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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Studying beautiful flavour transitions
Studying rare processes is part and parcel of particle physics, providing stringent tests of the Standard Model. At the recent International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), the CMS and LHCb Collaborations presented their latest research into one such process: the transformation of a beauty quark into a strange quark, a muon and the oppositely charged antimuon (b→sμ+μ–). Flavour transitions – when
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Oxygen collisions at the LHC show new indications of extreme state of matter
One year on from the first-ever collisions of oxygen at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the main LHC Collaborations – ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb – have each reported signs of the state of matter known as quark–gluon plasma (QGP) originating from these collisions. QGP is a state of matter that forms under intense pressure
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LHCb announces its 2026 Collaboration Award winners
Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the LHCb Thesis Awards, Early-Career Scientist Awards and Technical Awards. The Awards were presented during LHCb week at CERN on Wednesday, 24 June. “These prizes recognise the excellent work performed by some of our collaborators, but there were also many others who were very deserving,” said the Chairs of
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New spokesperson team for the LHCb Collaboration
On 1 July 2026, the management of the LHCb Collaboration changed. The new spokesperson team of Tim Gershon (Spokesperson, University of Warwick) and Paula Collins (Deputy Spokesperson, CERN) succeed Vincenzo Vagnoni (INFN Bologna), Patrick Robbe (IJCLab) and Ulrich Uwer (Heidelberg University). Tim and Paula will work together in the LHCb management with Eric Thomas (Technical
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LHCb discovers the final missing member of a doubly charmed particle family
The LHCb Collaboration has found a new particle consisting of one strange quark and two charm quarks. With this finding, the Collaboration has discovered the final member of a family of doubly charmed baryons – particles made up of two charm quarks and one other quark – and closes a chapter of a story that
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Final collisions, new horizons
In the early hours of Sunday, 14 June, the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) had their last hurrah. In the control rooms of ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb – the four major experiments at the accelerator – scientists watched the final collisions burst across their screens like colourful fireworks. The collisions for physics
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LHCb explores new territory during a special low-energy run
While the heavy-ion run season is in full swing at the LHC, let’s look back at the low-energy run that took place on 29 and 30 April. In yet another demonstration of the versatility of CERN’s accelerator complex, the LHC briefly departed from its standard high-energy operation to perform a special low-energy run dedicated primarily
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LHCb Collaboration discovers new proton-like particle
Composed of two charm quarks and one down quark, the doubly charmed particle is four times heavier than a proton
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Searching for new physics with beauty particles
A new LHCb analysis confirms a previously observed tension with the Standard Model, but more data and improved theoretical calculations are needed to determine whether new physics is at play
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Shape-shifting collisions probe secrets of early Universe
The first high-energy collisions between light nuclei at the Large Hadron Collider confirm the unusual “bowling-pin” shape of neon nuclei and offer up a new tool to study the extreme state of matter produced in the aftermath of the Big Bang