{"paper":{"title":"Measurement of the top quark forward-backward production asymmetry and its dependence on event kinematic properties","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"hep-ex","authors_text":"A. Anastassov, A. Annovi, A. Artikov, A. Aurisano, A. Barbaro-Galtieri, A. Beretvas, A. Bhatti, A. Bocci, A. Bodek, A. Boveia, A. Buzatu, A.B. Wicklund, A. Calamba, A. Castro, A. Cerri, A. Clark, A. Di Canto, A. Driutti, A. Elagin, A.F. Garfinkel, A. Golossanov, A. Hocker, A. Ivanov, A. Kasmi, A. Limosani, A. Loginov, A. Manousakis-Katsikakis, A. Mazzacane, A. Mehta, A. Mitra, A. Mukherjee, A.M. Zanetti, A. Napier, A. Pranko, A. Robson, A. Ruiz, A. Safonov, A. Savoy-Navarro, A. Semenov, A. Simonenko, A. Sukhanov, A.T. Goshaw, A.T. Laasanen, A.V. Kotwal, A. Warburton, B.A. Barnett, B. Auerbach, B. Blumenfeld, B. Carls, B. Casal, B. Di Ruzza, B. Esham, B. Jayatilaka, B. Kilminster, B.L. Winer, B. Stelzer, C.A. Cox, C. Bromberg, C. Clarke, CDF Collaboration: T. Aaltonen, C. Grosso-Pilcher, C. Hays, C. Mesropian, C.M. Ginsburg, C. Neu, C. Pagliarone, C. Paus, C. Plager, C.S. Moon, C. Vellidis, C. Vernieri, C. Zhou, D. Amidei, D. Benjamin, D. Bortoletto, D. Carlsmith, D. Cauz, D. Chokheli, D. Cruz, D. Glenzinski, D. Goldin, D.H. Kim, D. Jang, D.J. Cox, D.J. Kong, D. Lucchesi, D. Mietlicki, D. Stentz, D. Toback, D. Tonelli, D. Torretta, D. Waters, D. Whiteson, D. Yamato, E. Brucken, E.E. Schmidt, E. Gerchtein, E. Gramellini, E. James, E.J. Jeon, E. Lipeles, E. Palencia, E. Pianori, E. Thomson, F. Azfar, F. Bedeschi, F. Canelli, F. Devoto, F.D. Snider, F. Happacher, F. Margaroli, F. Prokoshin, F. Ptohos, F. Rimondi, F. Ruffini, F. Sforza, F. Ukegawa, F. V\\'azquez, G. Apollinari, G. Bellettini, G. Busetto, G.B. Yu, G. Chiarelli, G. Chlachidze, G. Flanagan, G. Giurgiu, G. Gomez, G. Gomez-Ceballos, G. Introzzi, G. Latino, G. Lungu, G. Manca, G. Pauletta, G. Piacentino, G. Punzi, G.P. Yeh, G. Velev, G. Volpi, H. Frisch, H. Gerberich, H.H. Williams, H. Liu, H. Miyake, H.S. Budd, H.S. Kim, H.S. Lee, H. Song, H. Wolfe, I. Gorelov, I. Nakano, I. Oksuzian, I. Redondo Fern\\'andez, I. Shreyber-Tecker, I. Suslov, I. Yu, J.A. Appel, J. Antos, J. Asaadi, J. Bellinger, J. Boudreau, J. Budagov, J.C. Freeman, J. Conway, J. Cuevas, J.D. Lewis, J.E. Kim, J. Guimaraes da Costa, J. Heinrich, J. Huston, J. Keung, J. Konigsberg, J. Kroll, J.L. Rosner, J. Lueck, J. Lys, J. Nachtman, J. Naganoma, J. Nett, J.P. Fern\\'andez