The CDF silicon vertex tracker: Online precision tracking of the CDF silicon vertex detector

The Silicon Vertex Tracker is the CDF online tracker which will reconstruct 2D tracks using hit positions measured by the Silicon Vertex Detector and Central Outer Chamber tracks found by the extremely Fast Tracker. The preci sion measurement of the track impact parameter will allow triggering on eve nts containing B hadrons. This will allow the investigation of several impo rtant problems in B physics, like CP violation and B-s mixing, and to searc h for nem heavy particles decaying to b (b) over bar.