Tag: LHCb
The LHCb experiment is on the LHC ring and specialises in investigating the slight differences between matter and antimatter by studying a type of particle called the “beauty quark” or “b quark”.
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LHCb observes a new decay mode of the charmed beauty meson
The result has implications for future searches for rare beauty meson decays and for the interpretation of results from the Fermilab g-2 experiment
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LHCb experiment releases all of its Run 1 proton–proton data
The latest release makes LHCb research data, used by researchers to produce a number of significant results, available to anyone for a wide range of physics studies
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LIVE: from the CERN Control Centre with the four largest LHC experiments
Join scientists from the four largest LHC experiments and other experts, live at the CERN Control Centre on 2 November 2023, 3 p.m. CET, for a recap of the first heavy-ion run of the LHC Run 3
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LHCb sends gift to PANDA
The decommissioned outer tracker of CERN’s LHCb experiment embarked on a one-week journey to the FAIR facility in Darmstadt, Germany, where it will be used by the PANDA experiment to study how subatomic particles build up matter
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LHCb observes hypertriton production in proton-proton collisions at the LHC
With its detection of hypertriton in proton-proton collisions, the LHCb experiment strengthens CERN’s role as one of the few places worldwide to study hypernuclei such as the hypertriton and its antipartner in detail
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Accelerator Report: Leak repaired, cooling in progress
Despite challenging working conditions, the vacuum leak caused by the quench that occurred on 17 July was repaired in less than 10 days
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Accelerator Report: A quench of an LHC inner triplet magnet causes a small leak with major consequences
On Monday, 17 July, the LHC beams were dumped after only 9 minutes in collision due to a radiofrequency interlock caused by an electrical perturbation
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New management for the LHCb collaboration in 2023
On 1 July 2023, a new spokesperson and two deputies took over at the helm of the LHCb experiment
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LHCb tightens precision on key measurements of matter–antimatter asymmetry
The LHCb collaboration’s new measurements of matter–antimatter asymmetry in decays of beauty particles are the most precise yet of their kind