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the CDF Collaboration

Publications and source records attributed to the CDF Collaboration.

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arXiv2012

Search for a Higgs boson in the diphoton final state using the full CDF data set from proton-antiproton collisions at \surds = 1.96 TeV

A search for a narrow Higgs boson resonance in the diphoton mass spectrum is presented based on data corresponding to 10 fb-1 of integrated luminosity from proton-antiproton collisions at \surds = 1.96 TeV collected by the CDF experiment. In addition to searching for a resonance in the diphoton mass spectrum, we employ a multivariate discriminant technique for the first time in this channel at CDF. No evidence of signal is observed, and upper limits are set on the cross section times branching ratio of the resonant state as a function of Higgs boson mass. The limits are interpreted in the context of the standard model with an expected (observed) limit on the cross section times branching ratio of 9.9 (17.0) times the standard model prediction at the 95% credibility level for a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV/c2. Moreover, a Higgs boson with suppressed couplings to fermions is excluded for masses below 114 GeV/c2 at the 95% credibility level.

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arXiv2011

Measurement of the Cross Section for Prompt Isolated Diphoton Production in p\bar p Collisions at \sqrt s = 1.96 TeV

This article reports a measurement of the cross section of prompt isolated photon pair production in pp collisions at a total energy \sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV using data of 5.36 fb-1 integrated luminosity collected with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The measured cross section, differential in basic kinematic variables, is compared with three perturbative QCD predictions, a leading order (LO) parton shower calculation and two next-to-leading order (NLO) calculations. The NLO calculations reproduce most aspects of the data. By including photon radiation from quarks before and after hard scattering, the parton shower prediction becomes competitive with the NLO predictions.

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arXiv2001

Higgs Searches at the Tevatron

This paper describes the searches for the Higgs boson performed by the CDF and D0 collaborations at the Tevatron ppbar Collider using the data collected in the 1992-95 run. Searches for standard model Higgs and as well for neutral and charged minimal SUSY Higgs bosons are also presented. No signal has been observed and limits are set for production cross sections.

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arXiv1994

New Shower Maximum Trigger for Electrons and Photons at CDF

For the 1994 Tevatron collider run, CDF has upgraded the electron and photon trigger hardware to make use of shower position and size information from the central shower maximum detector. For electrons, the upgrade has resulted in a 50\% reduction in backgrounds while retaining approximately 90\% of the signal. The new trigger also eliminates the background to photon triggers from single-phototube discharge.

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arXiv1994

Measurement of Correlated $b$ Quark Cross Sections at CDF

Using data collected during the 1992-93 collider run at Fermilab, CDF has made measurements of correlated $b$ quark cross section where one $b$ is detected via a muon from semileptonic decay and the second $b$ is detected with secondary vertex techniques. We report on measurements of the cross section as a function of the momentum of the second $b$ and as a function of the azimuthal separation of the two $b$ quarks, for transverse momentum of the initial $b$ quark greater than 15 GeV. Results are compared to QCD predictions.

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