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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Highlights from CERN in 2012

A Higgs-like boson, more new particles and record performance at the LHC: 2012 has been good to CERN

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Experiments
21 December, 2012
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21 December, 2012

LHC and experiments give round-up of first three years

Highlights included sensitive searches for new physics, the decay of a Bs meson, quark-gluon plasma and insights on the structure of the proton

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Accelerators
13 December, 2012
Accelerators
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13 December, 2012

LHCb presents evidence of rare B decay

At the Hadron Collider Symposium in Kyoto, LHCb presented a 3.5-sigma result for a B<sup>0</sup><sub>S</sub> particle decaying into two muons

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Experiments
12 November, 2012
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12 November, 2012

Two beautiful new particles

The LHCb collaboration has observed two new excited states of the Λb beauty particle, confirming Standard-Model predictions

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Experiments
30 May, 2012
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30 May, 2012

LHCb discovers two excited states for the Λb beauty particle

The Standard Model predicts the existence of these new states but this is the first time they have been confirmed in experiments

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Experiments
16 May, 2012

LHCb experiment squeezes the space for expected new physics

Results presented at the Moriond conference by LHCb put stringent limits on the current theory of particle physics, the Standard Model

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Experiments
05 March, 2012

What to expect from the LHC in 2012

Find out the schedule for LHC beams and the physics the LHC experiments will be investigating this year

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Experiments
02 February, 2012
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02 February, 2012