B Physics at the Tevatron: Run II and Beyond

ArXiv hep-ph/0201071 (2002)

Authors:

K Anikeev, D Atwood, F Azfar, S Bailey, CW Bauer, W Bell, G Bodwin, E Braaten, G Burdman, JN Butler, K Byrum, N Cason, A Cerri, HWK Cheung, A Dighe, S Donati, RK Ellis, A Falk, G Feild, S Fleming, I Furic, S Gardner, Y Grossman, G Gutierrez, W Hao, BW Harris, J Hewett, G Hiller, R Jesik, M Jones, PA Kasper, A El-Khadra, M Kirk, VV Kiselev, J Kroll, AS Kronfeld, R Kutschke, VE Kuznetsov, E Laenen, Jungil Lee, AK Leibovich, JD Lewis, Z Ligeti, AK Likhoded, HE Logan, M Luke, A Maciel, G Majumder, P Maksimovic, M Martin, S Menary, P Nason, U Nierste, Y Nir, L Nogach, E Norrbin, C Oleari, V Papadimitriou, M Paulini, C Paus, M Petteni, R Poling, M Procario, G Punzi, H Quinn, A Rakitine, G Ridolfi, K Shestermanov, G Signorelli, JP Silva, T Skwarnicki, A Smith, B Speakman, K Stenson, F Stichelbaut, S Stone, K Sumorok, M Tanaka, W Taylor, W Trischuk, J Tseng, R Van Kooten, A Vasiliev, M Voloshin, JC Wang, AB Wicklund, F Wurthwein, N Xuan, J Yarba, K Yip, A Zieminski

Abstract:

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the prospects for B physics at the Tevatron. The work was carried out during a series of workshops starting in September 1999. There were four working groups: 1) CP Violation, 2) Rare and Semileptonic Decays, 3) Mixing and Lifetimes, 4) Production, Fragmentation and Spectroscopy. The report also includes introductory chapters on theoretical and experimental tools emphasizing aspects of B physics specific to hadron colliders, as well as overviews of the CDF, D0, and BTeV detectors, and a Summary.

Cross section and heavy quark composition of γ+μ events produced in pp̄ collisions

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 65:1 (2002) 120031-120037

Authors:

T Affolder, H Akimoto, A Akopian, MG Albrow, P Amaral, D Amidei, K Anikeev, J Antos, G Apollinari, T Arisawa, T Asakawa, W Ashmanskas, F Azfar, P Azzi-Bacchetta, N Bacchetta, MW Bailey, S Bailey, P de Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, S Baroiant, M Barone, G Bauer, F Bedeschi, S Belforte, WH Bell, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Bensinger, A Beretvas, JP Berge, J Berryhill, B Bevensee, A Bhatti, M Binkley, D Bisello, M Bishai, RE Blair, C Blocker, K Bloom, B Blumenfeld, SR Blusk, A Bocci, A Bodek, W Bokhari, G Bolla, Y Bonushkin, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Brandl, S van den Brink, C Bromberg, M Brozovic, N Bruner, E Buckley-Geer, J Budagov, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, P Calafiura, M Campbell, W Carithers, J Carlson, D Carlsmith, W Caskey, J Cassada, A Castro, D Cauz, A Cerri, AW Chan, PS Chang, PT Chang, J Chapman, C Chen, YC Chen, MT Cheng, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, I Chirikov-Zorin, G Chlachidze, F Chlebana, L Christofek, ML Chu, YS Chung, CI Ciobanu, AG Clark, A Connolly, J Conway, M Cordelli, J Cranshaw, D Cronin-Hennessy, R Cropp, R Culbertson, D Dagenhart, S D'Auria, F DeJongh

Abstract:

We present a measurement of the cross section and the first measurement of the heavy flavor content of associated direct photon + muon events produced in hadronic collisions. These measurements come from a sample of 1.8 TeV pp̄ collisions recorded with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) predicts that these events are primarily due to the Compton scattering process cg→cγ, with the final-state charm quark producing a muon. The cross section for events with a photon transverse momentum between 12 and 40 GeV/c is measured to be 46.8±6.3±7.5 pb, which is two standard deviations below the most recent theoretical calculation. A significant fraction of the events in the sample contain a final-state bottom quark. The ratio of charm to bottom production is measured to be 2.4±1.2, in good agreement with QCD models.

Cross section for forward j/ψ production in pp collisions at √s=1.8 tev

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 66-9 (2002)

Authors:

D Acosta, T Affolder, H Akimoto, MG Albrow, D Ambrose, D Amidei, K Anikeev, J Antos, G Apollinari, T Arisawa, A Artikov, T Asakawa, W Ashmanskas, F Azfar, P Azzi-Bacchetta, N Bacchetta, H Bachacou, W Badgett, S Bailey, P De Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, S Baroiant, M Barone, G Bauer, F Bedeschi, S Behari, S Belforte, WH Bell, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Bensinger, A Beretvas, J Berryhill, A Bhatti, M Binkley, D Bisello, M Bishai, RE Blair, C Blocker, K Bloom, B Blumenfeld, SR Blusk, A Bocci, A Bodek, G Bolla, A Bolshov, Y Bonushkin, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, A Brandl, C Bromberg, E Brubaker, N Bruner, J Budagov, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, KL Byrum, S Cabrera, P Calafiura, M Campbell, W Carithers, J Carlson, D Carlsmith, W Caskey, A Castro, D Cauz, A Cerri, L Cerrito, AW Chan, PS Chang, PT Chang, J Chapman, C Chen, YC Chen, MT Cheng, M Chertok, G Chiarelli, I Chirikov-Zorin, G Chlachidze, F Chlebana, L Christofek, ML Chu, JY Chung, WH Chung, YS Chung, CI Ciobanu, AG Clark, M Coca, AP Colijn, A Connolly, M Convery, J Conway, M Cordelli, J Cranshaw, R Culbertson, D Dagenhart

