Professor Kevin Varvell
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Professor Kevin Varvell

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+61 2 9351 2539
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+61 2 9351 7726
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A28 - Physics Building
The University of Sydney
Professor Kevin Varvell

I obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of Western Australia and a D.Phil from the University of Oxford. From there I held post-doctoral positions at the University of Birmingham, UK, and at ANSTO in Sydney. I was an ARC Senior Research Fellow here at the University of Sydney from 1997 to 2001, and held further research-only positions here until 2005 when I switched to a teaching and research position. I was the Director of the University of Sydney Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale (CoEPP) from 2011-2021. My research interests lie in experimental particle physics. Over my career I have worked on six international experiments based at CERN, Fermilab and KEK, embracing neutrino physics, flavour physics with B-mesons, and hadron collider physics.

I am a currently a member of the Particle Physics Research Group here at the University of Sydney, and work primarily on the ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and on the Belle II experiment at the KEK laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan. I mainly focus on rare semi-leptonic decays of B-mesons; understanding the properties of the top quark; and searching for new physics beyond the Standard Model at ATLAS and Belle II.

Project titleResearch student
Gauge flavour symmetry and its manifestationsChristian CANETE
Phenomenological and cosmological manifestations of scale invariance in particle physicsJosh CESCA
Study of B to pi tau nu and the measurement of R(pi)Andre HUANG
Application of Graph Neural Networks to semileptonic B-meson decays for improved tagging, reconstruction and analysis within the Belle II ExperimentAnthony LITTLE
Search for Beyond Standard Model Physics Signatures in tttt using Graph Neural NetworksThomas NOMMENSEN

Publications

Journals

  • Jackson, P., Oliver, J., Petridis, A., Qureshi, A., Sharma, A., White, M., Cairo, V., Varvell, K., Suster, C., Balaji, S., et al (2023). Measurement of the inclusive Formula Presented production cross section in the lepton+jets channel in pp collisions at Formula Presented with the ATLAS detector using support vector machines. Physical Review D, 108(3). [More Information]
  • Suster, C., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B. (2023). Measurements of the suppression and correlations of dijets in Pb+Pb collisions at√sNN = 5.02 TeV. Physical Review C, 107(5). [More Information]
  • Balaji, S., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2023). Search for displaced photons produced in exotic decays of the Higgs boson using 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D, 108(3). [More Information]

Conferences

  • Varvell, K. (2002). Final Results from the nomad experiment at cern. AIP 15th Biennial Congress, Australia: Australian Institute of Physics (AIP).

Research Reports

  • Aad, G., Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abramowicz, H., Lee, J., Peak, L., Saavedra, A., Varvell, K., Waugh, A., et al (2008). Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment: Detector, Trigger and Physics, (pp. 1 - 1828). Geneva, Switzerland: Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire (CERN).

2023

  • Jackson, P., Oliver, J., Petridis, A., Qureshi, A., Sharma, A., White, M., Cairo, V., Varvell, K., Suster, C., Balaji, S., et al (2023). Measurement of the inclusive Formula Presented production cross section in the lepton+jets channel in pp collisions at Formula Presented with the ATLAS detector using support vector machines. Physical Review D, 108(3). [More Information]
  • Suster, C., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B. (2023). Measurements of the suppression and correlations of dijets in Pb+Pb collisions at√sNN = 5.02 TeV. Physical Review C, 107(5). [More Information]
  • Balaji, S., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2023). Search for displaced photons produced in exotic decays of the Higgs boson using 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D, 108(3). [More Information]

2022

  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., Aboulhorma, A., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Balaji, S., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2022). Constraints on Higgs boson production with large transverse momentum using H → b b ¯ decays in the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D, 105(9). [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., Abouzeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Balaji, S., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2022). Constraints on Higgs boson properties using WW∗(→ eνμν) jj production in 36.1fb-1 of √s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 82(7). [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., Aboulhorma, A., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Balaji, S., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2022). Determination of the parton distribution functions of the proton using diverse ATLAS data from pp collisions at √s=7 , 8 and 13 TeV. European Physical Journal C, 82(5). [More Information]

