TU-A6-5 11:30
Latest
CDF Measurements Of The Top Quark Mass*, Pekka K. Sinervo,
F.R.S.C. 1 , 1 University
of Toronto , 2 Collider Detector at Fermilab — The
top quark mass is one of the more important physical quantities, as it is
correlated with the masses of the intermediate vector bosons, the W and Z, and
the Higgs boson in the Standard Model of particle physics. The Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF)
experiment has introduced an innovative technique to measure this mass in
pair-produced top quark events, taking advantage of the presence of two W
bosons in the final state to calibrate the mass scale of the detector. This has resulted in the single most precise
measurement of the top quark mass, with a factor of two improvement in our
knowledge of this important parameter in the last year. The latest top mass measurements at CDF will
be summarized, as well as its implications for our understanding of the Higgs
boson sector of the Standard Model.
*
This work is being supported by NSERC
* This
work is being supported by NSERC