Particle Physics Experiment Group

Welcome to the Particle Physics Experiment (PPE) research group

We seek an understanding of the fundamental particles of nature and the interactions (forces) governing their behaviour. In particular, from understanding the symmetries and conserved quantities present in the universe, we seek to explain the dominance of matter over anti-matter (study of CP violation at BaBar/LHCb), and mechanisms of symmetry breaking (ATLAS/ILC) which lead to the creation of mass. Extensive distributed Grid computing (GridPP) will be used to store and analyse the tens of petabytes of data that will be produced at the LHC.

The group comprises of six academic faculty (Phil Clark, Peter Clarke, Victoria Martin, Franz Muheim (group leader), Steve Playfer and Alan Walker), two advanced fellows, six postdoctoral research associates and fourteen postgraduate students, plus technical and computing support staff.

News: Lectureship Position in Experimental Particle Physics
Applications are invited for a permanent lectureship in experimental particle physics at the University of Edinburgh.

First LHC results presented by the LHCb experiment
The LHC is colliding beams at 7 TeV

We are currently participating in the following projects:

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336, VAT Registration Number GB 592 9507 00,
and is acknowledged by the UK authorities as a “Recognised Body” which has been granted degree awarding powers.

School of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ
Scotland, UK

Phone:	+44 (0) 131 650 5307
Fax:	+44 (0) 131 650 7189