Related papers: Latest results on b-hadron spectroscopy from CDF
The LHCb experiment is designed to study the decays and properties of heavy flavoured hadrons produced in the forward region from proton-proton collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. During Run 1, it has recorded the world's largest…
The precise measurement of the top quark properties is a stringent test of the Standard Model of Particles and Fields. This reports presents the latest results from the CDF and D0 collaborations with an integrated data sample of up to…
On the basis of the exact formulas of QCD perturbation theory and parton model the hadronic production cross-sections for $B_c({B_c}^*)$-mesons ($1^1S_0,1^3S_1,2^1S_0,2^3S_1$-states) are calculated. The method used is the direct calculation…
We present the latest results on the search of bottom baryon states Sigma_b using 1 fb^-1 of CDF data. The study is performed with the world's largest sample of fully reconstructed Lambda_b decays collected by CDF II detector at the…
The Tevatron provides 1.96 TeV ppbar collisions and allows for collection of rich b-hadron samples to the two experiments CDF and D0. The study of heavy flavor properties represents a fruitful opportunity to investigate the flavor sector of…
Recent measurements on the vector boson plus heavy-flavor jets production by the CDF and D0 experiments are presented in comparisons with recent theoretical predictions. Good understanding of such processes is important to improve our…
The changes of hadron properties within strongly interacting matter provide a link between experimental observables and Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in the non-pertubative sector. The sensitivity of various observables to in-medium…
An overview of Tevatron electroweak measurements performed by the CDF and D0 experiments is presented. The current status and future prospects for high precision measurements of electroweak parameters and detailed studies of boson…
By combining potential models and QCD spectral sum rules (QSSR), we discuss the spectroscopy of the $(b\bar c)$ mesons and of the $(bcq)$, $(ccq)$ and $(bbq)$ baryons (${q}\equiv {d}$ or $s$), the decay constant and the (semi)leptonic decay…
Recent measurements of B hadron properties carried out in sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV p/p-bar collisions at the Tevatron are reviewed. Included are measurements of the Bc+ meson lifetime, using J/psi+l+X final states, and the mass, using J/psi+pi…
In this talk I report recent results on hadronic B decays obtained with the QCD factorization approach. In the first part I update the fit of the Wolfenstein parameters (\bar\rho,\bar\eta) to CP-averaged B -> pi pi, pi K branching…
We report on the most recent experimental progress on $XYZ$ charmoniumlike meson states and their possible counterparts in the $s\overline{s}$ and $b\overline{b}$ systems.
In this contribution, I give a brief overview of the latest results related to the production, spectroscopy and lifetimes of bottom and charm hadrons. Several interesting experimental results were presented in this field in 2012. The focus…
We report on recent results in spectroscopy from BaBar. This includes the discovery of a new $\Lambda_c$ baryon, detailed studies of the $D^*_{sJ}(2317)^+$, $D_{sJ}(2460)^+$, X(3872) and Y(4260) particles and the first measurement of…
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is a firmly established part of the Standard Model, yet its long distance properties remain challenging at a conceptual level. In recent years significant experimental and theoretical progress has been made…
We review the most recent measurements of the top quark mass using data collected by the CDF experiment at the Tevatron 1.96 TeV ppbar collider. The mass measurements are performed in all main decay modes of the produced ttbar pairs using…
The combination of searches performed by the CDF and D0 collaborations at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider for neutral Higgs bosons produced in association with b quarks is reported. The data, corresponding to 2.6 fb-1 of integrated…
Measurements of the $B_u$, $B_d$, and $B_s$ meson lifetime using semileptonic $B_u \rightarrow e \nu D^0 X, B_d \rightarrow e \nu D^* X, B_s \rightarrow l \nu D_s X$ events and exclusive $B_u \rightarrow \psi^{(\prime)} K^{(*)}, B_d…
We measure the masses of $b$ hadrons in exclusively reconstructed final states containing a $J/\psi\to\mu^-\mu^+$ decay using $\rm 220 pb^{-1}$ of data collected by the CDF II experiment. We find: m(B^+) = 5279.10 \pm 0.41_{(stat.)} \pm…
The CDF experiment at the Tevatron $p\bar{p}$ collider has pioneered and established the role of hadron collisions in exploring flavor physics through a broad program that is now at its full maturity. We report new results sensitive to…