Tag: LHCb

  • LHCb begins using unique approach to process collision data in real time

    LHCb begins using unique approach to process collision data in real time

    Using a new system called real-time analysis, the LHCb collaboration has made filtering and analysing experiment data simpler and faster

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  • LHCb brings leptons into line

    LHCb brings leptons into line

    Simultaneous measurements of rare B-meson decays using the full LHC Run 1 and 2 data samples agree with the predictions of the Standard Model, superseding previous results that had indicated intriguing departures from the 50-year old theory

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  • LHCb releases first set of data to the public

    LHCb releases first set of data to the public

    The LHCb collaboration has released data from Run 1 of the LHC to the public for the first time, allowing research to be conducted by anyone in the world

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  • First lead-ion collisions in the LHC at record energy

    First lead-ion collisions in the LHC at record energy

    On Friday, 18 November, a test using collisions of lead ions was carried out in the LHC and provided an opportunity for the experiments to validate the new detectors and new data-processing systems ahead of next year’s lead-lead physics run.

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  • LHCb’s new VELO springs into action

    LHCb’s new VELO springs into action

    The subdetector aligned more closely with the LHC beam than ever before, marking an important milestone in LHCb data taking

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  • LHCb 2022 PhD Thesis and Early-Career Scientist Awards

    LHCb 2022 PhD Thesis and Early-Career Scientist Awards

    On 14 June, LHCb, which comprises over 1000 authors and 400 PhD students, announced the winners of the 2022 PhD Thesis and Early-Career Scientist Awards

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  • The new LHCb VELO

    The new LHCb VELO

    The VELO (Vertex Locator), the most recent addition to LHCb, was successfully installed a few weeks before the start of Run 3

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  • LHCb discovers three new exotic particles

    LHCb discovers three new exotic particles

    The collaboration has observed a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks”

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  • LHC Run 3: physics at record energy starts tomorrow

    LHC Run 3: physics at record energy starts tomorrow

    The Large Hadron Collider is ready to once again start delivering proton collisions to experiments, this time at an unprecedented energy of 13.6 TeV, marking the start of the accelerator’s third run of data taking for physics

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  • LHCb reveals secret of antimatter creation in cosmic collisions

    LHCb reveals secret of antimatter creation in cosmic collisions

    The finding may help determine whether or not any antimatter seen by experiments in space originates from dark matter

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