Dr Dawn Leslie

Dawn joined the School of Sport and Education in 2006. She studied for an MSci in Astrophysics and PhD in Positron Physics at University College London before training and working as a secondary teacher. She is a Senior Lecturer in Education and currently Subject Leader for Education (Initial Teacher Training).

Research Interests

Dawn works in conjunction with colleagues in The School of Engineering and Design and is a member of the Centre for Sensors and Instrumentation. She is currently involved with two main projects: The fist is the High Energy Particle Physics experiment, CMS at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva. CMS is one of two general purpose detectors at the LHC, which has been optimised to search for the predicted Higgs Boson over a wide mass range; The second is the development of a radiation dosimeter based on quantum dots, which are luminescent nanoscale particles with particularly interesting properties.

Dawn is particularly interested in combining her research in Physics and Engineering with her work in Education and often takes part in outreach events with the aim of encouraging students to continue their study of science-based subjects to A-Level and beyond.

Publications

Journal Papers

(2010) Brawley, SJ., Armitage, S., Beale, J., Leslie, DE., Williams, AI. and Laricchia, G., Electron-like scattering of positronium, Science 330 (6005) : 789-

(2010) CMS Collaboration., Cole, JE., Goitom, I., Hobson, PR., Khan, A., Kyberd, P., Leslie, D., Munro, C., Reid, ID., Siamitros, C., Taylor, R., Teodorescu, L., Yaselli, I. and et al.., Performance and operation of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter, Journal of Instrumentation 5T03010 Download publication

(2010) CMS Collaboration., Cole, JE., Goitom, I., Hobson, PR., Khan, A., Kyberd, P., Leslie, D., Munro, C., Reid, ID., Siamitros, C., Taylor, R., Teodorescu, L., Yaselli, I. and et al.., Time reconstruction and performance of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter, Journal of Instrumentation 5T03011 Download publication

(2010) CMS Collaboration., Cole, JE., Goitom, I., Hobson, PR., Khan, A., Kyberd, P., Leslie, D., Munro, C., Reid, ID., Siamitros, C., Taylor, R., Teodorescu, L., Yaselli, I. and et al.., Commissioning of the CMS experiment and the cosmic run at four tesla, Journal of Instrumentation 5T03001 Download publication

(2008) Brawley, SJ., Beale, J., Armitage, S., Leslie, DE., Kövér, A. and Laricchia, G., Fragmentation of positronium in collision with xenon, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 266 (3) : 497- 501

(2006) LESLIE., Armitage, S.., Beale, J.. and Laricchia, G.., Collisions involving positronium, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 247 (1) : 98- 104

(2005) LESLIE., Armitage, S.., Beale, J.. and Laricchia, G.., Production and scattering of a positronium beam, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 233 (1-4) : 88- 94

(2002) LESLIE., Armitage, S.. and Laricchia, G.., Production of collimated positronium from molecular nitrogen, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 35 4819- 4827

(2002) LESLIE., Armitage, S.., Garner, A.J.. and Laricchia, G.., Fragmentation of positronium in collision with He atoms, Physical Review Letters 89 (17) : 173402/1- 4

Conference Papers

(2009) Leslie, D., The effect of pulse rate on vacuum phototriodes response and the use of an LED pulser to improve stability, 11th Conference, Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics, Radiation Interaction, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications Download publication

(2007) Leslie, D., Yaselli, I. and Hobson, PR., Timing performance of a vacuum phototriode, 10th Conference, Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics, Radiation Interaction, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications Download publication