A summary of all measurements of the top cross section from this analysis follows. The "unoptimized" numbers correspond to the basic event selection, and the "optimized" measurements have additional requirements on the leptonic W transverse mass and the sum of the transverse energy in the event (Ht) to minimize the background. The "likelihood" value is the result of a simultaneous fit to the single-tag and double-tag cross section (for the optimized analysis). Finally, the "4-jet" result is derived from requiring 4 or more jets in the single-tag, unoptimized analysis. The first results shown (for the optimized analysis) should be considered the default measurements for this analysis.

In the following plots, we attempt to compare kinematic distributions in data and Monte Carlo. The shapes for di-boson, single top, and W+Heavy Flavor backgrounds are taken directly from the simulation. The W+Light Flavor template is usually taken from the data, weighted by the event mistag probability; for vertex properties, the negative tag distributions are used (events with both a positive and negative tag are used for double-tag W+Light Flavor). The Non-W background shape is taken from data that fails only the lepton isolation cut. All plots sum the expectations from the 3, 4, and 5-jet bins (unless otherwise noted), and none of the optimization cuts have been applied. KS Probabilities estimate the agreement between data and Monte Carlo.