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Publications and source records attributed to J. Skarha.
We present recent CDF results on $B$ lifetimes, $B$ meson mass measurements, ratios of branching ratios, and rare decays. In addition, we present the first measurement of time-dependent $B_d$ mixing at CDF. Several results have been updated and a few new ones included since the workshop.
A next generation silicon vertex detector is planned at CDF for the 1998 Tevatron collider run with the Main Injector. The SVX~II silicon vertex detector will allow high luminosity data-taking, enable online triggering of secondary vertex production, and greatly increase the acceptance for heavy flavor physics at CDF. The design specifications, geometric layout, and early mechanical prototyping work for this detector are discussed.
Measurements of the $B_u$, $B_d$, and $B_s$ meson lifetime using semileptonic $B_u \rightarrow e νD^0 X, B_d \rightarrow e νD^* X, B_s \rightarrow l νD_s X$ events and exclusive $B_u \rightarrow ψ^{(\prime)} K^{(*)}, B_d \rightarrow ψ^{(\prime)} K^{(*)}_{(s)}, B_s \rightarrow ψϕ$ events are presented. These results used the precise position measurements of the CDF SVX silicon vertex detector and were obtained from a 19.3 pb$^{-1}$ sample of 1.8 TeV $\overline{p}p$ collisions collected in 1992-93 at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. Comparisons with previous measurements will be shown.