A hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron.
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1 Image: Illustration of a top quark pair as seen by a particle detector.
2 Upper bounds are also set on couplings of the top quark to new light particles.
3 The top quark was first discovered in 1995 by the Tevatron accelerator, operated by Fermilab in Illinois.
4 When I was in grad school, the big question was: What is the mass of the top quark ?
5 The first observation of the associated production of a single top quark and a W boson is presented.
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