TOP–ANTITOP-QUARK PRODUCTION AND DECAY PROPERTIES AT THE TEVATRON

Abstract

At the Tevatron, the collider experiments CDF and DØ 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.