2021

  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Balaji, S., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2021). A search for the decays of stopped long-lived particles at root s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 (7), 173. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., Abouzeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Balaji, S., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2021). A search for the dimuon decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 812, 135980. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., Abouzeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Balaji, S., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2021). Configuration and performance of the ATLAS b-jet triggers in Run 2. European Physical Journal C, 81(12), 1087. [More Information]

2020

  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D., Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Balaji, S., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2020). Alignment of the ATLAS Inner Detector in Run 2. European Physical Journal C, 80(12), 1194. [More Information]
  • Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S., Abouzeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Limosani, A., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B., et al (2020). Determination of jet calibration and energy resolution in proton–proton collisions at square root s=8TeV using the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 80(12), 1-81. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D., Abed Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Balaji, S., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2020). Dijet Resonance Search with Weak Supervision Using s =13 TeV pp Collisions in the ATLAS Detector. Physical Review Letters, 125(13), 131801. [More Information]

2019

  • Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Limosani, A., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B., et al (2019). A strategy for a general search for new phenomena using data-derived signal regions and its application within the ATLAS experiment. European Physical Journal C, 79(2), 1-45. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D., Abud, A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Balaji, S., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B., et al (2019). ATLAS b-jet identification performance and efficiency measurement with t(t)over-bar events in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV. European Physical Journal C, 79(11), 1-36. [More Information]
  • Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D., Abdinov, O., Abed Abud, A., Abhayasinghe, D., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Balaji, S., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B., et al (2019). Combination of Searches for Invisible Higgs Boson Decays with the ATLAS Experiment. Physical Review Letters, 122(23), 1-20. [More Information]

2018

  • Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., et al, Black, C., Finelli, K., Limosani, A., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B. (2018). A search for pair-produced resonances in four-jet final states at (square root)s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 78(3), 1-28. [More Information]
  • Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Limosani, A., Saavedra, A., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B., et al (2018). A search for resonances decaying into a Higgs boson and a new particle X in the XH (arrow) qqbb final state with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 779, 24-45. [More Information]
  • Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Black, C., Finelli, K., Limosani, A., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B., et al (2018). Angular analysis of B0d (arrow) K*u+u- decays in pp collisions at (square root)s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 (10), 1-46. [More Information]

2017

  • Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Aben, R., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Black, C., Finelli, K., Jeng, G., Limosani, A., Morley, A., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B., et al (2017). A measurement of the calorimeter response to single hadrons and determination of the jet energy scale uncertainty using LHC Run-1 pp-collision data with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 77(1), 1-47. [More Information]
  • Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Black, C., Finelli, K., Limosani, A., Morley, A., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B., et al (2017). Analysis of the Wtb vertex from the measurement of triple-differential angular decay rates of single top quarks produced in the t-channel at (square root)s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 (12), 1-59. [More Information]
  • Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Black, C., Finelli, K., Limosani, A., Morley, A., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Suster, C., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B., et al (2017). Determination of the strong coupling constant (alphas)s from transverse energy–energy correlations in multijet events at (square root)s=8TeV using the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 77(12), 1-34. [More Information]

2016

  • Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Aben, R., AbouZeid, O., Abraham, N., Abramowicz, H., Black, C., Finelli, K., Jeng, G., Limosani, A., Morley, A., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Yabsley, B., et al (2016). A measurement of material in the ATLAS tracker using secondary hadronic interactions in 7 TeV pp collisions. Journal of Instrumentation, 11(11), 1-40. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abreu, R., Black, C., Cuthbert, C., Finelli, K., Jeng, G., Limosani, A., Morley, A., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Watson, I., Yabsley, B., et al (2016). A new method to distinguish hadronically decaying boosted Z bosons from W bosons using the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 76(5), 1-33. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Aben, R., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Black, C., Cuthbert, C., Finelli, K., Jeng, G., Limosani, A., Morley, A., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Wang, J., Watson, I., Yabsley, B., et al (2016). A search for an excited muon decaying to a muon and two jets in pp collisions at (sq root)s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. New Journal of Physics, 18(7), 1-22. [More Information]

