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UK scientists set to tackle big data challenge of next-generation physics experiments
Lancaster scientists are involved in a UK collaboration to develop vital software to exploit the large data sets collected by the next-generation experiments in high energy physics (HEP), predominantly those at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Over the years, the existing code has struggled to meet rising output levels from large-scale experiments.
The new and optimised software will have the capability to crunch the masses of data that the LHC at CERN and next-generation neutrino experiments such as DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande will produce this decade.
Professor Roger Jones from Lancaster University said: “The importance of new software developments to deliver the science goals of major projects like the upgraded ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider cannot be understated.
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Scientists set to tackle big data challenge of next-generation physics experiments
Physicists at the University of Warwick are among scientists developing vital software to exploit the large data sets collected by the next-generation experiments in high energy physics (HEP), predominantly those at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Over the years, the existing code has struggled to meet rising output levels from large-scale experiments.
The new and optimised software will have the capability to crunch the masses of data that the LHC at CERN and next-generation neutrino experiments such as DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande will produce this decade.
This is the first time a team of UK researchers have been funded to develop a software-based project by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
world s particle physics laboratories. Dr. Nigel Smith appointed as next Director of TRIUMF
12 February 2021 TRIUMF
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Dr. Nigel Smith, Executive Director of SNOLAB, has been selected to serve as the next Director of TRIUMF. Succeeding Dr. Jonathan Bagger, who departed TRIUMF in January 2021 to become CEO of the American Physical Society, Dr. Smith s appointment comes as the result of a highly competitive, six-month international search. Dr. Smith will begin his 5-year term as TRIUMF Director on May 17, 2021. I am truly honoured to have been selected as the next Director of TRIUMF, said Dr. Smith. I have long been engaged with TRIUMF s vibrant community and have been really impressed with the excellence of its science, capabilities and people. TRIUMF plays a unique and vital role in Canada s research ecosystem, and I look forward to continuing the legacy of excellence upheld by Dr. Jonathan Bagger and the previous TRIUMF Directors .
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The Science and Technologies Facilities Council, (STFC) has provided £7.2m of initial funding to the Atom Interferometry Observatory and Network (AION), an interdisciplinary mission that will harness cold atom technologies to address key issues in fundamental physics, astrophysics and cosmology that can be realised in the next few decades.
The AION consortium, led by Imperial researchers, will enable a ground-breaking search for ultra-light candidates for dark matter – a mysterious substance that makes up 85% of the ‘missing’ matter of the universe – and also pave the way for the exploration of gravitational waves – ripples in spacetime created by huge astronomical events. An interdisciplinary team at STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, will be responsible for the design and build of a 10-metre atom interferometer that will advance understanding of dark matter and enable observation of gravitational waves in an entirely new frequency rang
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