• Question: Why did it take so long to observe the top quark after observing the other five?

    Asked by freddie to Suzie on 15 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Suzie Sheehy answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      To be honest I can’t remember the exact reason but it is much heavier than the other five and decays really quickly… so first you need a much higher energy collision to produce it (so a bigger accelerator) and secondly it’s very hard to observe because it is so short lived!
      I can look up some more if you want to know more… just let me know

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