Matt Durham

Neutrino Physics at the LHC : the SND@LHC experiment

Abstract:
One of the defining features of Quantum Chromodynamics is confinement, which prevents isolated quarks and gluons from being observed. Instead, partons are bound within a rich spectrum of hadrons, which have various quark content, binding energy, and size. With precision vertexing, full particle ID, and a fast DAQ, the LHCb detector can measure an unprecedented range of conventional and exotic hadrons. I will discuss recent LHCb results on mesons, baryons, and tetraquarks that are sensitive to the mechanisms enforcing confinement. In particular, I will show how these mechanisms are affected by the hadronic environment and discuss our understanding of hadronization in the QCD medium.