Linear collider research at the University of Edinburgh

Objective

The International Linear Collider (ILC) will be the ultimate tool for high-energy physics. The ILC will provide the best opportunity to make precision measurements of the electroweak sector, Higgs physics and any TeV-scale New Physics with the potential to make major discoveries of the nature of the universe. I propose to establish a small ILC research group at the University of Edinburgh. Collaborating strongly with local particle physicists in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, we will work on understanding the overall detector design for the ILC detectors and on modelling physics key physics channels, to understand if and how the signal would appear at the ILC.

On the longer term we also hope contribute to the design and building of the silicon vertex detector for the ILC. Coupled with my work on the ILC, I propose to continue my collaboration with the CDF experiment and to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in physics.

Field of science

• /natural sciences/physical sciences/theoretical physics/particle physics/higgs boson
• /natural sciences/physical sciences/theoretical physics/particle physics/particle accelerator
• /natural sciences/physical sciences/theoretical physics/particle physics/leptons
• /natural sciences/physical sciences/theoretical physics/particle physics/quarks
• /natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds

Programme(s)

• FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Topic(s)

• MOBILITY-4.2 - Marie Curie International Reintegration Grants (IRG)

Call for proposal

FP6-2004-MOBILITY-12
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Funding Scheme

IRG - Marie Curie actions-International re-integration grants

Coordinator

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Address

Old College, South Bridge
Edinburgh
United Kingdom