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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,
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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.
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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.