C-V Measurements

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Why is there more matter than anti-matter in the
Universe ?
PhD positions in Experimental Particle Physics
with the LHCb Experiment
Founded in 1451 Glasgow University, (pictured top
left) is situated in the heart of the citys west
end. The University has the largest number of
science undergraduates in the UK and the
tradition of Physics research spans through from
the pioneering discoveries of Lord Kelvin to the
search for the Higgs Boson.
Take a particle and turn it into its
antiparticle, and spatially invert it (the CP
operation). Can we tell the difference between
the matter and anti-matter? Yes! There is a tiny
fundamental difference between the behaviour of
matter and anti-matter. We want to make precise
tests of this tiny flaw in the CP violation
mirror

• We are looking for applicants for PhD
  studentships from candidates with
• Strong interest in particle physics
• Good academic record
• To work in the areas of
• Physics Studies
• Software Algorithms
• Detector Design
• E-Science Applications

LHCb will be an experiment on the LHC at CERN,
performing CP Violation studies with B
mesons. The experiment is due to start in early
2007, making a PhD starting this year ideally
timed to see the detector develop from designs
through to final construction. The experiment
will probe the so-called CKM triangles of the
Standard Model.
CP Violation in the B mesons system was observed
for the first time only last year. By making
sensitive measurements in this untested area of
the standard model, we hope to discover new
physics. PhD Students would be expected to be
based both in Glasgow and at CERN, Geneva. Taught
courses in advanced particle physics will be
provided as an element of first year studies.

• In Glasgow we are contributing to two critical
  components of the detector.
• The Vertex Locator is a silicon tracker sitting
  inside the LHC vacuum only 8mm from the beams and
  providing a hit resolution of 4?m!
• The Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detectors
  provide particle identification (Pions/Kaons)
  over a momentum range of 1 to 150 GeV/c !

Prototype Silicon strip detectors, measuring the
position of charged particles. The detectors must
withstand operation in the extreme radiation
environment of the LHC.
A Hybrid Photo Detector Prototype, for observing
individual photons of Cherenkov light.
Contact Dr Chris Parkes ( Chris.Parkes_at_CERN.Ch
) Dr Paul Soler ( P.Soler_at_physics.gla.ac.uk
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