More proton-proton collisions
On December 8th many long tracks were reconstructed using the detectors along the whole length of the LHCb. Collision vertex is clearly observed (bottom left). The tracks are curved in…
RICH rings
LHCb RICH detectors are used to identify particles. The circles show possible position of measured points for different kinds of particles traversing the detector. The measured points clearly choose one…
First proton-proton collisions
A proton-proton collision candidate event. On November 23 protons from two beams circulated at LHC and have collided at LHCb. LHC news video youTube LHCb control room at this historical…
First reconstructed pi0’s
pi0 is the short lived particle decaying into two photons which were measured in the electromagnetic calorimeter ECAL. The plot above shows the nearly perfectly reconstructed pi0 mass.
First proton interactions
… reconstructed Vertex Locator VELO track. Other reconstructed events can be found here. … event reconstructed later (offline reconstruction). Particularly interesting is the blue track recorded in the Vertex Locator…
A splash from the LHC beam
LHC has restarted on November 21st. Two LHC beams have made a full turn of the LHC. Afterwards, after synchronization with the LHC accelerating system (RF capture in technical language),…
LHCb preparation for the LHC restart
LHCb preparation for the LHC restart (expected in November) is progressing very well. » Read the Bulletin article
Teachers at LHCb
37 school teachers from all over the world visited CERN to participate in the High School Teachers programme. » see explanations
Angels and Demons
In the movie Angels and Demons the Illuminati have stolen antimatter from CERN in order to destroy Vatican. But what is antimatter? Is is real? Is it dangerous? What is…