Exploitation of secondary vertex information at the CDF detector. Final report, 1991--1994

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/125082· OSTI ID:125082

Amidei, D

In the proposal for this work, submitted in November 1990, the author described the application of silicon micro-vertex tracking to hadron collider physics, and outlined a plan of involvement in the first such application, at the CDF Detector, studying p{anti p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. The proposal included discussion on the use of silicon tracking in B physics measurements, and also some speculation on the ability of silicon tracking to aid in identification of the top quark. In the five years since this proposal, the author has played a significant role in the installation and commissioning of the first such silicon tracking device at a hadron collider, and the utilization of this device in the discovery of the top quark and the study of B production mechanisms. This paper is a summary of this work.

• Research Organization: Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Randall Lab. of Physics
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-91ER40675
• OSTI ID: 125082
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40675-4; ON: DE96001984; TRN: AHC29528%%117
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: [1995]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
66 PHYSICS
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
FERMILAB COLLIDER DETECTOR
PROGRESS REPORT
PARTICLE TRACKS
PROTON-ANTIPROTON INTERACTIONS
USES
T QUARKS
B MESONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
FERMILAB TEVATRON