Measurement of the $t\overline{t}$ production cross section in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96\mathrm{TeV}$ using kinematic characteristics of $\mathrm{\text{lepton}}+\mathrm{\text{jets}}$ events

We present a measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96\mathrm{TeV}$ utilizing $425{\mathrm{pb}}^{-1}$ of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We consider the final state of the top quark pair containing one high-$p_T$ electron or muon and at least four jets. We exploit specific kinematic features of $t\overline{t}$ events to extract the cross section. For a top quark mass of 175 GeV, we measure ${\sigma }_{t\overline{t}}={6.4}_{-1.2}^{+1.3}(\mathrm{stat})\pm 0.7(\mathrm{syst})\pm 0.4(\mathrm{lum})\mathrm{pb}$, in good agreement with the standard model prediction.