Mixings, Lifetimes, Spectroscopy and Production of Heavy Flavor at the Tevatron

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent measurements of heavy B hadrons at the Fermilab Tevatron, highlighting unique opportunities for spectroscopy, lifetimes, and production studies not possible at other facilities.

Contribution

It presents new experimental results on heavy flavor physics from the DO and CDF collaborations at the Tevatron.

Findings

Measurements of B hadron lifetimes and decay properties

Observation of heavy flavor production rates

Prospects for future heavy flavor studies at the Tevatron

Abstract

The Fermilab Tevatron offers unique opportunities to perform measurements of the heavier B hadrons that are not accessible at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. In this summary, we describe some recent heavy flavor results from the DO and CDF collaborations and discuss prospects for future measurements.