Related papers: B Physics at D0
Many physics topics to be studied by the D0 experiment during Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron ppbar collider give rise to final states containing b--flavored particles. Examples include Higgs searches, top quark production and decay…
An overview of selected topics in DO B-Physics is presented, covering relevant detector characteristics, and with emphasis on the most recent results in the Bs, FCNC and rare decay programs.
The Fermilab Tevatron (p pbar), operating at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV, is a rich source of B hadrons. The large acceptance in terms of rapidity and transverse momentum of the charged particle tracking system and the muon system make the upgraded…
The DO experiment is taking data with an upgraded detector since March 2001. The integrated luminosity taken in Run II has now exceeded that taken in Run I. Selected physics results obtained with this data set are presented.
Measurement of the B_s oscillation frequency via B_s mixing analyses provides a powerful constraint on the CKM matrix elements. The study of B_d oscillations is an important step towards B_s mixing and a preliminary measurement of Delta m_d…
Run II at the Tevatron has seen an explosion of results related to the Bs meson, ranging from tests of QCD models, to probes of electro-weak symmetry breaking, to direct searches for new physics effects. I will briefly summarize the CDF and…
The B physics program planned for the D0 Upgrade Detector for Run 2 of the Tevatron is described. Current performance of the detector pertinent to B physics is presented and compared to expectations. Detection of b hadrons through…
During the last year many important results have been achieved in heavy flavour physics: New measurements of charm and beauty production have been performed at HERA and the Tevatron. A wealth of new spectroscopy data with several new,…
The BABAR experiment has been taking data since about one year. Physics results, complementary to those described by G.Sciolla elsewhere in these Proceedings, are presented: various measurements of the neutral and charged B mesons…
The D0 Detector at Fermilab is currently undergoing an extensive upgrade to participate in the Run II data taking which shall begin on March 1, 2001. The design of the detector meets the requirements of the high luminosity environment…
New results with increased statistics are presented for heavy flavour production at Q2<150 Gev2 and in the photoproduction limit Q2-->0. Cross sections for Dstar production, F2charm, the gluon density in the proton, and inelastic J/psi…
The integrated luminosity at Run 2 of the Tevatron is approaching the Run 1 total, and data analysis is progressing. New results in searches for new physics by the DO experiment are presented in a variety of channels, demonstrating good…
The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider collected in the first months of operation a luminosity of about 300/nb. The first results in the context of the B physics obtained with these data are presented. The di-muon resonances from…
The possible role of precision flavour physics, and particularly of B physics, in the next decade is briefly discussed. Few 2--3$\sigma$ deviations from the Standard Model found in present $B$ data are reviewed as potential forerunners of…
We present the B physics results from the CDF and D{\O} experiments at the Tevatron Run II at Fermilab and their future prospect. This includes various B mass and lifetime measurements, B mixing, the confirmation of the discovery of the X…
A review of recent results in flavour physics at the ATLAS and CMS experiments is presented. These include measurements of quarkonia and charm production cross sections, the B0 lifetime, and the mass splittings between excited and ground B…
We review the status of flavour physics in spring 2014. The numerous accurate new measurements of flavour experiments have enabled us to test our theoretical understanding of flavour processes with an unprecedented precision. At first sight…
After a five year upgrade period, the Fermilab experiments CDF and DO are taking high quality data in Run II of the Tevatron Collider. We report on the start-up of both detectors and present a selection of first B physics results from the…
We present recent CDF measurements of mass, lifetime and CP violation properties of B hadrons. The analyzes presented in this paper use up to 2.8/fb of data. CDF has already accumulated close to 5/fb of data which promises significant…
Prospects for heavy flavour studies with the CMS and ATLAS detectors are presented. Many studies are aimed for early LHC data, taking advantage of the large $b$ production cross-section. Rare decay studies as the $B_s \to \mu^+\mu^-$ decay…