Heavy Ion Physics with LHCb

The LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider provides a unique facility for the study of heavy ion collisions. LHCb has a precision silicon detector that allows unparalleled measurements of heavy flavor, and is the only detector at the LHC which can measure fully identified particles at forward rapidity. This enables measurements of fully reconstructed charm and bottom mesons and baryons, along with measurements of quarkonia decays to dimuons. In addition, LHCb has the ability to record data on beam collisions with noble gases injected into the interaction region, allowing it to function as a fixed target experiment. An overview of the LHCb heavy ion program will be given, and selected results will be discussed.