Read article 'LHCb tests consistency of unitarity triangle'
LHCb tests consistency of unitarity triangle
The unitarity triangle exists in the complex plane and its area is a measure of the amount of CP violation in the Standard Model.
Read article 'LHCb tests consistency of unitarity triangle'
Read article 'Heavy-flavour highlights from Beauty 2018'
Heavy-flavour highlights from Beauty 2018
In recent years, several puzzling anomalies have emerged from LHCb and b-factory data, and discussion of these set the scene for a very inspiring atmosphere at the conference.
Read article 'CMS resolves inner structure of bottomonium'
CMS resolves inner structure of bottomonium
Bottomonium mesons play a special role in our understanding of hadron formation because the large quark mass allows important simplifications in the relevant theoretical calculations.
Read article 'Charmed baryons strike back'
Charmed baryons strike back
Last year, the LHCb collaboration announced the first observation of the Ξcc++ baryon, a doubly charmed particle (CERN Courier July/August 2017 p8). It was identified via the decay Ξcc++ → Λc...
Read article 'SuperKEKB steps out at the intensity frontier'
SuperKEKB steps out at the intensity frontier
On 26 April the SuperKEKB accelerator at the KEK laboratory in Japan collided its first beams of electrons and positrons, marking the start of an ambitious data-taking campaign that will allow ultrapr...
Read article 'Central exclusive production at LHCb'
Central exclusive production at LHCb
Four years ago, LHCb measured the central exclusive production (CEP) of J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV (CERN Courier March 2014 p7). In CEP, two incoming protons emerge i...
Read article 'Standard Model gets annual check up at Moriond'
Standard Model gets annual check up at Moriond
The annual conference is an opportunity to review the progress taking place over the breadth of particle physics.
Read article 'First hints of ultra-rare kaon decay'
First hints of ultra-rare kaon decay
The NA62 collaboration at CERN has found a candidate event for the ultra-rare decay K+ → π+ ν ν, demonstrating the experiment’s potential to test heavily-suppressed corners of the Stand...
Read article 'Charm oscillations precisely measured by LHCb'
Charm oscillations precisely measured by LHCb
Direct searches for particles beyond the Standard Model (SM) have so far come up empty handed, but perhaps physicists can get luckier with indirect searches. Quantum mechanics allows neutral flavoured...
Read article 'Beauty quarks test lepton universality'
Beauty quarks test lepton universality
Recent meassurements of the decays of B mesons hint at slight deviations form lepton universality
