LHCb

LHCb ( Broad High-energy particle Collider beauty experiment : experiment of the LHC on the quark beauty ) is an experiment of physics of the particles in the course of construction on the collider LHC of CERN (Geneva).

Scientific objectives

LHCb is intended for the study of the violation of CP and in the search of rare disintegrations being able to emphasize new physics in the sector of the beauty. The data analysis will relate largely to beautiful mesons (containing a Quark B or a anti-quark b).

Experimental device

From the material point of view, LHCb is a Spectromètre with an arm directed forwards. Indeed simulations at the origin of the design of the detector showed that the pairs of quarks - antiquarks B is emitted at the point of collision with a small angle compared to the beams. The area of interest to detect these particles thus corresponds to the cone formed by the instrument.

LHCb is characterized by the use of two detectors RICH, a technology powerful but difficult to set up.

References

Chris Jones and Ulrich Kerzel, “LHCb prepare for has RICH harvest off rare beauty”, in CERN Courier, No 6 (2007), p. 30-33. < http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/30585 >

External bonds

Site of the experiment LHCb

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