2015

  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abi, B., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O., Black, C., Cuthbert, C., Finelli, K., Jeng, G., Limosani, A., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Watson, I., Yabsley, B., et al (2015). A search for high-mass resonances decaying to + in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 7, 1-27. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abreu, R., Black, C., Cuthbert, C., Finelli, K., Jeng, G., Limosani, A., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Watson, I., Yabsley, B., et al (2015). A search for t(t)over-bar resonances using lepton-plus-jets events in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, (8), 1-53. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Black, C., Cuthbert, C., Finelli, K., Jeng, G., Limosani, A., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Watson, I., Yabsley, B., et al (2015). Analysis of events with b-jets and a pair of leptons of the same charge in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015 (10), 1-51. [More Information]

2014

  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abi, B., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O., et al, Black, C., Cuthbert, C., Finelli, K., Jeng, G., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Watson, I., Yabsley, B. (2014). A measurement of the ratio of the production cross sections for W and Z bosons in association with jets with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C, 74(12), 1-31. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abi, B., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O., Abramowicz, H., Black, C., Cuthbert, C., Finelli, K., Jeng, G., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Watson, I., Yabsley, B., et al (2014). A neural network clustering algorithm for the ATLAS silicon pixel detector. Journal of Instrumentation, 9(9), 1-33. [More Information]
  • Varvell, K. (2014). Australia and the Higgs. Australian Physics, 51(4), 110-115.

2013

  • Samoylov, O., Petti, R., Alekhin, S., Astier, P., Autiero, D., Baldisseri, A., Baldo-Ceolin, M., Banner, M., Bassompierre, G., Benslama, K., Boyd, S., Ellis, M., Peak, L., Soler, F., Ulrichs, J., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2013). A precision measurement of charm dimuon production in neutrino interactions from the NOMAD experiment. Nuclear Physics B, 876(2), 339-375. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abajyan, T., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdelalim, A., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Bangert, A., Black, C., Cuthbert, C., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Watson, I., Waugh, A., Yabsley, B., et al (2013). A search for high-mass resonances decaying to T+T- in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 719(4-5), 242-260. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abajyan, T., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdelalim, A., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Bangert, A., Black, C., Cuthbert, C., Jeng, G., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Watson, I., Waugh, A., Yabsley, B., et al (2013). A search for prompt lepton-jets in pp collisions at √s=7TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 719(4-5), 299-317. [More Information]

2012

  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Lee, J., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Varvell, K., Waugh, A., Yabsley, B., et al (2012). A measurement of the ratio of the W and Z cross sections with exactly one associated jet in pp collisions at s=7TeV with ATLAS. Physics Letters B, 708(3-5), 221-240. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abajyan, T., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdelalim, A., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Bangert, A., Cuthbert, C., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Watson, I., Waugh, A., Yabsley, B., et al (2012). A Particle Consistent with the Higgs Boson Observed with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Science, 338(6114), 1576-1582. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdelalim, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O., Abramowicz, H., Bangert, A., Cuthbert, C., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Scarcella, M., Varvell, K., Watson, I., Waugh, A., Yabsley, B., et al (2012). A search for flavour changing neutral currents in top-quark decays in pp collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at square root of s=7TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012 (9), 1-36. [More Information]

