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Title: The top quark, 20 years after its discovery

Journal Article · · Physics Today
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2749· OSTI ID:1212742
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  1. Fermi National Accelerator Lab.(FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

In this article, the heaviest of nature’s elementary particles plays an outsized role in many fundamental processes. But because the top quark is so massive, it eluded experimental detection for nearly two decades.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1212742
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-15-086-E; PHTOAD; 1358700
Journal Information:
Physics Today, Vol. 68, Issue 4; ISSN 0031-9228
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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