Read article 'Precision leap for Bs0 fragmentation and decay'
Precision leap for Bs0 fragmentation and decay
The LHCb collaboration combined several analyses to update branching-fraction measurements for about 50 Bs0 decays.
Read article 'Precision leap for Bs0 fragmentation and decay'
Read article 'The hitchhiker’s guide to weak decays'
The hitchhiker’s guide to weak decays
Andrzej Buras’s new book, Gauge Theory of Weak Decays, is an indispensable travel guide to unexplored territory in weak decays, writes our reviewer.
Read article 'LHCb observes four new tetraquarks'
LHCb observes four new tetraquarks
The collaboration has used Run 2 data to add new exotic states to the tally of tetraquarks previously discovered in B+→J/ψφK+ decays in 2016.
Read article 'LHCb sheds light on Vub puzzle'
LHCb sheds light on Vub puzzle
LHCb has recently published a new result on |Vub| using the first ever measurement of the Bs0→K–μ+νμ decay.
Read article 'Heavy-flavour highlights from Beauty 2020'
Heavy-flavour highlights from Beauty 2020
Flavour studies have a bright future, concluded conference delegates, who discussed impressive recent results in CP violation and the status of Belle II and upgrades to the LHC experiments.
Read article 'J/ψ polarisation differs in lead collisions'
J/ψ polarisation differs in lead collisions
Work now turns to connecting such observations with the known suppression and regeneration mechanisms in heavy-ion collisions.
Read article 'CMS reaffirms exotic nature of the X(3872)'
CMS reaffirms exotic nature of the X(3872)
The tetraquark candidate could be a bound state of a charm-up diquark and its anti-diquark.
Read article 'ICHEP’s online success'
ICHEP’s online success
Advances in Higgs, flavour and neutrino physics were among the highlights of ICHEP 2020, writes Mark Thomson.
Read article 'Double digits for ultra-rare kaon decay'
Double digits for ultra-rare kaon decay
CERN’s NA62 collaboration has presented 3.5σ evidence for K+→π+νν̄ – a “golden decay” with exceptional sensitivity to physics beyond the Standard Model
Read article 'LHC physics shines amid COVID-19 crisis'
LHC physics shines amid COVID-19 crisis
Originally scheduled to be held in Paris, the fully online conference brought together a particularly large and diverse group of participants.
