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 March 18th both beams have been accelerated to 3.5 TeV,

see TV footage with preparation for collisions and photo above taken just after the first collisions at 12:59 on March 30 (click on picture to get it in higher resolution).

more pictures can be found here, here, and here.

Our first 3.5×3.5 TeV collision; other events can be found here.

Read CERN Bulletin article in English and French and also CERN Courier article.

see LHCb video on YouTube, and CDS as well as interview with Tara Shears.

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