Date: Wednesday 11th October 2000
Title: Determination of the mass of the bottom quark
Speaker: Dr. Adrian Signer (Durham)
Abstract
The huge sensitivity of
the cross section for heavy quark production near threshold on the
heavy quark mass offers a unique opportunity to determine the bottom
mass accurately. We describe the calculation at NNLO in the framework
of Non Relativistic QCD and discuss the uncertainties in the
determinations of mb. Prospects for the study of the top
quark at a future linear collider are given.