University of Cincinnati
What is Particle Physics?
CP violation in
B decays website, maintained at UC
UC preprints in high
energy physics
HEP links
The experimental particle physics group at the University of Cincinnati consists of five faculty members, three postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and one undergraduate. The group conducts several programs, all at accelerators, in collaborative experiments with other institutions.
The group's interests include
the study of quark structure functions and basic properties of neutrinos,
properties of charmed and bottom quarks, and the interplay between their weak
and strong interactions. We are also working on experiments which will
explore the nature of CP violation in the weak interactions. The projects
are summarized below. Please click on links for more details.
| Experiment | Data taken? | Facility | UC faculty | Physics goals |
| BaBar | 1999- | SLAC | Brian Meadows Mike Sokoloff |
CP violation in B system; unitarity ot CKM matrix |
| BELLE | 1999- | KEK | Kay Kinoshita Alan Schwartz |
CP violation in B system; unitarity of CKM matrix |
| BooNe | 2002- | Fermilab | Randy Johnson | Neutrino oscillations |
| E791 | 1991-2 | Fermilab | Brian Meadows Alan Schwartz Mike Sokoloff |
Properties of charm hadrons |
| E815 (NuTeV) | 1996-7 | Fermilab | Randy Johnson | Precision measurements of neutral current interactions |
The group has facilities to build detector modules that can be transported to the experimental site for installation and operation. Software is developed both locally and on-site. Data are collected at the accelerators and stored on magnetic media. Analysis of these data is then carried out in Cincinnati by ourselves and our students and postdocs.
Applications from students seeking a Ph.D. degree in experimental Particle Physics are welcome.