The Last Meson
PPT Slide
Meson Milestones
“Periodic Table” for Mesons
“Periodic Table for Baryons
Flavorless Quarkonium
Bc - Flavorful Quarkonium
Non-Relativistic Potential Model
Bc Mass
HadroProduction of Bc
Fragmentation: b ® Bc
Bc Decay
t(Bc) Predictions
CDF Detector
Bc Analysis Team
Strategy
Event Properties
Event Selection: J/y
Selection: J/y+track
Selection: Bc®J/y e
Electron Backgrounds
Selection: Bc®J/y m
Backgrounds
Muon Backgrounds
Decay-in-flight Background
False e Probability
Conversion Background
Background: BB
Summary Mass Plots
The Counting Experiment
Likelihood Fit
Mass Fit: Combined Channels
Likelihood vs. N(Bc)
Likelihood Distribution
Test Null Hypothesis
The Bc Mass
Measure M(Bc)
The Bc Lifetime
Strategy for Lifetime
Background shapes in ct*
Lifetime Fits: e and m
Liftime Fit: Both Channels
Likelihood vs. ct
Lifetime: Pseudo-Experiments
Bc Production
Other Bc Searches
Test Against Predictions
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