The B0s→μμ decay is observed
The CMS and the LHCb Collaborations have announced today at the 2013 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics, EPSHEP, Stockholm, Sweden, that the B0s→μμ decay is observed. The…
Measurement of the B0s→μμ branching fraction and search for B0→μμ decays at the LHCb experiment
The LHCb Collaboration has just presented at the 2013 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics, EPSHEP, Stockholm, Sweden, improved measurements for the rare decays B0s→μμ and B0→μμ. Last…
First evidence of photon polarisation in b→sγ transition
The LHCb Collaboration has just presented at the 2013 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics, EPSHEP, Stockholm, Sweden, a first significant non-zero measurement of an observable proportional to…
Observation of unexpected resonant structure in B→Kμμ decays
The LHCb Collaboration has just presented at the 2013 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics, EPSHEP, Stockholm, Sweden, a first observation of unexpected resonant structure in B+→K+μ+μ– decays.…
A mystery of the beauty baryon lifetime resolved
The LHCb Collaboration has just published an important precise measurement of the Λb beauty baryon lifetime. The Λb is a particle composed of the up (u), down (d) and beauty…
LHCb: a place to find penguins
How “penguins” can help LHCb to chase for new physics? – read explanations in the June issue of CERN Courier and then follow links to the LHCb physics results announced…
LHCb PhD student wins the Swiss FameLab competition
Donal Hill, LHCb PhD student, was nominated as the best Swiss FameLabber 2013 during the Swiss FameLab final in Zurich. Nine candidates selected in a previous heat in Geneva were…
LHCb physicist rewarded by the European Physical Society
The High Energy Physics Division of the European Physical Society announced today the winners of its 2013 prizes, which will be awarded at the Europhysics Conference on High-Energy Physics (EPS-HEP…
First and important results from the proton with lead ion collision 2013 run
The LHCb Collaboration has just presented at the Workshop on proton-nucleus collisions at the LHC, Trento, Italy, the first results from the analysis of proton with lead ion collision run…
First observation of CP violation in the decays of B0s mesons
The LHCb Collaboration has just submitted for publication a paper which sets an important milestone in the history of particle physics. A difference between properties of matter and antimatter, named…