Top-Antitop-Quark Production and Decay Properties at the Tevatron

Abstract

At the Tevatron, the collider experiments CDF and DO have data sets at their disposal that comprise a few thousand reconstructed top-antitop-quark pairs and allow for precision measurements of the cross section as well as production and decay properties. Besides comparing the measurements to standard model predictions, these data sets open a window to physics beyond the standard model. Dedicated analyses look for new heavy gauge bosons, fourth generation quarks, and flavor-changing neutral currents. In this mini-review the current status of these measurements is summarized.

Mini-review to be submitted to Mod. Phys. Lett. A, was derived from the proceedings of the 21st Rencontres de Blois: Windows on the Universe, Blois, France, 21. - 27. June 2009. 19 pages. 2nd revision: correct a few minor mistakes, update references.

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