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Peter Hobson
Queen Mary, University of London, Physical & Chemical Sciences, Faculty Member
- I was born and educated in Edinburgh gaining my BSc in Physics from Edinburgh University in 1981. I then moved to Lon... moreI was born and educated in Edinburgh gaining my BSc in Physics from Edinburgh University in 1981. I then moved to London to study for a PhD at University College London where I worked on an experiment at CERN measuring the charm production cross-section using a holographic bubble chamber. From 1984 to 1986 I was a Research Fellow at University College London before my appointment as a Lecturer in Physics at Brunel University. I held two senior positions at Brunel University within the School/College of Engineering. I was a Deputy Head of School with responsibility for the strategic development and successful delivery of, all the undergraduate programmes and their quality assurance. From August 2016 until June 2019 I was the Head of the Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering. In August 2019 I was appointed as a Professor of Physics at Queen Mary University of London. I am currently a Professor of Physics in the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences.
I have over 30 years’ experience as an experimental physicist, with a sustained track record of gaining research grants from a variety of funding sources (STFC, EPRC, NERC, EU, Leverhulme) and a significant publication record in a variety of international peer-reviewed journals. I have working in two large international collaborations at CERN (OPAL at Large Electron-Positron collider and CMS at the Large Hadron Collider) playing a significant role, over a period of nearly 25 years, in the development, construction and commissioning of the endcap electromagnetic calorimeter for CMS and searching for rare Standard Model processes involving the top quark. I have also worked in European collaborations in the areas of underwater holographic recording of plankton for ocean science (HOLOMAR), large-scale distributed computing for sensor systems (GRIDCC), and infrastructures for detectors at accelerators (AIDA-2020).
I was a member of the local or national organizing committee of the first ten Position Sensitive Detectors conferences commencing in 1986 and also the 12th (2021) and 13th (2023).
I am a Chartered Physicist, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, a Member of the European Optical Society and a Fellow of the RSA.edit
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Due to recent changes in higher education and the increased demand for highly qualified candidates in the labor market, the employability of U.K. graduates has become a key performance indicator for universities. Institutions of higher... more
Due to recent changes in higher education and the increased demand for highly qualified candidates in the labor market, the employability of U.K. graduates has become a key performance indicator for universities. Institutions of higher education attempt to address employability by delivering a skilled workforce that will ensure the U.K.s competitiveness in a global context. Placements are a proven mechanism for developing employability and, as such, this study aims to investigate the reasons behind students decisions to take a placement or non-placement course. Based on a self-administered, online questionnaire completed by 71 placement and 117 non-placement students from three schools, the study explores the reasons why students take or do not take a placement course. Finally, recommendations are made for ways to overcome potential work placement barriers and to promote placements to students, parents, and academic tutors as well as to advertise the benefits of work-based learning ...
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A search for the standard model Higgs boson in the H → ZZ → 2ℓ2ν decay channel, where ℓ = e or μ, in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The data were collected at the LHC, with the CMS detector, and correspond... more
A search for the standard model Higgs boson in the H → ZZ → 2ℓ2ν decay channel, where ℓ = e or μ, in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The data were collected at the LHC, with the CMS detector, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb−1. No significant excess is observed above the background expectation, and upper limits are set on the Higgs boson production cross section. The presence of the standard model Higgs boson with a mass in the 270-440 GeV range is excluded at 95% confidence level.
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Yields of prompt and non-prompt J/ψ, as well as $ \Upsilon $ (1S) mesons, are measured by the CMS experiment via their μ + μ − decays in PbPb and pp collisions at $ \sqrt {{{s_{\text{NN}}}}} = 2.76 $ TeV for quarkonium rapidity |y| <... more
Yields of prompt and non-prompt J/ψ, as well as $ \Upsilon $ (1S) mesons, are measured by the CMS experiment via their μ + μ − decays in PbPb and pp collisions at $ \sqrt {{{s_{\text{NN}}}}} = 2.76 $ TeV for quarkonium rapidity |y| < 2.4. Differential cross sections and nuclear modification factors are reported as functions of y and transverse momentum p T, as well as collision centrality. For prompt J/ψ with relatively high p T (6.5 < p T < 30 GeV/c), a strong, centrality-dependent suppression is observed in PbPb collisions, compared to the yield in pp collisions scaled by the number of inelastic nucleon-nucleon collisions. In the same kinematic range, a suppression of non-prompt J/ψ, which is sensitive to the in-medium b-quark energy loss, is measured for the first time. Also the low-p T $ \Upsilon $ (1S) mesons are suppressed in PbPb collisions.
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Research Interests: Physics, Nuclear Physics, Lifelong Learning, Particle Physics, Peter Sloterdijk, and 12 moreMedicine, Large Hadron Collider, Inelastic Neutron Scattering, Physical sciences, Physical, American physical society, Estudiar Y Trabajar, Proton, Proton Ceramic Fuel Cells, Center of Mass, Charged Particles, and particle emission
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Research Interests: Physics, Nuclear Physics, Architecture, Particle Physics, Supersymmetric Models, and 15 moreIamblichus, Cisco, Large Hadron Collider, Physical sciences, Standard Model, Cisco Networking, Jounal of Latin American Studies, American physical society, Cross Section, Architecture and Public Spaces, It Essensials, Sei N, Center of Mass, Buenisimo Libreo Que Nos Habla De La Vida De Aquellos Cristianos Que Entregaban Sus Vidas Por Amor Al Señor Jesus, and square root
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doi:10.1088/1742-6596/415/1/012042 Challenges in using GPUs for the real-time reconstruction of digital hologram images
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A search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying into two Z bosons with subsequent decay into a final state containing two quark jets and two leptons, H → ZZ(*) → q $ \overline {\text{q}} $ ℓ − ℓ + is presented. Results are based on... more
A search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying into two Z bosons with subsequent decay into a final state containing two quark jets and two leptons, H → ZZ(*) → q $ \overline {\text{q}} $ ℓ − ℓ + is presented. Results are based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at $ \sqrt {s} = 7 $ TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. In order to discriminate between signal and background events, kinematic and topological quantities, including the angular spin correlations of the decay products, are employed. Events are further classified according to the probability of the jets to originate from quarks of light or heavy flavor or from gluons. No evidence for the Higgs boson is found, and upper limits on its production cross section are determined for a Higgs boson of mass between 130 and 600 GeV.