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Collider signatures containing W bosons and b quarks are particularly
interesting. The top quark decays to a W and a b nearly 100% of the time;
hence studies of top, through both single top and top pair production, rely
on an intimate knowledge of the final state containing W's and b's.
In the low-mass hypothesis (M_H < 130 GeV/c^2), the standard model
Higgs boson is predicted to decay predominantly to a pair of b quarks.
At the Tevatron the most sensitive Higgs production mechanism is for
Higgs production in association with a W boson, producing a signature
containing a W and 2 b jets. Additionally, several models of physics
beyond the standard model contain signatures containing W's and b's.
Measurements and searches with this signature rely on innovative particle
identification techniques and precise knowledge of the processes that
contribute to this sample. Here we will present an overview of the physics
of the W+b final state, using CDF Tevatron results as a guide to what to look
for at the LHC.
