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T1 - Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in the distribution of leptons in tt¯ events in the lepton+jets channel
AU - Abazov, V. M.
AU - Abbott, B.
AU - Acharya, B. S.
AU - Adams, M.
AU - Adams, T.
AU - Agnew, J. P.
AU - Alexeev, G. D.
AU - Alkhazov, G.
AU - Alton, A.
AU - Askew, A.
AU - Atkins, S.
AU - Augsten, K.
AU - Avila, C.
AU - Badaud, F.
AU - Bagby, L.
AU - Baldin, B.
AU - Bandurin, D. V.
AU - Banerjee, S.
AU - Barberis, E.
AU - Baringer, P.
AU - Bartlett, J. F.
AU - Bassler, U.
AU - Bazterra, V.
AU - Bean, A.
AU - Begalli, M.
AU - Bellantoni, L.
AU - Beri, S. B.
AU - Bernardi, G.
AU - Bernhard, R.
AU - Bertram, I.
AU - Besanifmmode çelse çon, M.
AU - Beuselinck, R.
AU - Bhat, P. C.
AU - Bhatia, S.
AU - Bhatnagar, V.
AU - Blazey, G.
AU - Blessing, S.
AU - Bloom, K.
AU - Boehnlein, A.
AU - Boline, D.
AU - Boos, E. E.
AU - Borissov, G.
AU - Borysova, M.
AU - Brandt, A.
AU - Brandt, O.
AU - Fox, H.
AU - Price, D.
AU - Ratoff, P. N.
AU - Ross, A.
AU - Williams, M. R. J.
AU - D0 Collaboration
N1 - © 2014 American Physical Society
PY - 2014/10/7
Y1 - 2014/10/7
N2 - We present measurements of the forward-backward asymmetry in the angular distribution of leptons from decays of top quarks and antiquarks produced in proton-antiproton collisions. We consider the final state containing a lepton and at least three jets. The entire sample of data collected by the D0 experiment during Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, corresponding to 9.7 fb−1 of integrated luminosity, is used. The asymmetry measured for reconstructed leptons is AlFB=(2.9±2.1(stat.)+1.5−1.7(syst.))%. When corrected for efficiency and resolution effects within the lepton rapidity coverage of |yl|<1.5, the asymmetry is found to be AlFB=(4.2±2.3(stat.)+1.7−2.0(syst.))%. We examine the dependence of AlFB on the transverse momentum and rapidity of the lepton. Combination with the asymmetry measured in the final states containing two leptons yields AlFB=(4.2±2.0(stat.)±1.4(syst.))%. The results are in agreement with predictions from the next-to-leading-order QCD generator mc@nlo, which predicts an asymmetry of AlFB=2.0% for |yl|<1.5.
AB - We present measurements of the forward-backward asymmetry in the angular distribution of leptons from decays of top quarks and antiquarks produced in proton-antiproton collisions. We consider the final state containing a lepton and at least three jets. The entire sample of data collected by the D0 experiment during Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, corresponding to 9.7 fb−1 of integrated luminosity, is used. The asymmetry measured for reconstructed leptons is AlFB=(2.9±2.1(stat.)+1.5−1.7(syst.))%. When corrected for efficiency and resolution effects within the lepton rapidity coverage of |yl|<1.5, the asymmetry is found to be AlFB=(4.2±2.3(stat.)+1.7−2.0(syst.))%. We examine the dependence of AlFB on the transverse momentum and rapidity of the lepton. Combination with the asymmetry measured in the final states containing two leptons yields AlFB=(4.2±2.0(stat.)±1.4(syst.))%. The results are in agreement with predictions from the next-to-leading-order QCD generator mc@nlo, which predicts an asymmetry of AlFB=2.0% for |yl|<1.5.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.072001
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.072001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 90
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
SN - 1550-7998
M1 - 072001
ER -