Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 33, No. 11, November 2002, page 3861


Top Quark Physics at the Tevatron Results and Prospects

Krzysztof Sliwa

The methodology of CDF and D0 top quark analyzes and their underlying assumptions are summarized. The CDF and D0 top mass averages, obtained from measurements in several channels and based on about 100 pb-1 of data from p\bar p collisions at \sqrt {s} = 1.8 TeV collected by each experiment in Run I, are: Mt=176.1\pm 4.0 (stat) \pm 5.1 (syst) GeV/c2 and Mt=172.1\pm 5.2 (stat) \pm 4.9 (syst) GeV/c2, respectively. The combined Tevatron measurement of the top quark mass is Mt= 174.3 \pm 3.2 (stat) \pm 4.0 (syst) GeV/c2. The CDF measurement of the  t \bar t cross section (assuming Mt=175 GeV/c2) is \sigma tt=6.5 \pm 1.61.4 pb, and the D0 value (assuming Mt=172.1 GeV/c2) is \sigma tt=5.9\pm 1.7 pb. In anticipation of much larger statistics, prospects for top physics in Tevatron Run II are summarized. The fact that top quark analyzes are among the best windows to physics beyond the Standard Model is emphasized.

PACS numbers: 13.85.Ni


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