross section results to constrain 3+1 sterile neutrino models. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 598 (pp 012035-012035)
- The Application of Muon Tomography to Carbon Storage Monitoring. Fourth EAGE CO2 Geological Storage Workshop, 22 April 2014 - 24 April 2014. View this article in WRRO
- View this article in WRRO
- ARENA 2008 acoustic detection conference summary. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Vol. 604(1-2) (pp S244-S248)
- Time calibration and positioning for KM3NeT. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Vol. 602(1) (pp 183-186)
- Spin asymmetry at largexFandk⊥. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 110(2) (pp 022021-022021)
- Acoustic detection of ultra-high-energy neutrinos. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Vol. 588(1-2) (pp 155-161)
- KM3NeT: Designing a Cubic-Kilometre Scale Neutrino Telescope for the Mediterranean. 2007 EUROPHYSICS CONFERENCE ON HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, PTS 1-12, Vol. 110
- Acoustic Cosmic Ray Neutrino Experiment. 2007 EUROPHYSICS CONFERENCE ON HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, PTS 1-12, Vol. 110
- Acoustic Detection of UHE Neutrinos - the ACORNE project. XXIII CONFERENCE ON NEUTRINO PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS, Vol. 136
- The acoustic detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos - a status report. Proceedings of the TeV Particle Astrophysics II Workshop, Vol. 60 (pp 52-57)
- The ANTARES Project. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, Vol. 75(1-2) (pp 415-417)
- Current limits on the cold dark matter interaction cross section obtained by the UK collaboration. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, Vol. 70(1-3) (pp 74-78)
- NEW LIMITS ON THE WIMP COLD DARK MATTER INTERACTION CROSS SECTION FROM THE UK EXPERIMENT. COSMO-97
- Electron–Nucleus Scattering in the NEUT Event Generator. NuFACT 2022
Theses / Dissertations
Preprints
- View this article in WRRO
- Development of radiodetection systems towards miniaturised quality control of PET and SPECT radiopharmaceuticals. Lab Chip, 16(9), 1605-1616. View this article in WRRO
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Referee for Nature
- Invited member of STFC Nuclear Security Network Management group
- Member of STFC Particle Astrophysics Advisory Panel, 2012-2016
- Reviewer for Dutch, Italian, Swedish and Greek national funding agencies
- PhD examiner in UK, Sweden, Italy, Spain and France
- External examiner, Physics and Physics/Astrophysics undergraduate programmes, University of Northumbria
- Regular reviewer for Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Astroparticle Physics journals
- Invited outreach talk on neutrinos, EuroScience Open Forum, Italy, 2010
- Member of international review committee of SPATS Neutrino Experiment, 2010
- Member of International Organising Committee for several ARENA conferences (since 2004) and MARS 2011 conference;
- Lecturer on Astroparticle Physics at international postgraduate school, Bavaria, October 2008
- Invited conference summary talk on acoustic detection, ARENA 2008, Rome, 2008
- Principal organiser and chair, ARENA 2006 conference, Newcastle, 2006
- Founding member of UK Institute of Physics Astroparticle Physics group and committee member until 2010
Departmental administration
- Head of Undergraduate Admissions
- Chair, Progress of Students Committee
- Postgraduate Student Mentor
- Undergraduate Personal Tutor
- Member of Departmental Executive