2011

  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Lee, J., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Varvell, K., Waugh, A., Yabsley, B., et al (2011). A search for new physics in dijet mass and angular distributions in pp collisions at (square root)s=7TeV measured with the ATLAS detector. New Journal of Physics, 13(2011), 1-44. [More Information]
  • Choi, S., Olsen, S., Trabelsi, K., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Arinstein, K., Asner, D., Aushev, T., Bakich, A., Barberio, E., McOnie, S., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2011). Bounds on the width, mass difference and other properties of X(3872) n + n - J/w decays. Physical Review D, 84(5), 052004-1-052004-16. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Lee, J., Patel, N., Saavedra, A., Varvell, K., Waugh, A., Yabsley, B., et al (2011). Charged-particle multiplicities in pp interactions measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. New Journal of Physics, 13, 053033-1-053033-68. [More Information]

2010

  • Aad, G., Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abramowicz, H., Lee, J., Peak, L., Saavedra, A., Varvell, K., Waugh, A. (2010). Charged-particle multiplicities in pp interactions at √s = 900 GeV measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Modern Physics Letters B, 688, 21-42. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Lee, J., Peak, L., Saavedra, A., Varvell, K., Waugh, A. (2010). Commissioning of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer with cosmic rays. European Physical Journal C, 70(3), 875-916. [More Information]
  • Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Lee, J., Peak, L., Saavedra, A., Varvell, K., Waugh, A. (2010). Drift Time Measurement in the ATLAS Liquid Argon Electromagnetic Calorimeter using Cosmic Muons. European Physical Journal C, 70, 755-785. [More Information]

2009

  • Kullenberg, C., Mishra, S., Seaton, M., Kim, J., Tian, X., Scott, A., Kirsanov, M., Petti, R., Alekhin, S., Astier, P., Boyd, S., Ellis, M., Peak, L., Soler, F., Ulrichs, J., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B. (2009). A measurement of coherent neutral pion production in neutrino neutral current interactions in the NOMAD experiment. Physics Letters B, 682(2), 177-184. [More Information]
  • Lyubushkin, V., Popov, B., Kim, J., Camilleri, L., Levy, J., Mezzetto, M., Naumov, D., Alekhin, S., Astier, P., Autiero, D., Boyd, S., Ellis, M., Peak, L., Soler, F., Ulrichs, J., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B. (2009). A study of quasi-elastic muon neutrino and antineutrino scattering in the NOMAD experiment. European Physical Journal C, 63, 355-381. [More Information]
  • Mizuk, R., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Arinstein, K., Aushev, T., Bakich, A., Balagura, V., Barberio, E., Bay, A., Belous, K., McOnie, S., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2009). Dalitz analysis of BtKn+w' decays and the Z(4430). Physical Review D, 80(3), 031104-1-031104-7. [More Information]

2008

  • Wu, Q., Mishra, S., Godley, A., Petti, R., Alekhin, S., Astier, P., Autiero, D., Baldisseri, A., Baldo-Ceolin, M., Banner, M., Boyd, S., Ellis, M., Peak, L., Ulrichs, J., Soler, F., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B. (2008). A precise measurement of the muon neutrino-nucleon inclusive charged current cross section off an isoscalar target in the energy range 2.5 < Ev < 40 GeV by NOMAD. Physics Letters B, 660, 19-25. [More Information]
  • Lin, S., Unno, Y., Hou, W., Chang, P., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Akai, K., Arinstein, K., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Bakich, A., Cole, S., Peak, L., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2008). Difference in direct charge-parity violation between charged and neutral B meson decays. Nature, 452, 332-335. [More Information]
  • Goldenzweig, P., Schwartz, A., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Arinstein, K., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Bahinipati, S., Bakich, A., Bay, A., McOnie, S., Peak, L., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2008). Evidence for Neutral B Meson Decays to wK*0. Physical Review Letters, 101, 231801-1-231801-6. [More Information]

