Run 3: Sitting on a Goldmine
At the end of June 2026, LHCb recorded data from the last proton-proton collisions of LHC Run 3. The collaboration has now had time to take stock of what has…
Timothy Gershon and Paula Collins – new spokesperson team for the LHCb Collaboration
On 1 July 2026, the management of the LHCb collaboration is changing. The new spokesperson team of Tim Gershon (Spokesperson, University of Warwick) and Paula Collins (Deputy Spokesperson, CERN) will…
Special LHC Low Energy Run – LHCb goes to space
LHCb is celebrating the end of a very strong proton-proton run in 2026, during which the experiment benefitted from the stable and efficient running of the detector and the excellent…
New data-taking records for LHCb
Since March 30, the LHC accelerator has been operating in a special configuration, providing a lower collision rate to ATLAS and CMS than usual. This allows these experiments to complement…
End of the PbPb run and the 2025 run
One week ago the LHC dumped the beams for the last time this year, bringing the heavy ion run to an end. During this campaign, LHCb collected 0.86 nb⁻¹ of…
End of the 2025 proton-proton collision run
The proton–proton (pp) data-taking period for 2025 has just come to an end. Thanks to the commitment and expertise of members of the LHCb collaboration, the outstanding performance achieved throughout…
The LHCb collaboration turns 30!
In August 1995 a Letter of Intent was submitted for the LHCb experiment, the world’s first dedicated B-physics experiment exploiting the unique potential of high-energy hadron-hadron collisions. This year, the…
LHCb Upgrade II Scoping Document
The scientific review of the LHCb Upgrade II Scoping Document has been concluded by the LHC Committee, and the CERN Research Board has endorsed their conclusions reaching in this way…
End of successful proton-proton collision data taking period
The 2024 proton-proton collision period at the LHC ended this week. This period was particularly successful for LHCb, also owing to the excellent performance of the LHC. The rate at…
ECAL and RICH sub-detector enhancements approved for construction
The LHCb experiment will upgrade the inner part of the Electromagnetic Calorimeter and the electronics of the Ring Imaging Cherenkov detectors in the next LHC Long Shutdown (LS3). On July…