Recent results on top quark physics at CDF
We present the latest results on the top quark obtained by the CDF experiment using a data sample of about 110 pb{sup -1}. The data sample has been collected at the FermiLab Tevatron Collider with p{anti p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.8 TeV. We briefly describe the candidate event selection and then discuss the production cross section determination and the mass measurement. Combining the results from the channels with at least one W decaying leptonically into an electron or muon, we measure {sigma}{sub t{anti t}} = 7.5{sup +1.9}{sub -1.6} pb. Our best measured value for the top mass gives M{sub t} = 176.8{+-}6.5 GeV/c{sup 2}. We also report on the observation of t{anti t} production in the all hadronic decay channel using kinematic selection and b identification, and in the channel containing one hadronically decaying {tau} lepton. Finally we discuss the kinematics of top events and measure the matrix element {vert_bar}V{sub tb}{vert_bar}=1.12{+-}0.12.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- OSTI ID:
- 572785
- Report Number(s):
- FNAL/C-97/004-E; CONF-9609343-; R&D Project: E775; ON: DE98050633; BR: KA HEP; TRN: 98:004333
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 11. international workshop on high energy physics and quantum field theory (QFTHEP 96), St. Petersburg (Russian Federation), 12-18 Sep 1996; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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