2007

  • Garmash, A., Abe, K., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Anipko, D., Arinstein, K., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Bahinipati, S., Bakich, A., Cole, S., McOnie, S., Peak, L., Stoeck, H., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2007). Dalitz analysis of three-body charmless Bº→Kºπ+Ï€-decay. Physical Review D, 75, 012006-1-012006-10. [More Information]
  • Fratina, S., Abe, K., Abe, K., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Anipko, D., Arinstein, K., Aushev, T., Bakich, A., Barberio, E., Cole, S., McOnie, S., Peak, L., Stoeck, H., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2007). Evidence for CP violation in B-0 -> D+D- decays. Physical Review Letters, 98, 221802-1-221802-6. [More Information]
  • Staric, M., Golob, B., Abe, K., Abe, K., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Arinstein, K., Aushev, T., Aziz, T., Bakich, A., Cole, S., McOnie, S., Stoeck, H., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2007). Evidence for D0-D over-bar 0 Mixing. Physical Review Letters, 98, 211803-1-211803-6. [More Information]

2006

  • Bakich, A., Peak, L., Varvell, K., Freidl, M., Aihara, H., Arakawa, T., Asano, Y., Aso, T., Barbero, M., Browder, T., et al (2006). Belle silicon vertex detector for the Super B Factory. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 569, 37-40. [More Information]
  • Bakich, A., Peak, L., Varvell, K., Aihara, H., Asano, Y., Aso, T., Barbero, M., Bowdler, T., Uchida, Y., Dowd, R., et al (2006). Belle SVD2 vertex detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 568, 269-273. [More Information]
  • Nakano, E., Abe, K., Abe, K., Aihara, H., Asano, Y., Aushev, T., Bakich, A., Ban, Y., Barberio, E., Bitenc, U., Parslow, N., Varvell, K., et al (2006). Charge asymmetry of same-sign dileptions in B-0-B-0 mixing. Physical Review D, 73(11), 112002-1-112002-13. [More Information]

2005

  • Campabadal, F., Fleta, C., Key, M., Lozano, M., Martinez, C., Pellegrini, G., Rafi, J., Ullan, M., Johansen, L., Pommeresche, B., Peak, L., Varvell, K., et al (2005). Beam tests of ATLAS SCT silicon strip detector modules. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 538(1+3), 384-407. [More Information]
  • Miyake, H., Hazumi, M., Abe, K., Abe, K., Aihara, H., Asano, Y., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Aziz, T., Bahinipati, S., Bakich, A., Parslow, N., Peak, L., Varvell, K., et al (2005). Branching fraction, polarization and C P-violating asymmetries in B-0 → D*(+)D*(-) decays. Physics Letters B, 618(1+4), 34-42. [More Information]
  • Garmash, A., Abe, K., Abe, K., Aihara, H., Akatsu, M., Asano, Y., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Aziz, T., Bahinipati, S., Bakich, A., Parslow, N., Peak, L., Varvell, K., et al (2005). Dalitz analysis of the three-body charmless decays B+ → K+ Ï€+ Ï€- and B+ → K+ K+ K-. Physical Review D, 71(9), 1-24. [More Information]

2004

  • Naumov, D., Chukanov, A., Naumova, E., Popov, B., Astier, P., Autiero, D., Baldisseri, A., Baldo-Ceolin, M., Banner, M., Boyd, S., Ellis, M., Peak, L., Soler, F., Ulrichs, J., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2004). A study of strange particles produced in neutrino neutral current interactions in the NOMAD experiment. Nuclear Physics, Section B, 700(1-3), 51-68. [More Information]
  • Abe, R., Abe, T., Aihara, H., Asano, Y., Aso, T., Bakich, A., Browder, T., Chang, M., Chao, Y., Chen, K., Peak, L., Varvell, K., et al (2004). BELLE/SVD2 status and performance. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 535(1-2), 379-383. [More Information]
  • Astier, P., Autiero, D., Baldisseri, A., Baldo-Ceolin, M., Banner, M., Bassompierre, G., Benslama, K., Besson, N., Bird, I., Boyd, S., Ellis, M., Peak, L., Soler, F., Ulrichs, J., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2004). Bose-Einstein Correlations In Charged Current Muon-Neutrino Interactions In The Nomad Experiment At Cern. Nuclear Physics, Section B, 686(1-2), 3-28. [More Information]

