Exotic mesons
In 1964 Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig proposed the quark model (QM) in which mesons, like π mesons, are formed from quark and anti-quark pairs and baryons (like protons) from…
LHCb control room in action
LHCb physicists discussing data taking. click in the image to see other photos.
Young scientists at LHCb
The young scientists took part in the LHCb shifts during the European researchers’ night on Friday 24 September. click in the image to see other photos. Read CERN Bulletin article…
Beautiful atoms
The LHCb has observed beautiful atoms. The atoms are bound states of the beauty quark and anti-beauty quark. The atoms are bound by the strong force, the force which also…
From a B to Z, LHCb explores the particle alphabet
LHCb has unveiled pictures of a Z boson inside the experiment. This boson is one of the best understood of all particle species. It shows us how the forces of…
LHCb is younger!
The average age of the LHCb Collaboration members has strongly decreased after arrival of the LHCb summer students seen below in front of the Globe of Science and Innovation. The…
The W boson in action
LHCb has taken its first snapshots of the W boson in action. This particle conveys the weak force, which makes certain forms of radioactivity possible. It is shown here having…
Strange Beauty and Charm
LHCb has reconstructed an event having all characteristics of a Strange Beauty Particle decay! A computer view of this event is shown below. The Strange Beauty Particle (called Bs) is…
First reconstructed Beauty Particle
LHCb has reconstructed its first Beauty Particle! You can see below a computer view of this event in two projections (images on the left hand side). The Beauty Particle (called…
First 3.5×3.5 TeV proton-proton collisions
Both proton beams made a full turn of LHC on Feb. 28th. A new period of great measurements with LHCb has started again and will continue for 18-24 months. On…