CDF Hot Topics

TL;DR

This paper reports recent results from the CDF experiment at Fermilab, including observations of B_s oscillations, bottom baryons, and searches for rare decays, based on approximately 1 fb$^{-1}$ of data.

Contribution

It presents new measurements and discoveries in heavy flavor physics, including the first observation of certain bottom baryon states and updated B hadron lifetime measurements.

Findings

Observation of B_s oscillation frequency

First observation of bottom baryon Σ_b^{(*)±} states

Searches for rare b→sμ+μ− and charmless B decays

Abstract

We present recent CDF results based on approximately 1 fb$^{-1}$ of $p\bar p$ collisions at $\sqrt s = 1.96$ TeV delivered at Fermilab Tevatron. Results shown include the observation of the $B_s$ oscillation frequency, the first observation of bottom baryon $\Sigma_b^{(*)\pm}$ states, updates on $B$ hadrons lifetimes, and searches for rare decays in the $b\to s\mu^+\mu^-$ transition and in charmless two-body B decays.