First minimum bias physics results at LHCb

TL;DR

This paper presents initial results from the LHCb experiment, including detector performance and preliminary measurements of K_s cross sections and baryon production ratios at different energies, aiming to explore physics beyond the Standard Model.

Contribution

It provides the first minimum bias physics results from LHCb, including detector performance and early measurements at multiple energies.

Findings

K_s differential cross section at 900 GeV

baryon production ratio at 900 GeV and 7 TeV

detector performance after initial data taking

Abstract

The goal of the LHCb experiment is the indirect search for New Physics through precision measurements of B-decays. A short description of the detector and its performance after the first data taking in 2009 and 2010 will be presented. In addition first preliminary results of a $\rm K_{s}$ differential cross section measurement at a center of mass energy of $\sqrt{s} = 900\; \rm GeV$ and a measurement of the $\frac{\bar{\lambda}}{\lambda}$ production ratio at $\sqrt{s} = 900\; \rm GeV$ and $\sqrt{s} = 7\; \rm TeV$ will be discussed.