The main research focus of our team is on potential Dark Sector particles with long lifetimes above 100 ps. For this, we use the ATLAS detector to analyse proton-proton collision data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of CERN. The ATLAS detector has a very good sensitivity to such particles with lifetimes below about 10 ns. To probe lifetimes above 10 ns, we have recently proposed the ANUBIS detector that will complement the ATLAS detector. The Cambridge HEP group is leading the active exploration of the ANUBIS detector concept through detailed simulations and by measuring particle fluxes in-situ inside the ATLAS cavern starting 2022, i.e., in LHC Run 3.
In addition, our team is active in the area of searches for Dark Matter particles, where we are exploring exotic signatures that could not be covered efficiently previously. We are also active in R&D of particle detectors (and their operation), the key to study fundamental particles and their interactions, and to push the borders of the unknown at future colliders.