Decay that Probes: 1 in a trillion!

Decay that Probes:1 in a trillion!

Decay that Probes:1 in a trillion!

John Dainton

1. 1 in a trillion2. Experiment3. Physics ↔ Engineering

pVC Badcock @ CERNApril 28th 2014

1 in a trillion1 in a trillion


-interactionweak – short range(not so) new physics

Long Life = New Physics



lifetime of H (eg 2p) atom ~1 ns

lifetime of neutron ~881 s n p e-_50 MHz 50 MHz

mass ~100 GeV50 MHz 60 KHz




lifetime of kaon ~ 12 ns -interactionweak – short range(not so) new physics

mass ~100 GeVFermi scale

very rare decays of kaon lifetime > 121010 ns

50 MHz 50 MHz50 MHz 5 MHz

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80 GeV beam

50 MHz < 510-4 Hz

< 500 pa80 GeV beam

new interaction ?very weak – very short rangebrand new physics

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lepton

leptonK

mass < 30 TeV ?

ExperimentExperiment


Where ? North Area F

Where ? North Area F


p +target p + π + K 750 MHz 6% 75 GeV 65 m decay detect + reconstruct K decays

select 10-11 of them!

(part of) decay length

420 GeV

NA62: squashed horizontally!

NA62: squashed horizontally!


Π +K +p

Select K in beam: KTagSelect K in beam: KTagpVC Badcock @ CERNApril 28th 2014

Liverpool CAD 2012

“small project” for Liverpool – 9 months CAD to CERN

“Well-found” lab“Well-found” labpVC Badcock @ CERNApril 28th 2014

Liverpool engineering + workshop - indirect and estate costs (STFC + ERC + …… ) - wider benefit beyond and funded by research

Select K in beam: KTagSelect K in beam: KTagpVC Badcock @ CERNApril 28th 2014

Liverpool MPhys projects - precision optics

Liverpool HEP Meeting 18 December 2012

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It works !It works !


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ElectronicsElectronics

• The TEL62 is a main board to digitize (using daughter boards), buffer data and to build trigger primitives.

• It’s an evolution of the LHCb TELL1 board.• 13 boards in production: will be ready at the end of April.• Special crates ordered will arrive after Easter.

Detector TEL62

CEDAR 1

CHANTI 1

LAV 3

STRAW 1

CHOD 1

LKR/L0 3

MUV2 1

MUV3 1

SAC/IRC 1


HP2910

IT: PCFarm & NetworkIT: PCFarm & Network

• 7 x HP2910 already bought.• HP8212 ordered with 3 “8x10Gb/s”

modules and 1 “24x1 Gb/s” module (middle of May).

• Six 12 cores PCs foreseen for this year (to partially test the switches):2 already available.4 to be buy soon.

• 10 Racks with cooling door ordered (end of April).

HP8212

PCFarm

HP2910

HP8219

1 Gb/s copper10 Gb/s fiber


pVC Badcock @ CERNApril 28th 2014 Applied Physics @

LHCApplied Physics @

LHC Cockcroft Institute + CERN accelerator physics

Andy Wolski (CI) “chair” of “HL-LHC Board”

CI Electrical Engineering @ CERN

CI Electrical Engineering @ CERN


rf cavity R&D: cutting edge of precision and power - Lancaster University

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Particle Physics & Engineering

Particle Physics & Engineering


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progress

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Particle Physics: the Global Club

Particle Physics: the Global Club


PP is global - science driver huge HE opportunity - UK academies (RS REng IoP CEng CPhys) - BIS Membership is UK in Europe in - KE into/out of UK - KE into/out of NW England - local partnerships with parliamentary support CI, STFC DL, industry global symbiosis for Liverpool University for 60 yr

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Decay that Probes: 1 in a trillion!