Measurement of the tt̄ Production Cross Section in pp̄ Collisions at s=1.96TeV Using Missing ET+jets Events with Secondary Vertex b Tagging
      Physical Review Letters  96:20 (2006)
    
        
    
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We present a measurement of the tt̄ production cross section in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV which uses events with an inclusive signature of significant missing transverse energy and jets. This is the first measurement which makes no explicit lepton identification requirements, so that sensitivity to W→τν decays is maintained. Heavy flavor jets from top quark decay are identified with a secondary vertex tagging algorithm. From 311pb-1 of data collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab, we measure a production cross section of 5.8±1.2(stat)-0.7+0.9(syst)pb for a top quark mass of 178GeV/c2, in agreement with previous determinations and standard model predictions. © 2006 The American Physical Society.Observation of Bs 0 - B̄s 0 oscillations
    
      Physical Review Letters  97:24 (2006)
    
        
    
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We report the observation of Bs0- B̄s0 oscillations from a time-dependent measurement of the Bs0-B̄s0 oscillation frequency Δms. Using a data sample of 1 fb-1 of pp collisions at √ = 1.96 TeV collected with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron, we find signals of 5600 fully reconstructed hadronic B s decays, 3100 partially reconstructed hadronic Bs decays, and 61500 partially reconstructed semileptonic Bs decays. We measure the probability as a function of proper decay time that the Bs decays with the same, or opposite, flavor as the flavor at production, and we find a signal for Bs0-B̄s0 oscillations. The probability that random fluctuations could produce a comparable signal is 8 × 10-8, which exceeds 5σ significance. We measure Δms = 17.77 ± 0.10(stat) ± 0.07(syst) ps-1 and extract |Vtd/Vts| = 0.2060 ± 0.0007(Δms)-0.0060+0.0081 (Δmd + theor). © 2006 The American Physical Society.Progress on the mice tracker solenoid
      EPAC 2006 - Contributions to the Proceedings  (2006) 2646-2648
    
        
    
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This report describes the 400 mm warm bore tracker solenoid for the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) [1]. The 2.923 m long tracker solenoid module includes the radiation shutter between the end absorber focus coil modules and the tracker as well as the 2.735 m long magnet cryostat vacuum vessel. The 2.554 m long tracker solenoid cold mass consists of two sections, a three-coil spectrometer magnet and a two-coil matching section that matches the uniform field 4 T spectrometer solenoid into the MICE cooling channel. The two tracker magnets are used to provide a uniform magnetic field for the fiber detectors that are used to measure the muon beam emittance at the two ends of the cooling channel. This paper describes the design for the tracker magnet coils and the 4.2 K cryogenic coolers that are used to cool the superconducting magnet. Interfaces between the magnet and the detectors are discussed.Search for W and Z bosons in the reaction p¯p→two jets+γ at s=1.8 TeV
      Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 73:1 (2006) 012001
    
        
    
    
        
      Search for charged Higgs bosons from top quark decays in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV
      Physical Review Letters  96:4 (2006)