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QCD, electroweak physics, and searches for exotic signatures in the forward region at LHCb

The LHCb detector has demonstrated a proven competitiveness across a wide range of physics analyses thanks to its forward coverage. These proceedings describe: i) complementary measurements using heavy flavour jets, ii) Electroweak (EW)…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-13 Emilio Xosé Rodríguez Fernández

Exotic hadron spectroscopy at the LHCb experiment

The LHCb experiment is designed to study the decays and properties of heavy flavoured hadrons produced in the forward region from proton-proton collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. During Run 1, it has recorded the world's largest…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-18 G. A. Cowan

Electroweak scale physics & exotic searches at LHCb

The LHCb experiment has a broad and varied physics programme, extending far beyond its core set of flavour physics measurements. This contribution summarises recent electroweak scale measurements and searches for exotic states in the dimuon…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-05-28 Oliver Lupton

Recent LHCb results on forward physics and diffraction

The LHCb detector at the LHC offers unique coverage of forward rapidities for studies of Central Exclusive Production (CEP) and soft QCD. CEP measurements allow the investigation of the nature of pomerons, and provide constraints on low-x…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-17 Luke McConnell

Forward physics with the LHCb experiment

Due to its unique pseudorapidity coverage and the ability to perform measurements at low transverse momenta, the LHCb detector allows a unique insight into particle production in the forward region at the LHC. Using large samples of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-05-03 Dmytro Volyanskyy

Electroweak Physics at LHC

The Large Hadron Collider, LHC, though meant for discovery, will provide enough data from early phase to also perform various studies of Standard Model processes in as yet unexplored kinematic regions. Precision measurements of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-09-10 Kajari Mazumdar

Unleashing the full power of LHCb to probe Stealth New Physics

In this paper, we describe the potential of the LHCb experiment to detect Stealth physics. This refers to dynamics beyond the Standard Model that would elude searches that focus on energetic objects or precision measurements of known…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-09 Martino Borsato , Xabier Cid Vidal , Yuhsin Tsai , Carlos Vázquez Sierra , José Zurita , Gonzalo Alonso-Álvarez , Alexey Boyarsky , Alexandre Brea Rodríguez , Diogo Buarque Franzosi , Giacomo Cacciapaglia , Adrián Casais Vidal , Mingxuan Du , Gilly Elor , Miguel Escudero , Gabriele Ferretti , Thomas Flacke , Patrick Foldenauer , Jan Hajer , Louis Henry , Philip Ilten , Jernej Kamenik , Brij Kishor Jashal , Simon Knapen , Federico Leo Redi , Matthew Low , Zuowei Liu , Arantza Oyanguren Campos , Erica Polycarpo , Maria Ramos , Miguel Ramos Pernas , Ennio Salvioni , Murilo Santana Rangel , Ruth Schäfer , Lorenzo Sestini , Yotam Soreq , Van Que Tran , Inar Timiryasov , Maarten van Veghel , Susanne Westhoff , Michael Williams , Jure Zupan

Forward Physics at the LHC: within and beyond the Standard Model

We review the detection capabilities in the forward direction of the various LHC experiments together with the associated physics programme. A selection of measurements accessible with near-beam instrumentation in various sectors (and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 David d'Enterria

The LHCb Experiment

We present an overview including the historical motivation, design principles, and experimental methodology of the LHCb experiment. Originally conceived as a dedicated experiment for CP violation and rare decays in the B-meson sector, LHCb…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-06 Marcel H. M. Merk , Niels Tuning

Exotic Hadrons at LHCb

It has been five years since the data sample from the LHCb detector, the first experiment optimized for heavy-flavor physics studies at a hadronic collider, was completed. These data led to many major discoveries in exotic hadron…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-03-08 Daniel Johnson , Ivan Polyakov , Tomasz Skwarnicki , Mengzhen Wang

