Colin Jessop
Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Research Interests
Professor Jessop’s research is focused on the search for new physical interactions beyond the standard theory of particle physics. Such new particles offer solutions to some of the outstanding problems of elementary particle physics. This program includes the precision measurement of quantum loops in low energy heavy quark decays to generically search for the effects of any new particles in the loop, conducted at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center using the BaBar experiment. He contributed extensively to the design, construction and operation of this experiment, most particularly to the detection system for electrons and photons.
Professor Jessop is also heavily involved in the CMS experiment. He contributes to the development and operation of the calorimeter used for photon and electron detection and in the direct searches for new particles.
Honors and Activities
Panofsky Fellowship, 1998-2003
Education
B.A., Cambridge University, 1987
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1993
Publications
"Performance and Operation of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter," The CMS Collaboration. JINST 5, T03010 (2010) 39pp
"The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC," The CMS Collaboration. JINST 0803, S08004 (2008) 361pp
"Measurements of Brancing Fractions for B+ → ρ + γ, B0 → ρ 0 γ, and B0 → wγ," The BaBar Collaboration, B. Aubert et al. Phys. Rev. D. 78, 112001 (2008) 11pp
“Measurement of the Branching Fraction and Photon Energy Moments of B → Xs γ and ACP(B → Xs+d γ)” BaBar Collaboration, B. Aubert et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 171803 (2006) 8 pp hep-ex/0607071,0207076,0507001
"Measurement of Vub from lepton endpoint spectrun in B → Xu lv." TheBaBar Collaboration, B. Aubert et al. Phys. Rev. D. 72, 012006 (2006). 19 pp
“Search for the Exclusive Radiative Decays B → ργ and B → ωγ,” TheBaBar Collaboration, B. Aubert et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 111801 (2004). 7 pp
“Measurement of B → K *γ Branching Fractions and Charge Asymmetries.” The BaBar Collaboration, B. Aubert et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 101805 (2002). 8pp
“The BaBar Detector.” The BaBar Collaboration, B. Aubert et al. Nuc. Instrum. Methods 479, 1-116 (2002)
“Measurement of CP Violating Asymmetries in Β0 Decays to CP Eigenstates.” The BaBar Collaboration, B. Aubert et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2515-2522 (2001)
“Study of Electroweak Radiative Β meson Decays.” The CLEO collaboration, S. Ahmed et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5283-5287 (2000)
“First Search for CP Violation in Tau Lepton Decay.” The CLEO Collaboration, S. Ahmed et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3823-3827 (1998)
Evidence for Top Quark Production in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at √ s = 1.8 TeV at the Collider Detector at Fermilab. The CDF Collaboration, F. Abe et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 225-231 (1994)
Evidence for Top Quark Production in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at √ s = 1.8 TeV at the Collider Detector at Fermilab. The CDF Collaboration, F. Abe et al. Phys. Rev. D. 50, 2966-3026 (1994)
Search for the Top Quark Decaying to Charged Higgs in Proton-Antiproton Collisionsat √ s = 1.8 TeV at the Collider Detector at Fermilab. The CDF Collaboration, F. Abe et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 1977-1981 (1994)