title: Probing new top physics at the LHCb experiment.
abstract: We suggest that top quark physics can be studied at the LHCb experiment and that top quark production could be observed. Since LHCb covers a large pseudorapidity region in the forward direction, it has unique abilities to probe new physics in the top quark sector. Furthermore, we demonstrate that LHCb may be able to measure a t ̄t production rate asymmetry and, thus, indirectly probe an anomalous forward-backward t ̄t asymmetry in the forward region, a possibility suggested by the enhanced forward-backward asymmetry reported by the CDF experiment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kagan
authors.forename: Jernej F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kamenik
authors.forename: Gilad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: Sheldon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stone