Title: Status and Prospects of LHCb

Abstract:

Some design aspects of LHCb, concerning the tracking system, RICH1 and the trigger architecture, have recently been re-optimized in order to improve the trigger robustness and efficiency and particle reconstruction. After a brief introduction, we shall present in detail the final layout and its design particularities. We shall describe the development and construction status, the expected detector performance and comment on some physics prospects.