Ramos, J. Pilot, J.R. Dittmann, J.R. Smith, J. Russ, J.S. Lee, J. Strologas, J.S. Wilson, J. Tang, J. Thom, J. Viz\\'an, J.Y. Han, J. Yoh, K. Burkett, K. Cho, K. Ebina, K. Gibson, K. Goulianos, K. Hara, K. Hatakeyama, K.K. Joo, K. Knoepfel, K. Kondo, K. Lannon, K. Matera, K. Pitts, K. Potamianos, K.R. Bland, K. Sato, K. Sliwa, K. Takemasa, K. Tollefson, K. Yamamoto, K. Yi, K. Yorita, L. Brigliadori, L. Cerrito, L. Demortier, L. Nodulman, L. Oakes, L. Ortolan, L. Pondrom, L. Ristori, L. Santi, L. Scodellaro, M. Bauce, M. Campanelli, M. Casarsa, M. Cavalli-Sforza, M. Chertok, M. Corbo, M. Cordelli, M. Cremonesi, M. Datta, M. Deninno, M. d'Errico, M. D'Onofrio, M. Dorigo, M.E. Convery, M.E. Mattson, M. Franklin, M. Gold, M. Goncharov, M. Hare, M. Herndon, M. Hussein, M. Iori, M.J. Kim, M.J. Morello, M. Jones, M. Kambeitz, M. Kirby, M. Kreps, M. Kruse, M. Kurata, M. Lancaster, M. Mart\\'inez, M. Mussini, M. Paulini, M. Rescigno, M. Ronzani, M. Shimojima, M. Shochet, M. Stancari, M. Tecchio, M. Trovato, M. Vidal, M. Vogel, N. D'Ascenzo, N. Giokaris, N. Kimura, N. Moggi, N. Ranjan, O. Gonz\\'alez L\\'opez, O. Norniella, O. Stelzer-Chilton, P. Barria, P. Bartos, P. Bussey, P. Butti, P. Catastini, P. de Barbaro, P.E. Karchin, P.F. Shepard, P. Garosi, P. Giromini, P.K. Teng, P. Lujan, P. Lukens, P. Maestro, P. Marino, P. Mazzanti, P. Mehtala, P. Murat, P. Palni, P. Renton, P. Schlabach, P. Sinervo, P. Totaro, P. Wagner, P. Wilson, P. Wittich, Q. Liu, R. Carosi, R.C. Group, R. Culbertson, R. Edgar, R.E. Hughes, R. Erbacher, R. Eusebi, R.F. Harr, R. Field, R. Forrest, R. Lysak, R. Madrak, R. McNulty, R. Moore, R. Orava, R. Roser, R. St. Denis, R. Vilar, R. Wallny, S. Amerio, S. Behari, S.B. Kim, S. Camarda, S. Carrillo, S. Donati, S. Errede, S. Farrington, S. Giagu, S. Grinstein, S.H. Kim, S.H. Oh, S. Hou, S. Jindariani, S. Lammel, S. Leone, S. Lockwitz, S. Malik, S. Moed, S.M. Wang, S. Poprocki, S.R. Hahn, S. Rolli, S. Seidel, S. Tokar, S. Torre, S. Uozumi, S. Wilbur, S. Wolbers, S.Y. Jun, S.Y. Noh, S.Z. Shalhout, S. Zucchelli, T. Arisawa, T. Bae, T. Harrington-Taber, Th. Muller, T.J. Phillips, T. Kamon, T. Kuhr, T. Liu, T. Miao, T. Nigmanov, T. Okusawa, T. Riddick, T.R. Junk, T. Rodriguez, T. Schwarz, T. Shears, T. Tomura, T. Wright, T. Yang, T. Yoshida, U. Husemann, U.K. Yang, V. Cavaliere, V.E. Barnes, V. Giakoumopoulou, V. Glagolev, V. Papadimitriou, V. Rusu, V. Saveliev, V. Sorin, V. Thukral, W. Ashmanskas, W. Badgett, W.C. Wester III, W. Hopkins, W. Ketchum, W.K. Sakumoto, W.-M. Yao, W. Parker, X. Wu, Y.C. Chen, Y.C. Yang, Y.D. Oh, Y. Funakoshi, Y.J. Kim, Y. Kato, Y.K. Kim, Y. Nagai, Y. Sakurai, Y. Seiya, Y. Sudo, Y. Takeuchi, Y. Zeng, Z. Hong, Z. Wu","submitted_at":"2012-11-05T20:53:45Z","abstract_excerpt":"We present new measurements of the inclusive forward-backward ttbar production asymmetry, AFB, and its dependence on several properties of the ttbar system. The measurements are performed with the full Tevatron data set recorded with the CDF II detector during ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.4 fb^(-1). We measure the asymmetry using the rapidity difference Delta-y=y_(t)-y_(tbar). Parton-level results are derived, yielding an inclusive asymmetry of 0.164+/-0.047 (stat + syst). 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