Top Production at the Tevatron: The Antiproton Awakens

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent measurements of top-quark production, spin, and asymmetries at the Fermilab Tevatron, utilizing unique datasets from proton-antiproton collisions at 1.96 TeV, providing insights into the initial state of these collisions.

Contribution

It presents new experimental results on top-quark properties from the Tevatron's unique proton-antiproton collision data.

Findings

Measured top-quark production rates.

Analyzed top-quark spin orientations.

Studied production asymmetries.

Abstract

A long time ago, at a laboratory far, far away, the Fermilab Tevatron collided protons and antiprotons at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$ TeV. The CDF and D0 experiments each recorded datasets of about 10 fb$^{-1}$. As such experiments may never be repeated, these are unique datasets that allow for unique measurements. This presentation describes recent results from the two experiments on top-quark production rates, spin orientations, and production asymmetries, which are all probes of the $p\bar{p}$ initial state.