Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in the distribution of leptons in events in the channel
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 inverse fb of integrated luminosity, is used. The asymmetry measured for reconstructed leptons is $$A_{FB}^l = \big(2.9 \pm 2.1(stat.) ^{+1.5}_{-1.7}(syst.) \big)$$%. When corrected for efficiency and resolution effects within the lepton rapidity coverage of $$|y_l|<1.5$$, the asymmetry is found to be $$A_{FB}^l = \big(4.2 \pm 2.3(stat.) ^{+1.7}_{-2.0}(syst.) \big)$$%. Combination with the asymmetry measured in the dilepton final state yields $$A_{FB}^l = \big(4.2 \pm 2.0(stat.) \pm 1.4(syst.) \big)$$%. We examine the dependence of $$A_{FB}^l$$ on the transverse momentum and rapidity of the lepton. The results are in agreement with predictions from the next-to-leading-order QCD generator \mcatnlo, which predicts an asymmetry of $$A_{FB}^l = 2.0$$% for $$|y_l|<1.5$$.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Organization:
- D0 Collaboration
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1289721
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-14-041-E; arXiv:1403.1294; 1283842
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 90, Issue 7; ISSN 1550-7998
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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