Review of Top Quark Physics Results

Understand

As the heaviest known fundamental particle, the top quark has taken a central role in the study of fundamental interactions.

• Production of top quarks in pairs provides an important probe of strong interactions.
• The top quark mass is a key fundamental parameter which places a valuable constraint on the Higgs boson mass and electroweak symmetry breaking.
• Observations of the relative rates and kinematics of top quark final states constrain potential new physics.