Colin Jessop

Associate Professor,
Experimental Particle Physics

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.

Selected Publications

“Determination of the Branching Fraction for Inclusive Decays B (B ® Xs g ),” BaBar Collaboration, hep-ex 0207076

“Search for the Exclusive Radiative Decays B ® rg and B ® wg ,” BaBar Collaboration, hep-ex 0207076 (to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett.)

“Measurement of B  ®  K *^g Branching Fractions and Charge Asymmetries,” BaBar Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 101805 (2002).

“Measurement of CP violating Asymmetries in B0 Decays to CP Eigenstates,” BaBar

Collaboration Phys. Rev. Lett , 86 2515 2001

“The BaBar Detector,” BaBar Collaboration, Nuc. Inst. and Meth. A 479 , 1 (2002).

“Studies of Electroweak Radiative B meson Decays,” CLEO collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 , 5283 (2000).

“First Search for CP Violation in Tau Lepton Decay,” CLEO collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3823 (1998).

“Search for the Top Quark Decaying to Charged Higgs in proton-antiproton collisions,” CDF collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 72 , 1977 (1994).

Awards

• Panofsky Fellowship, 1998-2003

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