2007 2008 ACADEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME

LECTURE SERIES

27, 28, 29, 30 November 2007

11:00 to 12:00 - Main Auditorium, 
bldg. 500

Tevatron Physics Results

B. HEINEMANN, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

I will summarize the physics results from the Tevatron experiments with particular emphasis on the experimental methods used in different kinds of analysis. In particular, the Tevatron is a proton-antiproton collider that has now accumulated more than 2 fb-1 of luminosity in the two experiments, called CDF and D0. In this lecture I will review the results on inclusive productions of jets, W- and Z-bosons, the results in the flavor sector, the measurements of top production, searches for Higgs boson production and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. In each case I will explain the basic experimental concepts and methods needed for making the measurement.