Combined Forward-Backward Asymmetry Measurements in Top-Antitop Quark Production at the Tevatron

Abstract

The CDF and D0 experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron have measured the asymmetry between yields of forward- and backward-produced top and antitop quarks based on their rapidity difference and the asymmetry between their decay leptons. These measurements use the full data sets collected in proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV. We report the results of combinations of the inclusive asymmetries and their differential dependencies on relevant kinematic quantities. The combined inclusive asymmetry is $A_{\mathrm{FB}}^{t\bar{t}}=0.128\pm 0.025$. The combined inclusive and differential asymmetries are consistent with recent standard model predictions.

Submitted to PRL, 18 pages, 9 figures, includes PRL supplemental material as appendix

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