Dr Ian Bailey @irbailey@qoto.org
- QSHS
- https://qshs.org/
- Muon g-2
- https://muon-g-2.fnal.gov/
I am a lecturer in accelerator physics at Lancaster University, UK and at the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology.
My research background is in particle physics. I carried out my PhD as a member of the OPAL experiment at LEP (the predecessor to the LHC at CERN) investigating pairs of W bosons as a probe of the gauge structure of the Standard Model.
As a postdoctoral researcher I joined the International Linear Collider Global Design Effort contributing towards future particle collider designs. Specifically I worked on the production of polarised positrons and the associated engineering challenges.
More recently I have worked on searches for 'hidden-sector' particles using microwave technology, and measurements of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. My current active projects involve:
i) Using computer simulations to study polarised particle beams as tools to measure the properties of muons, as a member of Fermilab muon g-2.
ii) Searching for very light 'dark matter' candidates such as axions and related 'hidden-sector' particles by exploiting the properties of electromagnetic waves in metallic and dielectric structures. In particular working on the QSHS collaboration as part of the Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics initiative.
iii) Designing energy-efficient, compact particle accelerators for a range of applications including as high-flux sources of x-rays and gamma rays.
In Liverpool today to discuss precision muon measurements as a probe of new physics beyond the Standard Model.
Anyone wanting to learn the basics of particle #accelerator #physics and engineering might be interested in this book written by my colleagues at the Cockcroft Institute: "The Science and Technology of Particle Accelerators", by R. Appleby, G. Burt, J. Clarke and H. Owen (Taylor and Francis, 2020). This is available as a free download (open-access) from
https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351007962
At Daresbury Laboratory delivering graduate lectures in particle beam dynamics to the Cockcroft Institute PhD students. Every time I teach this I learn a bit more about the #physics. Sometimes I wonder who is learning more - me or them...
I missed national #poetry day here in the UK, and #darkmatter day, but I thought I'd have a go at a poem about (axionic) dark matter anyway for any #physicspoetry fans, if there are any...
Adrift within a hidden sector
Axions soliloquize
Stabilising neutrons' moments
In their pseudoscalar skies.
Prating on a dark-lit gloaming:
Paraphoton meta hues.
Mumbling their cosmic story:
Rhythm, choirs and solitudes.
Hello All. As it says in my bio:
I am a lecturer in accelerator #physics at Lancaster University, UK and at the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology.
My current active projects involve:
i) Using computer simulations to study polarised particle beams as tools to measure the properties of muons, as a member of Fermilab #muon g-2.
ii) Searching for very light 'dark matter' candidates such as #axions and related 'hidden-sector' particles by exploiting the properties of electromagnetic waves in metallic and dielectric structures. In particular working on the QSHS collaboration as part of the Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics initiative.
iii) Designing energy-efficient, compact particle #accelerators for a range of applications including as high-flux sources of x-rays and gamma rays.
- QSHS
- https://qshs.org/
- Muon g-2
- https://muon-g-2.fnal.gov/
I am a lecturer in accelerator physics at Lancaster University, UK and at the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology.
My research background is in particle physics. I carried out my PhD as a member of the OPAL experiment at LEP (the predecessor to the LHC at CERN) investigating pairs of W bosons as a probe of the gauge structure of the Standard Model.
As a postdoctoral researcher I joined the International Linear Collider Global Design Effort contributing towards future particle collider designs. Specifically I worked on the production of polarised positrons and the associated engineering challenges.
More recently I have worked on searches for 'hidden-sector' particles using microwave technology, and measurements of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. My current active projects involve:
i) Using computer simulations to study polarised particle beams as tools to measure the properties of muons, as a member of Fermilab muon g-2.
ii) Searching for very light 'dark matter' candidates such as axions and related 'hidden-sector' particles by exploiting the properties of electromagnetic waves in metallic and dielectric structures. In particular working on the QSHS collaboration as part of the Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics initiative.
iii) Designing energy-efficient, compact particle accelerators for a range of applications including as high-flux sources of x-rays and gamma rays.