LHCb Detector Performance

The LHCb detector is a forward spectrometer at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The experiment is designed for precision measurements of CP violation and rare decays of beauty and charm hadrons. In this paper the performance of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-10 LHCb collaboration , R. Aaij , B. Adeva , M. Adinolfi , A. Affolder , Z. Ajaltouni , S. Akar , J. Albrecht , F. Alessio , M. Alexander , S. Ali , G. Alkhazov , P. Alvarez Cartelle , A. A. Alves , S. Amato , S. Amerio , Y. Amhis , L. An , L. Anderlini , J. Anderson , R. Andreassen , M. Andreotti , J. E. Andrews , R. B. Appleby , O. Aquines Gutierrez , F. Archilli , A. Artamonov , M. Artuso , E. Aslanides , G. Auriemma , M. Baalouch , S. Bachmann , J. J. Back , A. Badalov , C. Baesso , W. Baldini , R. J. Barlow , C. Barschel , S. Barsuk , W. Barter , V. Batozskaya , V. Battista , A. Bay , L. Beaucourt , J. Beddow , F. Bedeschi , I. Bediaga , S. Belogurov , K. Belous , I. Belyaev , E. Ben-Haim , G. Bencivenni , S. Benson , J. Benton , A. Berezhnoy , R. Bernet , M. -O. Bettler , M. van Beuzekom , A. Bien , S. Bifani , T. Bird , A. Bizzeti , P. M. Bjørnstad , T. Blake , F. Blanc , J. Blouw , S. Blusk , V. Bocci , A. Bondar , N. Bondar , W. Bonivento , S. Borghi , A. Borgia , M. Borsato , T. J. V. Bowcock , E. Bowen , C. Bozzi , T. Brambach , J. Bressieux , D. Brett , M. Britsch , T. Britton , J. Brodzicka , N. H. Brook , H. Brown , A. Bursche , J. Buytaert , S. Cadeddu , R. Calabrese , M. Calvi , M. Calvo Gomez , P. Campana , D. Campora Perez , A. Carbone , G. Carboni , R. Cardinale , A. Cardini , L. Carson , K. Carvalho Akiba , G. Casse , L. Cassina , L. Castillo Garcia , M. Cattaneo , Ch. Cauet , R. Cenci , M. Charles , Ph. Charpentier , M. Chefdeville , S. Chen , S. -F. Cheung , N. Chiapolini , M. Chrzaszcz , K. Ciba , X. Cid Vidal , G. Ciezarek , P. E. L. Clarke , M. Clemencic , H. V. Cliff , J. Closier , V. Coco , J. Cogan , E. Cogneras , V. Cogoni , L. Cojocariu , G. Collazuol , P. Collins , A. Comerma-Montells , A. Contu , A. Cook , M. Coombes , S. Coquereau , G. Corti , M. Corvo , I. Counts , B. Couturier , G. A. Cowan , D. C. Craik , A. C. Crocombe , M. Cruz Torres , S. Cunliffe , R. Currie , C. D'Ambrosio , J. Dalseno , P. David , P. N. Y. David , A. Davis , K. De Bruyn , S. De Capua , M. De Cian , J. M. De Miranda , L. De Paula , W. De Silva , P. De Simone , D. Decamp , M. Deckenhoff , L. Del Buono , N. Déléage , D. Derkach , O. Deschamps , F. Dettori , A. Di Canto , H. Dijkstra , S. Donleavy , F. Dordei , M. Dorigo , A. Dosil Suárez , D. Dossett , A. Dovbnya , K. Dreimanis , G. Dujany , F. Dupertuis , P. Durante , R. Dzhelyadin , A. Dziurda , A. Dzyuba , S. Easo , U. Egede , V. Egorychev , S. Eidelman , S. Eisenhardt , U. Eitschberger , R. Ekelhof , L. Eklund , I. El Rifai , Ch. Elsasser , S. Ely , S. Esen , H. M. Evans , T. Evans , A. Falabella , C. Färber , C. Farinelli , N. Farley , S. Farry , R. Fay , D. Ferguson , V. Fernandez Albor , F. Ferreira Rodrigues , M. Ferro-Luzzi , S. Filippov , M. Fiore , M. Fiorini , M. Firlej , C. Fitzpatrick , T. Fiutowski , P. Fol , M. Fontana , F. Fontanelli , R. Forty , O. Francisco , M. Frank , C. Frei , M. Frosini , J. Fu , E. Furfaro , A. Gallas Torreira , D. Galli , S. Gallorini , S. Gambetta , M. Gandelman , P. Gandini , Y. Gao , J. García Pardiñas , J. Garofoli , J. Garra Tico , L. Garrido , D. Gascon , C. Gaspar , R. Gauld , L. Gavardi , A. Geraci , E. Gersabeck , M. Gersabeck , T. Gershon , Ph. Ghez , A. Gianelle , S. Gianì , V. Gibson , L. Giubega , V. V. Gligorov , C. Göbel , D. Golubkov , A. Golutvin , A. Gomes , C. Gotti , M. Grabalosa Gándara , R. Graciani Diaz , L. A. Granado Cardoso , E. Graugés , E. Graverini , G. Graziani , A. Grecu , E. Greening , S. Gregson , P. Griffith , L. Grillo , O. Grünberg , B. Gui , E. Gushchin , Yu. Guz , T. Gys , C. Hadjivasiliou , G. Haefeli , C. Haen , S. C. Haines , S. Hall , B. Hamilton , T. Hampson , X. Han , S. Hansmann-Menzemer , N. Harnew , S. T. Harnew , J. Harrison , J. He , T. Head , V. Heijne , K. Hennessy , P. Henrard , L. Henry , J. A. Hernando Morata , E. van Herwijnen , M. Heß , A. Hicheur , D. Hill , M. Hoballah , C. Hombach , W. Hulsbergen , P. Hunt , N. Hussain , D. Hutchcroft , D. Hynds , M. Idzik , P. Ilten , R. Jacobsson , A. Jaeger , J. Jalocha , E. Jans , P. Jaton , A. Jawahery , F. Jing , M. John , D. Johnson , C. R. Jones , C. Joram , B. Jost , N. Jurik , S. Kandybei , W. Kanso , M. Karacson , T. M. Karbach , S. Karodia , M. Kelsey , I. R. Kenyon , T. Ketel , B. Khanji , C. Khurewathanakul , S. Klaver , K. Klimaszewski , O. Kochebina , M. Kolpin , I. Komarov , R. F. Koopman , P. Koppenburg , M. Korolev , A. Kozlinskiy , L. Kravchuk , K. Kreplin , M. Kreps , G. Krocker , P. Krokovny , F. Kruse , W. Kucewicz , M. Kucharczyk , V. Kudryavtsev , K. Kurek , T. Kvaratskheliya , V. N. La Thi , D. Lacarrere , G. Lafferty , A. Lai , D. Lambert , R. W. Lambert , G. Lanfranchi , C. Langenbruch , B. Langhans , T. Latham , C. Lazzeroni , R. Le Gac , J. van Leerdam , J. -P. Lees , R. Lefèvre , A. Leflat , J. Lefrançois , S. Leo , O. Leroy , T. Lesiak , B. Leverington , Y. Li , T. Likhomanenko , M. Liles , R. Lindner , C. Linn , F. Lionetto , B. Liu , S. Lohn , I. Longstaff , J. H. Lopes , N. Lopez-March , P. Lowdon , D. Lucchesi , H. Luo , A. Lupato , E. Luppi , O. Lupton , F. Machefert , I. V. Machikhiliyan , F. Maciuc , O. Maev , S. Malde , A. Malinin , G. Manca , G. Mancinelli , A. Mapelli , J. Maratas , J. F. Marchand , U. Marconi , C. Marin Benito , P. Marino , R. Märki , J. Marks , G. Martellotti , A. Martens , A. Martín Sánchez , M. Martinelli , D. Martinez Santos , F. Martinez Vidal , D. Martins Tostes , A. Massafferri , R. Matev , Z. Mathe , C. Matteuzzi , A. Mazurov , M. McCann , J. McCarthy , A. McNab , R. McNulty , B. McSkelly , B. Meadows , F. Meier , M. Meissner , M. Merk , D. A. Milanes , M. -N. Minard , N. Moggi , J. Molina Rodriguez , S. Monteil , M. Morandin , P. Morawski , A. Mordà , M. J. Morello , J. Moron , A. -B. Morris , R. Mountain , F. Muheim , K. Müller , M. Mussini , B. Muster , P. Naik , T. Nakada , R. Nandakumar , I. Nasteva , M. Needham , N. Neri , S. Neubert , N. Neufeld , M. Neuner , A. D. Nguyen , T. D. Nguyen , C. Nguyen-Mau , M. Nicol , V. Niess , R. Niet , N. Nikitin , T. Nikodem , A. Novoselov , D. P. O'Hanlon , A. Oblakowska-Mucha , V. Obraztsov , S. Oggero , S. Ogilvy , O. Okhrimenko , R. Oldeman , C. J. G. Onderwater , M. Orlandea , J. M. Otalora Goicochea , P. Owen , A. Oyanguren , B. K. Pal , A. Palano , F. Palombo , M. Palutan , J. Panman , A. Papanestis , M. Pappagallo , L. L. Pappalardo , C. Parkes , C. J. Parkinson , G. Passaleva , G. D. Patel , M. Patel , C. Patrignani , A. Pearce , A. Pellegrino , G. Penso , M. Pepe Altarelli , S. Perazzini , P. Perret , M. Perrin-Terrin , L. Pescatore , E. Pesen , G. Pessina , K. Petridis , A. Petrolini , E. Picatoste Olloqui , B. Pietrzyk , T. Pilař , D. Pinci , A. Pistone , S. Playfer , M. Plo Casasus , F. Polci , A. Poluektov , I. Polyakov , E. Polycarpo , A. Popov , D. Popov , B. Popovici , C. Potterat , E. Price , J. D. Price , J. Prisciandaro , A. Pritchard , C. Prouve , V. Pugatch , A. 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Forward EW Physics at the LHC

