Read article 'Charm mixing tests the Standard Model'
Charm mixing tests the Standard Model
Given LHCb’s current level of experimental precision, any sign of CP violation would be a clear indication of physics beyond the Standard Model.
Read article 'Charm mixing tests the Standard Model'
Read article 'Real-time triggering boosts heavy-flavour programme'
Real-time triggering boosts heavy-flavour programme
LHCb has been flooded by b- and c-hadrons due to the large beauty and charm production cross-sections within the experiment’s acceptance.
Read article 'LHCb constrains ultra-rare muonic B decay'
LHCb constrains ultra-rare muonic B decay
At first glance, measuring fully leptonic decays seems a step too far, since there is only one charged particle as a signature and no reconstructed B-decay vertex.
Read article 'CMS weighs in on flavour anomalies'
CMS weighs in on flavour anomalies
Recent results from LHCb and other experiments appear to challenge the assumption of lepton-flavour universality.
Read article 'Doubly strange baryon observed in Japan'
Doubly strange baryon observed in Japan
Experimental evidence was first reported in the 1970s, but there has been a lingering theoretical controversy about the interpretation of both states.
Read article 'LHCb discovers two new baryons'
LHCb discovers two new baryons
By studying new hadronic resonances and their excited states, light can be shed on the mechanisms governing the dynamics of the strong force.
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 '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...
