B Lifetimes, Mixing and CP Violation at CDF

TL;DR

This paper reviews bottom quark physics at CDF, including B hadron lifetimes, B0 oscillations, and CP violation searches, based on data from the Fermilab Tevatron, and discusses future prospects for B physics research.

Contribution

It provides the first comprehensive overview of B physics results at CDF from Tevatron Run I, highlighting measurements of lifetimes, oscillations, and CP violation.

Findings

Measured B hadron lifetimes with improved precision.

Observed B0 B0= oscillations and determined their parameters.

Conducted a search for CP violation in B0 decays.

Abstract

We review the status of bottom quark physics at the CDF experiment. The measurements reported are based on about 110 pb-1 of data collected at the Fermilab Tevatron pp= Collider operating at sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV. In particular, we review results on B hadron lifetimes, measurements of the time dependence of B0 B0= oscillations, and a search for CP violation in B0 --> J/Psi K0s decays. Prospects for future B physics at CDF in the next run of the Tevatron Collider starting in the year 2000 are also given.