Abstract
The forward LHCb acceptance offers the possibility of measuring the top-quark pair asymmetry in a kinematic region that does not receive overwhelming dilution from the symmetric gluon-fusion channel. To investigate this possibility, two leptonic final states are identified, and analysis strategies are proposed for each channel with 14 TeV data. Leading fixed-order predictions are then provided for the relevant leptonic asymmetry variables in each channel. If backgrounds can be experimentally constrained, statistically, a nonzero asymmetry is estimated to be observable beyond confidence level with the full LHCb 14 TeV data.
- Received 22 October 2014
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.054029
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