Dr Nicola McConkey
Ernest Rutherford Fellow and Lecturer in Particle Physics
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Neutrino Physics, Quantum Technology, Detector Development
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Fundamental Physics2024
DUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutionsAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, Alvarez R, Alves T, Amar H, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 19 (12)
01-12-2024
First measurement of the total inelastic cross section of positively charged kaons on argon at energies between 5.0 and 7.5 GeVAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, Alvarez R, Alves T, Amar H, et al.
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 110 (9)
01-11-2024
First demonstration of a combined light and charge pixel readout on the anode plane of a LArTPCAnfimov N, Branca A, Bürgi J, Calivers L, Cuesta C, Diurba R, Dunne P, Dwyer DA, Evans JJ, Ezeribe AC, Gauch A, Gil-Botella I, Greenberg S, Guffanti D, Karcher A, Kreslo I, Kunzmann J, Lane N, Corchado SM, McConkey N, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 19 (11)
01-11-2024
Demonstration of neutron identification in neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamberAbratenko P, Alterkait O, Aldana DA, Arellano L, Asaadi J, Ashkenazi A, Balasubramanian S, Baller B, Barnard A, Barr G, Barrow D, Barrow J, Basque V, Bateman J, Rodrigues OB, Berkman S, Bhanderi A, Bhat A, Bhattacharya M, Bishai M, et al.
European Physical Journal C, Springer Nature vol. 84 (10)
14-10-2024
Scintillation light in SBND: simulation, reconstruction, and expected performance of the photon detection systemAbratenko P, Acciarri R, Adams C, Aliaga-Soplin L, Alterkait O, Alvarez-Garrote R, Andreopoulos C, Antonakis A, Arellano L, Asaadi J, Badgett W, Balasubramanian S, Basque V, Beever A, Behera B, Belchior E, Betancourt M, Bhat A, Bishai M, Blake A, et al.
European Physical Journal C, Springer Nature vol. 84 (10)
10-10-2024
Performance of a Modular Ton-Scale Pixel-Readout Liquid Argon Time Projection ChamberAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, Alvarez R, Alves T, et al.
Instruments, Mdpi vol. 8 (3)
11-09-2024
The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology. Technical Design ReportAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, Alvarez R, Alves T, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 19 (08)
01-08-2024
Doping liquid argon with xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: effects on scintillation lightAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, Alvarez R, Es-sghir HA, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 19 (08)
01-08-2024
2023
Reconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with PandoraAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Allison K, Monsalve SA, AlRashed M, et al.
European Physical Journal C, Springer Nature vol. 83 (7)
14-07-2023
Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino ExperimentAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alton A, et al.
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 107 (11)
01-06-2023
Identification and reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detectorAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alt C, et al.
Physical Review D vol. 107 (9)
01-05-2023
Highly-parallelized simulation of a pixelated LArTPC on a GPUAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Adriano C, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Akbar F, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alt C, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 18 (04)
01-04-2023
2022
Separation of track- and shower-like energy deposits in ProtoDUNE-SP using a convolutional neural networkAbed Abud A, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Alion T, Allison K, Alonso Monsalve S, AlRashed M, Alt C, et al.
European Physical Journal C, Springer Nature vol. 82 (10)
12-10-2022
Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experimentAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Alion T, Allison K, Monsalve SA, AlRashed M, Alt C, Alton A, et al.
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 105 (7)
01-04-2022
Design, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP Liquid Argon TPCAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Alion T, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alt C, Alton A, Amedo P, et al.
Journal of Instrumentation, Iop Publishing vol. 17 (01), p01005-p01005.
04-01-2022
Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPCAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adamowski M, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Aimard B, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Alion T, Allison K, Monsalve SA, AlRashed M, Alt C, et al.
European Physical Journal C, Springer Nature vol. 82 (7)
01-01-2022
2021
Searching for solar KDAR with DUNEcollaboration TD, Abud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adames MR, Adamov G, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Aguilar J, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Ali-Mohammadzadeh B, Alion T, Allison K, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alt C, Alton A, et al.
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 2021 (10)
01-10-2021
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design ReportAbud AA, Abi B, Acciarri R, Acero MA, Adamov G, Adams D, Adinolfi M, Aduszkiewicz A, Ahmad Z, Ahmed J, Alion T, Monsalve SA, Alrashed M, Alt C, Alton A, Amedo P, Anderson J, Andreopoulos C, Andrews MP, Andrianala F, et al.
Instruments, Mdpi vol. 5 (4)
29-09-2021
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Fundamental PhysicsPiecing together the neutrino mass puzzle in search of new particles with precision oscillation experiments and quantum technologies-GRANT TRANSFERNicola McConkey
£431,666 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
01-01-2024 - 30-09-2027
Quantum Technologies for Neutrino Mass (QTNM) science communication and outreachNicola McConkey
£99,999 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC)
01-08-2024 - 31-03-2025