Elementary Particle Physics Group

Welcome to the Home Page of the Warwick Elementary Particle Physics Group, a research group within the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. The group is carrying out research into the fundamental particles of matter and the forces by which they interact. Further information about the group can be found below.

General Information

The group currently has seven members of academic staff, together with seven research fellows and nineteen postgraduate students.

Group Members

Contacting/Visiting Us

Seminars

Postgraduate Opportunities

Particle Physics Resources

Resources for Group Members

Job Openings

Recent Publications

We anticipate being able to offer PhD studentships on the experiments listed below for commencement in October 2012. These studentships will cover tuition fees and living expenses for UK candidates, and tuition fees only for other EU citizens. Some studentships may also be available to students of any nationality. Prospective students are invited to contact us.

Research Activities

In addition to the experiments below, we are starting (June 2011) a new initiative to join the ATLAS experiment at CERN.

LHCb and Other B Physics	T2K

B physics is the study of the `b' or beauty quark. This heavy quark has fascinating properties, such as the phenomenon of `flavour oscillations' by which it can change into its own anti-quark. Studying these enables us to distinguish between matter and anti-matter via the related phenomenon of CP violation. Further studies could allow us to detect the presence of new forces beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.	The T2K experiment is being built to direct a beam of muon neutrinos 295km from the J-PARC accelerator in Tokai, Japan, to the Super Kamiokande detector at Kamioka. It is hoped that the very rare oscillation of muon neutrinos into electron neutrinos can be detected.
Neutrino Factory and MICE	Detector Development

The group is also involved in preliminary research and development for a possible future neutrino factory which would produce an intense neutrino beam. This would allow a detailed study of CP violation, and hence the matter/antimatter asymmetry, in the neutrino sector.	Our detector research and development targets innovative technology for neutrino experiments. This covers various diverse topics, from recent efforts into accelerator-based neutrino physics and neutrino astrophysics applications to specific neutrino mass searches using single and double beta decay.