Implications of LHCb measurements and future prospects
LHCb collaboration, A. Bharucha, I. I. Bigi, C. Bobeth, M., Bobrowski, J. Brod, A. J. Buras, C. T. H. Davies, A. Datta, C. Delaunay, S., Descotes-Genon, J. Ellis, T. Feldmann, R. Fleischer, O. Gedalia, J. Girrbach,, D. Guadagnoli, G. Hiller, Y. Hochberg, T. Hurth, G. Isidori
TL;DR
LHCb's initial measurements at CERN have significantly influenced flavor physics, confirming the value of dedicated forward-region experiments and highlighting the potential of future upgrades for exploring beyond Standard Model physics.
Contribution
This paper discusses the impact of early LHCb results on flavor physics and explores the physics potential of future detector upgrades.
Findings
First LHCb results impacted flavor physics landscape
Confirmed the concept of a dedicated forward-region experiment
Highlighting the upgrade potential for new physics searches
Abstract
During 2011 the LHCb experiment at CERN collected 1.0 fb-1 of sqrt{s} = 7 TeV pp collisions. Due to the large heavy quark production cross-sections, these data provide unprecedented samples of heavy flavoured hadrons. The first results from LHCb have made a significant impact on the flavour physics landscape and have definitively proved the concept of a dedicated experiment in the forward region at a hadron collider. This document discusses the implications of these first measurements on classes of extensions to the Standard Model, bearing in mind the interplay with the results of searches for on-shell production of new particles at ATLAS and CMS. The physics potential of an upgrade to the LHCb detector, which would allow an order of magnitude more data to be collected, is emphasised.
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