Abstract:

The inclusive cross section for J/Ψ production times the branching ratio B(J/Ψ→μ + μ - ) has been measured in the forward pseudorapidity region: B×dσ[p - +p→J/Ψ(p T >10 GeV/c,2.1<|η|<2.6)+X]/dη = 192±9(stat) ±29(syst) pb. The results are based on 74.1±5.2 pb -1 of data collected by the CDF Collaboration at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The measurements extend earlier measurements of the D0 Collaboration to higher p TJ/Ψ . In the kinematic range where the experiments partially overlap, these data are in good agreement with previous measurements.

Direct Evidence for Neutrino Flavor Transformation from Neutral-Current Interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Physical Review Letters 89:1 (2002)

Authors:

QR Ahmad, RC Allen, TC Andersen, J D.Anglin, JC Barton, EW Beier, M Bercovitch, J Bigu, SD Biller, RA Black, I Blevis, RJ Boardman, J Boger, E Bonvin, MG Boulay, MG Bowler, TJ Bowles, SJ Brice, MC Browne, TV Bullard, G Bühler, J Cameron, YD Chan, HH Chen, M Chen, X Chen, BT Cleveland, ETH Clifford, JHM Cowan, DF Cowen, GA Cox, X Dai, F Dalnoki-Veress, WF Davidson, PJ Doe, G Doucas, MR Dragowsky, CA Duba, FA Duncan, M Dunford, JA Dunmore, ED Earle, SR Elliott, HC Evans, GT Ewan, J Farine, H Fergani, AP Ferraris, RJ Ford, JA Formaggio, MM Fowler, K Frame, ED Frank, W Frati, N Gagnon, JV Germani, S Gil, K Graham, DR Grant, RL Hahn, AL Hallin, ED Hallman, AS Hamer, AA Hamian, WB Handler, RU Haq, CK Hargrove, PJ Harvey, R Hazama, KM Heeger, WJ Heintzelman, J Heise, RL Helmer, JD Hepburn, H Heron, J Hewett, A Hime, M Howe, JG Hykawy, MCP Isaac, P Jagam, NA Jelley, C Jillings, G Jonkmans, K Kazkaz, PT Keener, JR Klein, AB Knox, RJ Komar, R Kouzes, T Kutter, CCM Kyba, J Law, IT Lawson, M Lay, HW Lee, KT Lesko, JR Leslie, I Levine, W Locke

Abstract:

Observations of neutral-current [Formula presented] interactions on deuterium in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are reported. Using the neutral current (NC), elastic scattering, and charged current reactions and assuming the standard [Formula presented] shape, the [Formula presented] component of the [Formula presented] solar flux is [Formula presented] for a kinetic energy threshold of 5 MeV. The non- [Formula presented] component is [Formula presented], [Formula presented] greater than zero, providing strong evidence for solar [Formula presented] flavor transformation. The total flux measured with the NC reaction is [Formula presented], consistent with solar models. © 2002 The American Physical Society.

Measurement of Day and Night Neutrino Energy Spectra at SNO and Constraints on Neutrino Mixing Parameters

Physical Review Letters 89:1 (2002)

Authors:

QR Ahmad, RC Allen, TC Andersen, JD Anglin, JC Barton, EW Beier, M Bercovitch, J Bigu, SD Biller, RA Black, I Blevis, RJ Boardman, J Boger, E Bonvin, MG Boulay, MG Bowler, TJ Bowles, SJ Brice, MC Browne, TV Bullard, G Bühler, J Cameron, YD Chan, HH Chen, M Chen, X Chen, BT Cleveland, ETH Clifford, JHM Cowan, DF Cowen, GA Cox, X Dai, F Dalnoki-Veress, WF Davidson, PJ Doe, G Doucas, MR Dragowsky, CA Duba, FA Duncan, M Dunford, JA Dunmore, ED Earle, SR Elliott, HC Evans, GT Ewan, J Farine, H Fergani, AP Ferraris, RJ Ford, JA Formaggio, MM Fowler, K Frame, ED Frank, W Frati, N Gagnon, JV Germani, S Gil, K Graham, DR Grant, RL Hahn, AL Hallin, ED Hallman, AS Hamer, AA Hamian, WB Handler, RU Haq, CK Hargrove, PJ Harvey, R Hazama, KM Heeger, WJ Heintzelman, J Heise, RL Helmer, JD Hepburn, H Heron, J Hewett, A Hime, M Howe, JG Hykawy, MCP Isaac, P Jagam, NA Jelley, C Jillings, G Jonkmans, K Kazkaz, PT Keener, JR Klein, AB Knox, RJ Komar, R Kouzes, T Kutter, CCM Kyba, J Law, IT Lawson, M Lay, HW Lee, KT Lesko, JR Leslie, I Levine, W Locke

Abstract:

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has measured day and night solar neutrino energy spectra and rates. For charged current events, assuming an undistorted [Formula presented] spectrum, the night minus day rate is [Formula presented] of the average rate. If the total flux of active neutrinos is additionally constrained to have no asymmetry, the [Formula presented] asymmetry is found to be [Formula presented]. A global solar neutrino analysis in terms of matter-enhanced oscillations of two active flavors strongly favors the large mixing angle solution. © 2002 The American Physical Society.