Nigel Watson

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Nigel Watson works on LHCb at CERN and has interests in detector development for future experiments. He leads the local Birmingham group on the LHCb experiment at CERN, to extract new physics with rare decays at LHC, as well as working on the core simulation framework.

Prof. Watson supervises students in all of his research work, which includes LHCb physics and detector simulation, as well as high performance electromagnetic calorimetry and physics studies for future e+e- colliders (ILC and CLIC).

Details of current projects may also be available via his University staff profile and the Birmingham Particle Physics Group web pages.

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A model-independent measurement of the CKM angle γ in the decays B^± → [K⁺K⁻π⁺π⁻]_Dh^± and B^± → [π⁺π⁻π⁺π⁻]_Dh^± (h = K, π)
LHCb Collaboration, Aaij, R., Jayaweera, C., Johnson, D., Lazzeroni, C., Madurai, M. J., Sahoo, N., Slater, M. W., Tat, M. D., Thompson, D. J. D., Volle, F. C., Watson, N. K. & Whiter, E., 9 Jan 2026, In: JHEP. 2026, 1, 34 p., 62.
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Measurement of the branching fraction of the Λ⁰_b → J/ψΛ decay and isospin asymmetry of B →J/ψK decays
LHCb Collaboration, Aaij, R., Garcia Martin, L. M., Jayaweera, C., Johnson, D., Lazzeroni, C., Madurai, M. J., Sahoo, N., Slater, M. W., Swallow, P. N., Thompson, D. J. D., Volle, F. C., Watson, N. K. & Whiter, E., 26 Jan 2026, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2026, 1, 28 p., 159.
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Observation of 𝐵⁺_𝑐 →𝐷⁢ℎ⁺⁡ℎ⁻ Decays
Aaij, R., Jayaweera, C., Johnson, D., Lazzeroni, C., Madurai, M. J., Sahoo, N., Slater, M. W., Thompson, D. J. D., Volle, F. C., Watson, N. K., Whiter, E. & LHCb Collaboration, 14 Jan 2026, In: Physical Review Letters. 136, 2, 12 p., 021804 .
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Performance and shower shape studies with EPICAL-2
Keul, J., Alme, J., Barthel, R., Borshchov, V., Bosley, R., van den Brink, A., Büsching, H., Groettvik, O. S., Peitzmann, T., Pliquett, F., Protsenko, M., Røed, K., Rogoschinski, T. S., Röhrich, D., Rossewij, M. J., Schöngarth, J., Solheim, E. H., Sundstrom, N. B., Tymchuk, I. & Ullaland, K. & 2 others, Watson, N. K. & Yokoyama, H., Feb 2026, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1082, 4 p., 170954.
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Amplitude analysis of B⁺→ ψ(2S)K⁺π⁺π⁻ decays
LHCb Collaboration, 8 Jan 2025, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2025, 1, 54.
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Birmingham Particle Physics Consolidated Grant
Krizka, K. (Co-Investigator), Lazzeroni, C. (Principal Investigator), Watson, M. (Co-Investigator), Johnson, D. (Co-Investigator), Watson, A. (Co-Investigator), Nikolopoulos, K. (Co-Investigator), Newman, P. (Co-Investigator), Watson, N. (Co-Investigator), Goudzovski, E. (Co-Investigator), Chisholm, A. (Co-Investigator) & Charlton, D. (Co-Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/10/25 → 30/09/27
Project: Research Councils
LHCb Upgrade II: preconstruction for the ultimate LHC flavour physics experiment
Johnson, D. (Co-Investigator), Lazzeroni, C. (Co-Investigator), Watson, N. (Principal Investigator) & Krizka, K. (Co-Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research Councils
Responsive RAs for the Birmingham Experimental Particle Physics Programme
Chisholm, A. (Researcher), Charlton, D. (Co-Investigator), Watson, N. (Co-Investigator), Gonella, L. (Co-Investigator), Nikolopoulos, K. (Co-Investigator), Krizka, K. (Researcher), Newman, P. (Principal Investigator) & Johnson, D. (Co-Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/04/23 → 28/02/27
Project: Research Councils
Experimental Particle Physics Consolidated Grant 2022-25
Watson, A. (Co-Investigator), Charlton, D. (Co-Investigator), Goudzovski, E. (Co-Investigator), Nikolopoulos, K. (Co-Investigator), Watson, N. (Co-Investigator), Newman, P. (Principal Investigator), Watson, M. (Co-Investigator), Gonella, L. (Co-Investigator), Lazzeroni, C. (Co-Investigator) & Allport, P. (Co-Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/10/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Research Councils
Bridging funding for LHCb Upgrade II: preconstruction for the ultimate LHC flavour physics experiment
Krizka, K. (Co-Investigator), Lazzeroni, C. (Co-Investigator), Johnson, D. (Co-Investigator) & Watson, N. (Principal Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/04/24 → 30/09/24
Project: Research Councils

Educational Enhancement and Innovation - Educational Leadership
Watson, N. (Recipient), 2016
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A model-independent measurement of the CKM angle γ in the decays B^± → [K⁺K⁻π⁺π⁻]_Dh^± and B^± → [π⁺π⁻π⁺π⁻]_Dh^± (h = K, π)

Measurement of the branching fraction of the Λ⁰_b → J/ψΛ decay and isospin asymmetry of B →J/ψK decays

Observation of 𝐵⁺_𝑐 →𝐷⁢ℎ⁺⁡ℎ⁻ Decays

Performance and shower shape studies with EPICAL-2

Amplitude analysis of B⁺→ ψ(2S)K⁺π⁺π⁻ decays

Birmingham Particle Physics Consolidated Grant

LHCb Upgrade II: preconstruction for the ultimate LHC flavour physics experiment

Responsive RAs for the Birmingham Experimental Particle Physics Programme

Experimental Particle Physics Consolidated Grant 2022-25

Bridging funding for LHCb Upgrade II: preconstruction for the ultimate LHC flavour physics experiment

Educational Enhancement and Innovation - Educational Leadership

Nigel Watson

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