Status of the SLAC/LBL/LLNL B-Factory and the BaBar detector

• Main Author: Oddone, P.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1994
• Subjects: Radiation Detectors; Research Programs; Electromagnets; Vacuum Systems; Rf Systems; 43 Particle Accelerators; Si Semiconductor Detectors; Cherenkov Counters; Weak Particle Decay; Drift Chambers; Construction; 66 Physics; Design; High Energy Physics; Schedules; Particle Identification; 44 Instrumentation; Including Nuclear And Particle Detectors; Cp Invariance; Meson Factories; Particle Boosters; Arctic
• Online Access: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc627493/

The primary motivation of the Asymmetric B-Factory is the study of CP violation. The decay of B mesons and, in particular, the decay of neutral B mesons, offers the possibility of determining conclusively whether CP violation is part and parcel of the Standard Model with three generations of quarks and leptons. Alternatively, the authors may discover that CP violation lies outside the present framework. In this paper the authors briefly describe the physics reach of the SLAC/LBL/LLNL Asymmetric B-Factory, the progress on the machine design and construction, the progress on the detector design, and the schedule to complete both projects.