The LHCb experiment (LHCb = Large Hadron Collider beauty) is one of the experiments of Cern (Switzerland/France). The LHCb experiment will help understanding why we live in a Universe that appears to be composed almost entirely of matter, but no antimatter.

It specialises in investigating the slight differences between matter and antimatter by studying a type of particle called the 'beauty quark', or 'b quark'.

For the LHCb experiment, Cern and PHOTONIS teamed up in the development of a unique HPD (Hybrid Photon Detector). The unique quality of this special HPD is its fast and high resolution single photon imaging capability.

On April 3,LHCb has been touched by the cosmos. For the first time the team has measured cosmic rays hurtling through three of the experiment's sub-detectors simultaneously, selected by muon triggers.

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