First xenon-xenon collisions at the LHC
Yesterday evening the first xenon-xenon ion collisions took place at LHC and the run lasted for seven hours. The left image below shows the corresponding LHC control screen announcing the…
6 fb-1 : celebrating “Jeûne genevois”
The LHCb collaboration has reached a symbolic milestone this morning, announcing that the experiment has recorded a luminosity of 6 fb-1 integrated over the whole period of data taking 2010-2017.…
Hélène Langevin-Joliot visited the LHCb detector cavern
Hélène Langevin-Joliot visited today the LHCb detector cavern during a short LHC Technical Stop (left image). She is the Emeritus Research Director in Fundamental Nuclear Physics at CNRS in Orsay…
Giovanni Passaleva and Chris Parkes – new management for the LHCb Collaboration
Giovanni Passaleva from the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Firenze begins today his 3-year tenure as LHCb spokesperson. He takes over from Guy Wilkinson from the University of Oxford.…
Start of 2017 data taking period
Today proton-proton collisions for physics restarted again after a 5 month “Extended Year End Technical Stop”. This traditional winter shut-down period was “extended” due to major installation work carried out…
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…
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.…
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…
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…