Second life of the LHCb’s Outer Tracker at GSI
The Outer Tracker (OT) is the largest component of tracking system in the original version of the LHCb detector. It was replaced by the Scintillating Fibre (SciFi) sub-detector in the…
Upstream Tracker closing completes installation of the LHCb Upgrade 1 detector
Start of 2023 data taking. Recently the Upstream Tracker (UT), a sub-detector of the LHCb experiment, was closed around the LHC beam pipe. This event marked the completion of the…
LHCb’s unique approach to real-time data processing
The LHCb collaboration is currently enhancing its unique system of data filtering, Real Time Analysis, by installing a 2nd set of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) in the trigger system. Current…
First VELO closing
Today the two halves of new Vertex Locator (VELO) approached the LHC proton-proton collision point for the first time. This process is called “VELO closing” in the LHCb jargon. The…
First collisions at the world-record energy for a brand-new LHCb detector
Start of LHC Run 3. Today, at 16:47, protons collided again at LHCb after a 3.5 year break known as Long Shutdown 2 (LS2). During this period the original LHCb…
Installation of the VELO
One half of the Vertex Locator (VELO) has landed at the LHCb experiment hall. The VELO detector will be located very tightly around the collision point. As the name suggests,…
Installation of SciFi
Yesterday two frames of the scintillating fibre tracker (SciFi) were installed in the detector. They are placed on the other side of the magnet. Together with the VeLo, they will…
Successful beam pipe installation at LHCb
For detailled informations, see the bulletin article
HeRSCheL looks even further forward
First physics results with the HeRSCheL detector. In a typical proton-proton collision at the LHC, proton constituents, quarks or gluons, interact and move to opposite directions. They are interconnected by…
No diploma without LHCb Vertex Locator
The baccalauréat, often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée (High School) (secondary education).…