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B physics, BTeV, and all that
The status of ''flavor physics'' in our pursuit of knowledge in elementary particle physics is discussed. Then, the BTeV experiment, planned for the Fermilab Tevatron collider, is described briefly and its physics reach is discussed. Comparisons are made to the current B physics experiments at e{sup +}e{sup -} facilities and to the LHCb experiment, planned for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
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UNMTM in High Energy Physics: What We Can Learn from the Initial Experiences at Fermilab
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The BTeV trigger and data acquisition system
The BTeV trigger inspects every beam crossing of the Fermilab Tevatron, running at a luminosity of 2 x 10{sup 32}/cm{sup 2}-s, and selects events that have ''detached vertices'' from B decays occurring downstream of the main interaction. The system uses a massively parallel system of FPGAs and microprocessors to produce a trigger decision on average every 396 ns. The trigger calculations are facilitated by the 23 Million channel pixel detector that provides the input to the trigger. Front end electronics sparsifies the remainder of event data and sends it to large, Tbyte, memory buffers that store it until the trigger decision can be made. This complex system presents special challenges in fault monitoring and power and cooling.
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Spectroscopy and decays of charm and bottom
After a brief review of the quark model, we discuss our present knowledge of the spectroscopy of charm and bottom mesons and baryons. We go on to review the lifetimes, semileptonic, and purely leptonic decays of these particles. We conclude with a brief discussion B and D mixing and rare decays.
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Distributed and/or grid-oriented approach to BTeV data analysis
Abstract The BTeV collaboration will record approximately 2 petabytes of raw data per year. It plans to analyze this data using the distributed resources of the collaboration as well as dedicated resources, primarily residing in the very large BTeV trigger farm, and resources accessible through the developing world-wide data grid. The data analysis system is being designed from the very start with this approach in mind. In particular, we plan a fully disk-based data storage system with multiple copies of the data distributed across the collaboration to provide redundancy and to optimize access. We will also position ourself to take maximum advantage of shared systems, as well as dedicated systems, at our collaborating institutions.
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B Physics at the Tevatron: Now, Soon, and Later
We discuss recent B physics results obtained at the Fermilab Tevatron by CDF, prospects for observing CP violation in the next run, and a proposal for a Dedicated B Collider Experiment, BTeV, at the Tevatron after the next collider run.
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Standard Model Physics at TeV2000
tev_2000 describes the collider physics program at the Fermilab Teva- tron for the next decade.
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Calibration of a digital hadron calorimeter with muons
The calibration procedure of a finely granulated digital hadron calorimeter with Resistive Plate Chambers as the active elements is described. Results obtained with a stack of nine layers exposed to muons from the Fermilab test beam are presented.
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Collider Physics at FNAL
After a three year hiatus, the Fer~ab Tevatron CoUder is back in operation defiverirrgfi coUsions at V = 1.8 TeV. The experimented situation is considerably Merent this run with an upgraded CDF detector jotied by the new DO detector. kprovements to the accelerator are expected to de~ver 100 pb1 from a run extending into 1993. Mer a description of the detectors and accelerator schedrde, recent physics restits horn the 1988-89 CDF m w~ be used to big~ght the rich physics menu at the Tevatron.
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The lead glass columns: A large shower detector at the SLAC hybrid facility
Abstract A large lead glass shower detector containing 204 lead glass blocks and 250 finger hodoscope elements has been constructed and operated in a photoproduction experiment at the SLAC Hybrid facility. An energy resolution of σ E /E = (0.84+4.8/E 1 2 )% has been achieved for electron energies between 4 and 16 GeV. Details of the apparatus, its stability monitoring system, and its use in triggering the bubble chamber are presented. The performance of the detector in electron identification and π0 reconstruction is discussed.
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MEASUREMENT OF THE CHARGED AND NEUTRAL D MESON LIFETIMES
In an exposure of the SLAC Hybrid Facility (SHF) to a backward scattered laser beam, 136 charm events produced in ..gamma..p interactions at 20 GeV have been observed. The SHF 1 m bubble chamber was equipped with a High Resolution Optics camera in order to detect directly the production and decay of charm particles. After imposing rigorous cuts, 48 charged, 50 neutral, and 2 topologically ambiguous decays remain. Using a novel method for estimating the momentum of unconstrained decays, the D meson lifetimes from this sample are measured to be tau/sub D sup +-/ = (8.6 +- 1.3/sub -0.3//sup +0.8/) x 10/sup -13/ sec and tau/sub D/sup 0// = (6.1 +- 0.9 +- 0.3) x 10/sup -13/ sec with a ratio of R = tau/sub D sup +-//tau/sub D/sup 0// = (1.4 +- 0.3/sub -0.1//sup +0.2/). This value of R indicates the Spectator Model charm particle decay mechanism is the dominate piece in the D/sub +-/ and D/sup 0/ decay rates. Limits are placed on additional contributions to the D decay rates from other processes including W-Exchange, Final State Interactions, and Pauli Principle Interference. 34 refs., 41 figs.