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36 Section 2: CDF
2.3 Run I Physics Analyses
The Fermilab TeVatron produces the most energetic particle collisions of any laboratory in
the world. As such it provides unique samples of top quarks and opportunities for searching
for physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). It also provides unmatched samples of
W bosons and B mesons, aording a wealth of studies of SM physics. The Harvard group
has investigated a wide range of topics with these data, most recently focusing on
events with jets and large missing transverse energy (6E T )
properties of the top event sample
the W mass
evidence for Z production via Z ! bb
We describe these analyses in the next section. They are based on all the data taken during
Run I (approximately 108 pb ,1 at p s =1:8 TeV).
Next year Run II will commence. The CDF Collaboration anticipates collecting
2000 pb ,1 at p s = 2:0 TeV. We have shifted our attention away from Run I physics in
preparation for physics at Run II. Naturally we do not know what will be found in those
data, but we have discussed where we would like to place our emphasis. We outline our
plans for Run II below.
To put our current activities in perspective, we provide a list of publications which
members of our group co-authored (page 98), and a list of completed Ph.D. theses (page 102).
It may also be instructive to review the list of recent major talks delivered by members of this
group (page 103) and our participation as referees (\godparents") in various CDF analyses
(page 100).