Dr Matthew Malek
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Director of Recruitment
Senior Lecturer in Experimental Particle Physics


m.malek@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 22 23763
+44 114 22 23763
E15, Hicks Building
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Dr Matthew Malek
Department of Physics and Astronomy
E15
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
Department of Physics and Astronomy
E15
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
- Research interests
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- Neutrino physics and astrophysics
- Proton decay
- Dark matter
- Cosmic rays
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- First measurement of the muon neutrino charged current single pion production cross section on water with the T2K near detector. Physical Review D, 95(1). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Oscillations with an Accelerator-Produced Off-Axis Beam. Physical Review Letters, 116(18). View this article in WRRO
- Upper bound on neutrino mass based on T2K neutrino timing measurements. Physical Review D, 93(1).
All publications
Journal articles
- Neutron tagging following atmospheric neutrino events in a water Cherenkov detector. Journal of Instrumentation, 17(10).
- Searching for supernova bursts in Super-Kamiokande IV. The Astrophysical Journal, 938(1).
- Search for solar electron anti-neutrinos due to spin-flavor precession in the Sun with Super-Kamiokande-IV. Astroparticle Physics, 139.
- Diffuse supernova neutrino background search at Super-Kamiokande. Physical Review D, 104(12).
- Search for neutrinos in coincidence with gravitational wave events from the LIGO–Virgo O3a observing run with the Super-Kamiokande detector. The Astrophysical Journal, 918(2). View this article in WRRO
- Cosmic ray background removal with deep neural networks in SBND. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 4. View this article in WRRO
- Supernova Model Discrimination with Hyper-Kamiokande. Astrophysical Journal, 916(1).
- First T2K measurement of transverse kinematic imbalance in the muon-neutrino charged-current single- π+ production channel containing at least one proton. Physical Review D, 103(11).
- Improved constraints on neutrino mixing from the T2K experiment with 3.13×1021 protons on target. Physical Review D, 103(11).
- Measurements of and + charged-current cross-sections without detected pions or protons on water and hydrocarbon at a mean anti-neutrino energy of 0.86 GeV. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2021(4).
- T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 3.13×1021 protons on target. Physical Review D, 103(1).
- Neutron-antineutron oscillation search using a 0.37 megaton-years exposure of Super-Kamiokande. Physical Review D, 103(1). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the charged-current electron (anti-)neutrino inclusive cross-sections at the T2K off-axis near detector ND280. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020(10). View this article in WRRO
- First measurement of the charged current νμ double differential cross section on a water target without pions in the final state. Physical Review D, 102(1).
- Simultaneous measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross section on oxygen and carbon without pions in the final state at T2K. Physical Review D, 101(11).
- First combined measurement of the muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross section without pions in the final state at T2K. Physical Review D, 101(11).
- Construction of precision wire readout planes for the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND). Journal of Instrumentation, 15(06). View this article in WRRO
- Theia: an advanced optical neutrino detector. The European Physical Journal C, 80(5).
- Search for Electron Antineutrino Appearance in a Long-Baseline Muon Antineutrino Beam. Physical Review Letters, 124(16). View this article in WRRO
- Constraint on the matter–antimatter symmetry-violating phase in neutrino oscillations. Nature, 580(7803), 339-344. View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of beam-correlated background neutrons from the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam in ANNIE Phase-I. Journal of Instrumentation, 15(3).
- Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current single
π+ production on hydrocarbon using the T2K off-axis near detector ND280. Physical Review D, 101(1). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino neutral-current quasielasticlike interactions on oxygen by detecting nuclear deexcitation γ rays. Physical Review D, 100(11).
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- Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon and iron, and their ratios, with the T2K on-axis detectors. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2019(9). View this article in WRRO
- Search for heavy neutrinos with the T2K near detector ND280. Physical Review D, 100(5).
- Search for neutral-current induced single photon production at the ND280 near detector in T2K. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 46(8), 08LT01-08LT01.
- Search for light sterile neutrinos with the T2K far detector Super-Kamiokande at a baseline of 295 km. Physical Review D, 99(7). View this article in WRRO
- Search for CP Violation in Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations by the T2K Experiment with 2.2 × 10²¹ Protons on Target. Physical Review Letters, 121(17), ---.
- Characterization of nuclear effects in muon-neutrino scattering on hydrocarbon with a measurement of final-state kinematics and correlations in charged-current pionless interactions at T2K. Physical Review D, 98(3). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of inclusive double-differential νμ charged-current cross section with improved acceptance in the T2K off-axis near detector. Physical Review D, 98(1). View this article in WRRO
- Physics potentials with the second Hyper-Kamiokande detector in Korea. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2018(6). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the single pi(0) production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water. Physical Review D, 97(3). View this article in WRRO
- First measurement of the νμ charged-current cross section on a water target without pions in the final state. Physical Review D, 97(1). View this article in WRRO
- Characterisation and testing of a prototype 6×6 cm2 Argonne MCP-PMT. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 876, 80-83.
- Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations by the T2K experiment including a new additional sample of ν_e interactions at the far detector. Physical Review D, 96(9). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of ¯νμ and νμ charged current inclusive cross sections and their ratio with the T2K off-axis near detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 96(5). View this article in WRRO
- Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 1.5 × 1021 protons on target. Physical Review D, 96(1). View this article in WRRO
- Search for Lorentz and violation using sidereal time dependence of neutrino flavor transitions over a short baseline. Physical Review D, 95(11). View this article in WRRO
- Combined Analysis of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations at T2K. Physical Review Letters, 118(15), ---. View this article in WRRO
- First measurement of the muon neutrino charged current single pion production cross section on water with the T2K near detector. Physical Review D, 95(1). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of Coherent π+ Production in Low Energy Neutrino-Carbon Scattering. Physical Review Letters, 117(19). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of double-differential muon neutrino charged-current interactions on C8H8 without pions in the final state using the T2K off-axis beam. Physical Review D, 93(11). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Oscillations with an Accelerator-Produced Off-Axis Beam. Physical Review Letters, 116(18). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the muon neutrino inclusive charged-current cross section in the energy range of 1–3 GeV with the T2K INGRID detector. Physical Review D, 93(7). View this article in WRRO
- Upper bound on neutrino mass based on T2K neutrino timing measurements. Physical Review D, 93(1).
- Measurement of the charged-current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the ND280 detector at T2K. Physical Review D, 92(11). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the electron neutrino charged-current interaction rate on water with the T2K ND280 π0 detector. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 91(11).
- Measurement of the ν
μ charged current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 91(11). - Physics potential of a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment using a J-PARC neutrino beam and Hyper-Kamiokande. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2015(5), 53C02-0.
- Measurements of neutrino oscillation in appearance and disappearance channels by the T2K experiment with 6.6 × 10²⁰ protons on target. Physical Review D, 91(7), ---.
- Neutrino oscillation physics potential of the T2K experiment. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 2015(4). View this article in WRRO
- Search for short baseline νe disappearance with the T2K near detector. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 91(5).
- Measurement of the Inclusive Electron Neutrino Charged Current Cross Section on Carbon with the T2K Near Detector. Physical Review Letters, 113(24). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current interaction cross section by observing nuclear deexcitation γ rays. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 90(7). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the inclusive νμ charged current cross section on iron and hydrocarbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 90(5).
- Precise Measurement of the Neutrino Mixing Parameter θ23 from Muon Neutrino Disappearance in an Off-Axis Beam. Physical Review Letters, 112(18), ---.
- Measurement of the intrinsic electron neutrino component in the T2K neutrino beam with the ND280 detector. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 89(9).
- Observation of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam. Physical Review Letters, 112(6).
- Recent Results from the T2K Experiment. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, 246-247, 23-28.
- Measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters from muon neutrino disappearance with an off-axis beam. Physical Review Letters, 111(21).
- The electromagnetic calorimeter for the T2K near detector ND280. Journal of Instrumentation, 8(10).
- Evidence of electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 88(3). View this article in WRRO
- Measurement of the inclusive ν
μ charged current cross section on carbon in the near detector of the T2K experiment. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 87(9). - T2K neutrino flux prediction. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 87(1).
- Measurements of the T2K neutrino beam properties using the INGRID on-axis near detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 694, 211-223.
- First muon-neutrino disappearance study with an off-axis beam. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 85(3).
- The T2K experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 659(1), 106-135.
- Indication of electron neutrino appearance from an accelerator-produced off-axis muon neutrino beam. Physical Review Letters, 107(4).
- Solar neutrino measurements in Super-Kamiokande-II. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 78(3).
- Observation of the anisotropy of 10 TeV primary cosmic ray nuclei flux with the Super-Kamiokande-I detector. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 75(6).
- Measurement of atmospheric neutrino flux consistent with tau neutrino appearance. Physical Review Letters, 97(17).
- Three flavor neutrino oscillation analysis of atmospheric neutrinos in Super-Kamiokande. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 74(3).
- Solar neutrino measurements in Super-Kamiokande-I. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 73(11).
Conference proceedings papers
- EURECA – The Future of Cryogenic Dark Matter Detection in Europe. EAS Publications Series, Vol. 36 (pp 249-255)
- First measurement of the muon neutrino charged current single pion production cross section on water with the T2K near detector. Physical Review D, 95(1). View this article in WRRO
- Grants
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- T2K (Tokai-to-Kamioka long-baseline neutrino experiment)
- ANNIE (Accelerator Neutrino-Nucleus Interaction Experiment)
- SBND (Short-Baseline Near Detector)
- WATCHMAN (WATer CHerenkov Monitor for Anti-Neutrinos)
- NuPRISM
- Hyper-Kamiokande
- DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment)
- Teaching activities
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- PHY 191 (Thermodynamics) [at Joint Institute for Science in Nanjing]
- PHY 250 (Quantum Mechanics I)
- PHY 251 (Quantum Mechanics II)
- PHY 320 (Nuclear Astrophysics) [From 2017/2018]
- Year 2 tutorials
- Year 3 projects
- Year 4 projects
- FCP6002 (Topical Science)
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Institute of Physics (IoP) Astroparticle Physics group committee
- Reviewer for Astroparticle Physics journal
- Identification of Dark Matter 2016 local organising committee (2016)
- Lead organiser for IoP meeting on Neutrino Astronomy & Astrophysics (2016)
- Co-chair of local organising committee for IoP High Energy Physics & Astro-Particle Physics joint meeting (2017)
Departmental administration
- Director of Recruitment (Sep 2020-present)
- Lead organiser for undergraduate Open Days
- Member of Research Committee
- Member of Recruitment Committee
Public engagement
- Festival of the Mind: "An Artistic Journey Into the Nature of Light" -- a collaboration with several departmental colleagues (2016)
- Co-organiser for "Cocktails & Physics" event with Physics Unbound (2016)
- Participation in "24 Hour Inspiration For Life" (2016)
- Organised Sheffield "Back To The Future Day" (2015)