Birmingham Particle Physics SeminarsSeminar Programme 2010–2011 |
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Welcome to the University of Birmingham Particle Physics group seminars page.
Particle Physics Seminars are held on Wednesdays at 1:30pm
in the Poynting Small Lecture Theatre (room S06).
The Poynting Building is at R13 on the
campus map.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are served at 1:15pm.
The agenda is also available at Talks@bham (but this page is updated first).
Speaker suggestions, offers of talks or enquires are very welcome!
Please contact Cristina Lazzeroni or
Ian Kenyon.
Autumn Term 2010
| Date | Speaker | Institute | Title | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct | David Bugg | QMUL | The Covalent Bond in Particle Spectroscopy | [abs] [pdf] |
| 20 Oct | Alec Habig | Minnesota University | MINOS Results and Progress with NOvA | [abs] [pdf] |
| 27 Oct | Guennadi Borissov | Lancaster University | Search for new sources of CP violation with the DZero detector | [abs] [pdf] |
| 3 Nov | Paul Newman | Birmingham University | Review of Results from Summer Conferences | [abs] [pdf] |
| 17 Nov | Michal Kreps | Warwick University | Measurement of CP Violation in Bs→J/ψ+φ Decays at CDF | [abs] [pdf] |
| 24 Nov | Stuart Green | University Hospital | BNCT and the Medical Physics Facility | [abs]
[pdf]
Joint Seminar with Nuclear Group |
| 1 Dec | No seminar | |||
| 8 Dec | Adrian Signer | IPPP Durham | Top quark physics at the LHC from a theory point of view | [abs] [pdf] |
| 15 Dec | Daniel Tapia Takaki | IPN Orsay (CNRS) | Central and forward inclusive J/ψ production in p+p collisions at Alice | [abs] [pdf] |
Spring Term 2011
| Date | Speaker | Institute | Title | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan | Alan Watson | Leeds University | The properties of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays and the problems that these pose | [abs]
[pdf]
Joint Seminar with Astrophysics Group |
| 26 Jan | Steven Biller | Oxford University | The SNO+ Project | [abs] [pdf] |
| 2 Feb | Shaun Thomas | University College London | Weighing Neutrinos with Cosmology | [abs]
[pdf] Joint Seminar with Astrophysics Group |
| 16 Feb | Adam Davison | University College London | Jet Substructure Techniques and their applications at ATLAS | [abs] [pdf] |
| 23 Feb | Mark Thomson | Cambridge University | Detectors for a future high energy Lepton Collider | [abs] [pdf] |
| 2 Mar | Jim Virdee | Imperial College and CERN | The CMS Experiment at LHC and the First Results | [abs] [pdf] |
| 9 Mar | Paula Chadwick | Durham University | Results from the HESS Telescopes | [abs] [pdf] |
| 16 Mar | No seminar | |||
| 23 Mar | Sebastian Jaeger | Sussex University | New Physics at LHCb | [abs] [pdf] |
| 30 Mar | No seminar |
Summer Term 2011
| Date | Speaker | Institute | Title | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May | Mitesh Patel | Imperial College and CERN | The LHCb Experiment at LHC: First Results and Prospects | [abs] [pdf] |
| 11 May | Matthew Malek | Imperial College | Supernovae Relic Neutrino Searches at SuperK | [abs]
[pdf]
Joint Seminar with Astrophysics Group |
| 18 May | Gary Barker | Warwick University | LAr detectors | [abs] [pdf] |
| 25 May | Chris Damerell | RAL | The silicon pixel tracker - beginning of a revolution? | [abs]
[pdf]
Starts at 1415 |
| 1 Jun | Ben Allanach | DAMTP Cambridge | SUSY Monojets at LHC | [abs] [pdf] |
| 8 Jun | Angela Romano | Birmingham University | The NA62 Experiment at CERN | [abs] [pdf] |
| 15 Jun | No seminar | |||
| 22 Jun | Zoe Matthews | Liverpool University | Proton-Proton Collisions in ALICE at LHC | [abs] [pdf] |