2003

  • Huang, H., Abe, K., Abe, K., Abe, T., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Akatsu, M., Aso, T., Aulchenko, V., Bakich, A., Parslow, N., Varvell, K., et al (2003). Evidence for B-> φφK. Physical Review Letters, 91(24), 241802-1-241802-6.
  • Lee, S., Suzuki, K., Abe, K., Abe, K., Abe, T., Adachi, I., Ahn, B., Aihara, H., Akai, K., et al, Bakich, A., Parslow, N., Peak, L., Varvell, K. (2003). Evidence for B0→π0Ï€0. Physical Review Letters, 91(26), 261801-1-261801-5.
  • Abe, K., Abe, K., Abe, N., Abe, T., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Akai, K., Akatsu, M., Akemoto, M., Bakich, A., Peak, L., Varvell, K., et al (2003). Evidence for CP-violating asymmetries in Bo-> pi+ pi- decays and contraints on the CKM angle φ2. Physical Review D, 68(1), 012001-1-012001-15. [More Information]

2002

  • Astier, P., Autiero, D., Baldisseri, A., Baldo-Ceolin, M., Banner, M., Bassompierre, G., Benslama, K., Besson, N., Bird, I., Boyd, S., Ellis, M., Godley, A., Peak, L., Soler, F., Ulrichs, J., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2002). A study of strange particle production in vu charged current interactions in the NOMAD experiment. Nuclear Physics, Section B, 621(1-2), 3-34. [More Information]
  • Abe, K., Abe, T., Adachi, I., Ahn, B., Aihara, H., Akatsu, M., Asano, Y., Aso, T., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Bakich, A., Peak, L., Varvell, K., et al (2002). Charmless hadronic two-body B meson decays. Physical Review D, 66(9), 1-11. [More Information]
  • Abe, K., Abe, K., Abe, R., Adachi, I., Ahn, B., Aihara, H., Akatsu, M., Asano, Y., Aso, T., Bakich, A., Peak, L., Varvell, K., et al (2002). Determination of Vcb using the semileptonic decay B0-D*+e-v. Physics Letters B, 526, 247-257. [More Information]

2001

  • Abe, K., Abe, K., Adachi, I., Ahn, B., Aihara, H., Akatsu, M., Bakich, A., Peak, L., Varvell, K., et al (2001). A measurement of the branching fraction for the inclusive B ! Xs decays with the Belle detector. Physics Letters B, 511(2), 151-158.
  • Astier, P., Autiero, D., Baldisseri, A., Baldo-Ceolin, M., Ellis, M., Godley, A., Peak, L., Soler, F., Ulrichs, J., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2001). A study of backward going p and π− in νμCC interactions with the NOMAD detector. Nuclear Physics, Section B, 609, 255-279.
  • Astier, P., Autiero, D., Baldisseri, A., Baldo-Ceolin, M., Banner, M., Bassompierre, G., Benslama, K., Besson, N., Bird, I., Boyd, S., Ellis, M., Peak, L., Soler, F., Ulrichs, J., Varvell, K., Yabsley, B., et al (2001). Final NOMAD results on νμ→ντ and νe→ντ oscillations including a new search for ντ appearance using hadronic Ï„ decays. Nuclear Physics, Section B, 611(1-3), 3-39.

Selected Grants

2023

  • Top-quarks as a portal to new physics at the Large Hadron Collider, Varvell K, Yabsley B, Kruse M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
  • Enabling the future of the Australian collider physics program, Varvell K, Hsu C, Yabsley B, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF)
  • Exploring rare decays of bottom mesons with the Belle II experiment, Varvell K, DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant

2021

  • Enabling the Future of the Australian Collider Physics Program, Taylor G, Jackson P, Varvell K, Barberio E, Sevior M, Urquijo P, White M, Yabsley B, Jakobs K, Iijima T, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF)