End of 2016 data taking period
The 2016 data taking period ended this morning. This was a very successful year, both because of the excellent performance of the accelerator and of the LHCb experiment itself. The…
New results presented at the CKM workshop
The LHCb collaboration presented several new results at the 9th International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle (CKM2016) taking place this week at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in…
Charming time asymmetries
The LHCb collaboration presented many new interesting results at the VIIIth International Workshop on Charm Physics (Charm 2016) which took place in Bologna. In particular, precise measurements on the difference…
Excellent performance of LHC and LHCb
The LHC collider and the LHCb detector continue to work very well. LHCb has collected already 1 fb-1 (integrated luminosity) of data this year, three times more than in 2015.…
New results presented at the traditional ICHEP conference
The LHCb collaboration presented this week new results at the 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics, ICHEP, which is taking place place at Chicago. A few selected items are…
Observation of four exotic-like particles
Today the LHCb collaboration has submitted for publication two papers (one brief, and the other one containing full details) reporting the observation of four “exotic” particles decaying into a J/ψ…
The VELO team is the fastest
Last week the LHCb Running Team, VELOcity, won the first place in its category (senior) during the traditional CERN Relay Race. Contrary to statements of other competitors, based on the…
The most precise measurement of the assl asymmetry
[ assl = (0.39±0.26±0.20)% ] Last week at the 16th International Conference on B-Physics at Frontier Machines, “Beauty 2016”, Marseille, France, the LHCb collaboration presented the updated result of a…
Run 2 Year 2 physics commissioning with stable beams
This night the LHC collider has reached the “Stable Beam” state for the first time this year following the traditional LHC winter shut-down and the collider restart commissioning procedure. In…
Theatre of Dreams: LHCb looks to future
80 physicists gathered in Manchester on April 6th and 7th to discuss the future of the LHCb experiment. The LHCb collaboration is currently constructing a significant upgrade to its experiment…