Measurements of electroweak production in the forward region at the LHC provide unique and complementary information to those performed in the central region. Studies have been performed not just by LHCb, a dedicated forward detector, but…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-03-01 Stephen Farry

QCD studies in the forward region at LHCb

The LHCb experiment at the LHC is fully instrumented over a unique pseudorapidity range in the forward region. Although it has been designed for b-physics, LHCb is able to provide valuable informations on particle production in this region…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Coco Victor

The history of LHCb

In this paper we describe the history of the LHCb experiment over the last three decades, and its remarkable successes and achievements. LHCb was conceived primarily as a b-physics experiment, dedicated to CP violation studies and…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 I. Belyaev , G. Carboni , N. Harnew , C. Matteuzzi. F. Teubert

Prospects for New Physics in CP Violation and Rare Decays at LHCb

LHCb is the heavy flavour precision experiment of the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. It will search for new physics in CP violation and rare decays and is ready for the start-up of the LHC. An overview of its physics…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Pascal Perret

Electroweak physics and QCD at LHCb

Data collected by the LHCb experiment allow proton structure functions to be probed in a kinematic region beyond the reach of other experiments, both at the LHC and further afield. In these proceedings the significant impact of LHCb Run 1…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Daniel Johnson

Status and Physics Reach of LHCb

LHCb is the experiment at the Large Hadron Collider devoted to studies of new phenomena in CP violation and in rare decays. This review summarizes the status of the experiment in the imminence of the data taking, the prospects for the first…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-03-16 Marta Calvi

Quantum Chromodynamics at the Large Hadron Collider

Open questions on the fundamental nature of the strong force endure and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a once-in-a-generation laboratory elucidating its quantum origins. This document summarizes the plenary overview talk titled "QCD…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-06 Jesse Liu

Hadron Spectroscopy, exotics and $B_c^+$ physics at LHCb

The LHCb experiment is designed to study properties and decays of heavy flavored hadrons produced from $pp$ collisions at the LHC. During Run~1, it has recorded the world's largest data sample of beauty and charm hadrons, enabling precision…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-01-04 Biplab Dey

Novel QCD Phenomenology at the LHeC

The proposed electron-proton/ion collider at CERN, the LHeC, can test fundamental and novel aspects of QCD and electroweak interactions as well as explore physics beyond the standard model over an exceptionally large kinematic range.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-30 Stanley J. Brodsky