I'm a Particle Physicist working on the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment.

Neutrinos are probably the most exciting particle in physics at the moment: they probably hold the key to explaining where all the anti-matter fromt he early Universe went, and recent results at another neutrino experiment suggest they may be able to travel faster than the speed of light. If this were true it would shatter the foundations of physics and lead to a revolution in our understanding of how it all works.

I love communicating the exciting work we do to a larger audience... if you want me to give a talk, interview or anything else then please do get in touch. My details are on the right of this page.

T2K

The experiment I work on is based in Japan and studies the properties of particles known as neutrinos.

If you'd like to know more about the experiment take a look at the Warwick T2K Group page which I look after. There you can find descriptions of the experiment aimed at both scientists and the general public.

I'm also an active member of the T2K Public Website Committee, responsible for front-end and back-end development. The website went live in late October 2011, you can view it at http://t2k-experiment.org.

P0D ECal Construction

My first year on the experiment was predominantly spent building six detectors which are now installed in the experiment at Japan. In the near future I'll be posting a page here describing how we went about building these particle detectors.

Coherent Pion Production

The theme for most of my analysis work has been the study of how neutrios interact in our detector. If you are a neutrino physicist, you might like to know that I'm interested in Charged Current Coherent Pion production, both modelling the process and measuring it at T2K. As much of my work as possible I will describe on my Coherent Pion Page (this page is firmly aimed at neutrino physicists, not a general audience).

Outreach

I'm very keen on communicating particle physics to a wider audience and would be thrilled if you're interested in me talking to your school, club, magazine, sciente event etc. My contact details are on the right side of this page.

I'm posting information on the things I've done so far on a dedicated Outreach page, there's also a page with some more in depth detail on the Muon Lifetime Experiment we use for demonstrations on public open days.

During November 2011 I participated in the hugely popular "I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here" project which enthuses school students throughout the country by putting them in touch with real life scientists to answer their burning questions. You can find out more about the project at http://imascientist.org.uk - I survived into the last three scientists in the STFC sponsored "Zinc zone", it was a very rewarding experience.

My Public Christmas Lecture in Decmber 2011, discussing the recent news that neutrinos may be travelling faster-than-light, drew over 150 visitors from across the local area. You can view a video and the slides from the talk by following links from the Public Christmas Lecture page.

Email:

d.i.scully@warwick.ac.uk

This Webpage:

www.warwick.ac.uk/go/danielscully

Contact Details:

Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL

Office:
P450

Telephone:
44 (0)24 761 50208

Warwick T2K
www.warwick.ac.uk/go/t2k

My Papers:
on arXiv