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).…
“Underground” news
The last run 1 collisions took place at LHCb on February 2013. The proton beams should traverse again LHCb in early 2015. The period in between is called Long Shutdown…
LHCb VErtex LOcator VELO
At LHCb the protons collide inside the VErtex LOcator detector (VELO). The VELO is composed of two halves, each consisting of 21 pairs of back-to-back silicon sensors, whose job is…
Excellent performance of LHCb Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detectors
The physics results presented on this web page were obtained thanks to the excellent LHC collider performance, to the excellent LHCb data acquisition and analysis, and certainly also to the…
First Cerenkov rings
first (two) rings produced by Cherenkov light emitted by cosmic particles in the two radiators of RICH1 have been observed. See explanations
LHCb catches a glimpse of the LHC beam
Computer images of the first beam through beam through LHCb (see video on YouTube or CERN CDS) The LHC’s anti-clockwise beam transfer system was tested over the weekend June 6-7,…