Top Quark Production

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Proton + Antiproton --> Top + Antitop




A quark (from within a proton) and an antiquark (from an antiproton) colliding at high energy can annihilate to produce a top quark and a top antiquark, which then decay into other particles.

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The intermediate stages of this process occur in less than almost a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second, and are not observable.


You can see this as an ANIMATION if you are using Netscape. Depending on your network speed, loading the animation can be quite slow (but worthwhile!).


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