CDF Oxford MPhys Projects

link to old website
12/07/11

Updated information in the first 4 links below. Those links are now useful for HT12 project students. (BTH)

July 2011: Major update to sections on how to work with the data.
Nov. 30, 2006: Fixed errors in text.
Feb. 01, 2006: Adding a web page to explain how to find the proper beam spot (BTH).
Jan. 25, 2006: Web pages corrected for errors uncovered in HT06 project (BTH).
Oct. 12, 2005: Web pages re-checked for accuracy (Jacob).
Dec. 12, 2004: Web pages re-checked for accuracy (BTH).
May 01, 2003: SUSY project is not offered until further notice (BTH).
November 26, 2002 SUSYModule.cc changed to accommodate files with no Monte Carlo (BTH) 
Updated the information for version 4.9.0 (BTH)
May 30, 2002: Changes in Ctvmft code example: pick up latest version since 4.4.1 has a bug in VertexFit::GetDecayLength(). (Mark+Thilo)
May 24, 2002: Bug fixed in Tracks code example and BsModule.cc (concerning opening the good tracks view).(Thilo)

• Introduction.
• Software Overview and Setup
• First steps with root
• First steps with the analysis
• The next step: Finding the correct position of the beam

Useful Links

• CDF home, Technical Design Report
• ROOT: Index, Class Categories, Cross Reference, Reference Guide, Home, Tutorials
• Particle Physics: Particle Data Group, LANL Preprints, Particle Detectors, Data Analysis
• Misc: C++ Standard Library, Emacs, Latex

Help

• Todd