Andreas Werner Jung

First results from the first level of the H1 fast track trigger

The H1 experiment at the electron-proton collider HERA has built a new fast track trigger to increase the selectivity for exclusive final states and to cope with the higher background rates after the HERA luminosity upgrade. Hits measured in the central jet chamber of H1 are combined to track segments by performing 5times1012 mask comparisons per second using content addressable memories (CAMs). These segments are collected and transmitted via 5 Gbit/s LVDS links to custom made multi-purpose boards and linked to tracks. The latency of the fully pipelined processing chain implemented in programmable logic (FPGAs) is 0.72 mus. During the summer 2004 running period, the FTT level one system delivered first physics triggers from which performance figures were extracted. A single hit efficiency of more than 95% was achieved, and first studies on the pT resolution of tracks were performed using triggered rho meson candidates.

Review of recent measurements in the top quark sector at the Tevatron

Recent measurements in the top quark sector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider are discussed. Measurements at the Tevatron use up to 9.7 fb-1 of data corresponding to the full data sets recorded by each of the experiments, CDF and DO. This review discusses the most recent measurements of inclusive and differential top quark cross-sections in strong and electroweak production of top quarks and related measurements, as well as measurements of angular distributions related to asymmetries in top quark production. Furthermore, the current status of precision measurements of the mass of the top quark is discussed. Where available, combinations of CDF and DO results are presented.

Inclusive top pair production at Tevatron and LHC in electron/muon final states

Recent measurements of the inclusive top pair production at the Tevatron and LHC collider in the electron/muon final states are discussed. Measurements at the Tevatron use up to 9.7 /fb of data, and at the LHC up to 4.9 /fb of data at

D (+jets) in Deep Inelastic Scattering and Photoproduction

\sqrt{s}=7

Kinematics of Top Quark Final States: A Snowmass White Paper

TeV and up to 20.3 /fb of data at

Long-Term Running Experience with the Silicon Micro-strip Tracker at the DØ Detector

\sqrt{s}=8

D* Production in Deep-Inelastic Scattering at low Q2

TeV. For the experiments at both colliders these corresponds to the full data sets at the given center-of-mass energies. Overall results are in agreement between the experiments at the Tevatron and between the experiments at the LHC. All measurements are in agreement with recent theory calculations at NNLO QCD. Individual LHC measurements are challenging the precision of the theory calculations.

Top Quark Physics at the Tevatron

New results on charm quark production at HERA in an increased phase space in deep-inelastic scattering and photoproduction are discussed. Single & double-differential cross section distributions are compared to next-to-leading order QCD calculations as well as to MC@NLO in the photoproduction regime. The charm contribution to the proton structure, F_2^cc(x,Q^2), is determined with different experimental techniques and finally combined.