A major goal of experimental particle physics over the next
decade is to measure the sides and angles of the Unitarity triangle
redundantly, and as precisely as possible. Overconstraining the triangle
will test the Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskawa model of quark mixing. The CDF
collaboration, due to begin a second run in March 2001 with major upgrades
to both the accelerator and the detector, will study the angle Beta using
B0 decays, the angle gamma using B0 and B0(s) decays, and a side of the
triangle through the observation of B0(s) - B-bar0_s mixing. Projected
sensitivities are driven mostly by previous measurements using data from the
first run. One highlight of the Run I B physics program is a measurement of
the CP violating parameter sin 2Beta = 0.790.41_-0.44, based on a tagged
sample of 400 B0 decays in the mode B0/B-bar0 --> J/psi K0(s). The
technology of flavor tagging, used here as well as in numerous B0 - B-bar0
mixing analyses in run I, is crucial and will be augmented in Run II with
better particle identification capabilities. Exclusive all-hadronic final
states will enter the data sample in Run II through a new displaced track
trigger.
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Updated: Monday, 2001 February 05 15:21:44 CST automatically from input from Carol Picciolo