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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Sonata in LHCb: The sound of antimatter

A new video from LHCb lets you hear particles changing from matter to antimatter and back again

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Experiments
26 August, 2013
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26 August, 2013

Tracking new physics—horse or zebra?

When you've got a discrepancy in the data, it might be time for theory and experiment to collaborate

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Experiments
09 August, 2013
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09 August, 2013

Italian Physical Society honours CERN physicists

The Italian Physical Society awarded five physicists for discoveries at the LHC

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Experiments
26 July, 2013

CMS and LHCb to present rare B-sub-s particle decay

Today in Stockholm, two CERN collaborations will present measurements of one of the rarest measureable processes in physics

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Experiments
19 July, 2013

LHCb first results from proton-lead run

At the "Workshop on proton-nucleus collisions at the LHC" in Trento, Italy, the LHCb collaboration discussed first results from the proton-lead run

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Experiments
10 May, 2013
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10 May, 2013

First observation of CP violation in the decays of B0s meson

The LHCb collaboration has just submitted for publication a paper outlining the first observation of CP violation in the decays of B0s meson

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Experiments
24 April, 2013

A new “culprit” for matter-antimatter asymmetry

The LHCb collaboration has recently observed matter-antimatter asymmetries in the decays of the B<sup>0</sup><sub>s</sub> meson

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Experiments
24 April, 2013

LHCb experiment observes new matter-antimatter difference

The LHCb collaboration has made the first observation of matter-antimatter asymmetry in the decays the B<sup>0</sup><sub>s</sub>

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Physics
24 April, 2013

An extra dimension for LHCb

Analysing data from LHCb in five dimensions rather than two could open up a new world of precision measurement

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Experiments
02 April, 2013
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02 April, 2013

LHCb studies particle tipping the matter-antimatter scales

The LHCb experiment at CERN reports precise new measurements—but leaves open the question of why our matter-dominated universe exists

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Experiments
12 March, 2013

More statistics, less surprise for LHCb

The LHCb collaboration has recently announced new results for a parameter that measures the CP violation effect in particles containing charm quarks

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Experiments
12 March, 2013
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12 March, 2013

LHCb pins down X(3872) quantum numbers

The LHCb collaboration has now reported a new analysis of the decay chain of an unconventional hadron, the X(3872)

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Experiments
26 February, 2013
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26 February, 2013