The LHCb/CBPF group is an active member of the LHCb experiment at CERN. The aim of the LHCb experiment is to study the matter-antimatter asymmetry through the phenomenon of CP violation and the rare decays of particles containing b and c quarks. The experiment has been collecting data at the Large Hadron Collider since 2009.
The group is engaged in the analysis of LHCb data. Our research focuses on the decays of B (B physics) and D mesons into hadrons, which we study to investigate CP violation. We are currently investigating the patterns of CP violation in B and D decays to three light charged hadrons (pions, kaons or protons).
The group hosts the CBPF LHC Computing Grid site (LCG.CBPF.br), which is a Tier-2 site for LHCb and also supports other Virtual Organizations (VOs) in physics and biomedical science. The group also manages the Regional Operation Centre for Latin America (ROC-LA), monitoring all Latin American sites and promoting availability and reliability to the LCG grid. Since 2011 the LHCb/CBPF group also performs offline production shifts remotly for the LHCb experiment.
We are also involved in detector and electronics development for the upgrade of the LHCb experiment.
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