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The D0 Run IIb Luminosity Measurement
An assessment of the recorded integrated luminosity is presented for data
collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider from June 2006
to September 2011 (Run IIb). In addition, a measurement of the effective cross
section for inelastic interactions, also referred to as the luminosity
constant, is reported. This measurement incorporates new features that lead to
a substantial improvement in the precision of the result. A luminosity constant
of \sigma_{LM} = 48.3\pm1.9\pm0.6 mb is obtained, where the first uncertainty
is due to the accuracy of the inelastic cross section used by both CDF and D0,
and the second uncertainty is due to D0 sources. The recorded luminosity for
the highest E_T jet trigger is L_rec = 9.2 \pm 0.4 fb^{-1}, with a relative
uncertainty of 4.3%.Comment: 20 pages, 23 figure
Renaissance of the ~1 TeV Fixed-Target Program
This document describes the physics potential of a new fixed-target program
based on a ~1 TeV proton source. Two proton sources are potentially available
in the future: the existing Tevatron at Fermilab, which can provide 800 GeV
protons for fixed-target physics, and a possible upgrade to the SPS at CERN,
called SPS+, which would produce 1 TeV protons on target. In this paper we use
an example Tevatron fixed-target program to illustrate the high discovery
potential possible in the charm and neutrino sectors. We highlight examples
which are either unique to the program or difficult to accomplish at other
venues.Comment: 31 pages, 11 figure
A Precise Determination of Electroweak Parameters in Neutrino-Nucleon Scattering
The NuTeV collaboration has extracted sin^2theta_W from the ratios of neutral
current to charged current neutrino and anti-neutrino cross-sections. Our
value, sin^2theta_W(on-shell)=0.2277+/-0.0013(stat)+/-0.0009(syst), is three
standard deviations above the standard model prediction. We also present a
model independent analysis of the same data.Comment: ReVTeX, 5 pp, 1fig; v2. revised SM prediction; v3. more sig. digits
in Eqns 6-7, fix error in Eqn
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