Kinematics of tt¯ events at CDF

The kinematic properties of $t\overline{t}$ events are studied in the $W+$multijet channel using data collected with the CDF detector during the 1992–1995 runs at the Fermilab Tevatron collider corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 109 pb${}^{-1}.$ Distributions of a variety of kinematic variables chosen to be sensitive to different aspects of $t\overline{t}$ production are compared with those expected from Monte Carlo calculations. A sample of 34 events rich in $t\overline{t}$ pairs is obtained by requiring at least one jet identified by the silicon vertex detector (SVX) as having a displaced vertex consistent with the decay of a b hadron. The data are found to be in good agreement with predictions of the leading order $t\overline{t}$ matrix element with color coherent parton shower evolution.