LHCb Birmingham

We joined the LHCb experiment early in 2011.

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Current activities (for past activities click here? )

Rare b-hadron decays

• Λ_b → pK μ⁺ μ^- (Paul + Niladri + Nigel)
• Λ_b → Λ(1520) μ⁺ μ^- (Dan T + Niladri + Nigel)
• B → π e μ (Marcus + Niladri + Nigel)

Dark sector searches

• Search for π⁰ → A' (→ e⁺ e^-) γ (Dan J)
• Mapping the material in the LHCb VELO (Marcus + Dan J)

Simulation

• Monitoring progress & regression of LHCb software stack?

LHCb upgrade 2 detector design

• Global optimisation studies (Dan T + Dan J)

Silicon tracking detectors

• LGAD characterisation: GoogleDrive and Indico (Niladri + Paul + Dan T + Marcus)
• 4D tracking with TimePix4 (Marcus + Dan J)

Fast readout technology

• Silicon photonics (Karol Krizka [BILPA] + Dan J + Nigel)