ProfessorGavin Davies
Professor of High Energy Physics
Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0001-8668-5001 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor of High Energy PhysicsDepartment of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
- 020 7594 7806 (Work)
- 541, Blackett Laboratory, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
RESEARCH
Overview
My research has been in the areas of particle and astro-particle physics. My focus has been the search for the Higgs boson, the key missing element in the Standard Model of particle physics, and for evidence of physics beyond it, including particle dark matter. Though particle physics is the study of the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces between them, it encompasses a tremendous range of activities, the raw science, the state-of-the-art hardware required to make the measurements and the associated computing activities. Thus as well as the intrinsic scientific benefit there are many spin-offs, including the world-wide web. Particle physics is often carried out in large teams.
The bulk of the funding in particle physics comes through the PPARC (now STFC) research council. Grants from PPARC for the UK-DØ and Imperial-DØ activity, independent Fellowships and Responsive RAs as well as grid funding have been obtained.
Invited Lectures and Presentations
"DØGrid Computing", European Physical Society , Manchester, UK, 2007 (TBC)
"DØ Data Processing with SAMGrid', Computing in High Energy Physics , Mumbai, India, 2006 (given by colleague)
"Standard Model Higgs Searches at DØ", SUSY04 , Tsukuba, Japan, 2004
"Searches for the Standard Model Higgs boson at LEP in the 4-jet channel", XXXVIth Rencontres de Moriond, Les Arcs, France, 2001
"Recent Results on PbWO4 Crystals and MSGCs in CMS", European Physical Society , Jerusalem, Israel, 1997
"Status Report and Recent Results from the UK Dark Matter Collaboration", European Physical Society , Jerusalem, Israel, 1997
"Recent Results from the Dark Matter Experiments in the Boulby Mine, European Physical Society , Brussels, Belgium, 1995
"Measurement of nuclear recoil response of dark matter scintillating targets using neutron scattering", Strategies for the Detection of Dark Matter Particle , Berkeley, USA, 1994
"Measurement of nuclear recoil response of dark matter scintillating targets using neutron scattering", 1st Conf. on Sources of Dark Matter in the Universe , UCLA, USA, 1994
"Liquid xenon as a dark matter detector", 1st International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe , Rome, Italy, 1993
Plenary Lectures
"Higgs Searches at the Tevatron", Physics in Collision , Annecy, France, 2007
"The CDF and DØ Experiments at the Tevatron", IoP HEPP Annual Meeting , Brighton, UK, 2002
"Searches at LEP", UK LEP-FEST , Birmingham, UK, 2001
"Methods of Dark Matter Detection", IoP HEPP Annual Meeting , London, UK, 1996
My research has been in the areas of particle and astro-particle physics. My focus has been the search for the Higgs boson, the key missing element in the Standard Model of particle physics, and for evidence of physics beyond it, including particle dark matter. Though particle physics is the study of the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces between them, it encompasses a tremendous range of activities, the raw science, the state-of-the-art hardware required to make the measurements and the associated computing activities. Thus as well as the intrinsic scientific benefit there are many spin-offs, including the world-wide web. Particle physics is often carried out in large teams.
The bulk of the funding in particle physics comes through the PPARC (now STFC) research council. Grants from PPARC for the UK-DØ and Imperial-DØ activity, independent Fellowships and Responsive RAs as well as grid funding have been obtained.
Invited Lectures and Presentations
"DØGrid Computing", European Physical Society , Manchester, UK, 2007 (TBC)
"DØ Data Processing with SAMGrid', Computing in High Energy Physics , Mumbai, India, 2006 (given by colleague)
"Standard Model Higgs Searches at DØ", SUSY04 , Tsukuba, Japan, 2004
"Searches for the Standard Model Higgs boson at LEP in the 4-jet channel", XXXVIth Rencontres de Moriond, Les Arcs, France, 2001
"Recent Results on PbWO4 Crystals and MSGCs in CMS", European Physical Society , Jerusalem, Israel, 1997
"Status Report and Recent Results from the UK Dark Matter Collaboration", European Physical Society , Jerusalem, Israel, 1997
"Recent Results from the Dark Matter Experiments in the Boulby Mine, European Physical Society , Brussels, Belgium, 1995
"Measurement of nuclear recoil response of dark matter scintillating targets using neutron scattering", Strategies for the Detection of Dark Matter Particle , Berkeley, USA, 1994
"Measurement of nuclear recoil response of dark matter scintillating targets using neutron scattering", 1st Conf. on Sources of Dark Matter in the Universe , UCLA, USA, 1994
"Liquid xenon as a dark matter detector", 1st International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe , Rome, Italy, 1993
Plenary Lectures
"Higgs Searches at the Tevatron", Physics in Collision , Annecy, France, 2007
"The CDF and DØ Experiments at the Tevatron", IoP HEPP Annual Meeting , Brighton, UK, 2002
"Searches at LEP", UK LEP-FEST , Birmingham, UK, 2001
"Methods of Dark Matter Detection", IoP HEPP Annual Meeting , London, UK, 1996