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High Energy Physics Seminar Abstract: Aart Heijboer
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Physics and Astronomy
High Energy Physics Seminar
Bs Oscillations at CDF
Aart Heijboer
University of Pennsylvania
Abstract
The Bs meson transforms into its own anti-particle and back
with a frequency that is known to be higher than 16.6 ps^-1.
Observing this oscillation and measuuring the oscillation
frequency will constrain certain elemements of the CKM matrix
and, as such, could be sensitive to new physics.
Observing Bs oscillation is one of the major
goals of CDF at the Tevatron, which is currently the
only accelerator where Bs mesons are produced. There
are considerable experimental challenges, for example
due to the high frequency of the oscillation, which
demands very good lifetime resolution.
I will discus the motivation for measuring Bs oscillation,
the experimental techniques involved in the analysis and
the latest results from CDF.