2010

Top Quark Physics at the Tevatron

Deliot, Frederic, Glenzinski, Douglas

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We review the field of top-quark physics with an emphasis on experimental techniques.

  • The role of the top quark in the Standard Model of particle physics is summarized and the basic phenomenology of top-quark production and decay is introduced.
  • We discuss how contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model could affect top-quark properties or event samples.
  • The many measurements made at the Fermilab Tevatron, which test the Standard Model predictions or probe for direct evidence of new physics using the top-quark event samples, are reviewed here.

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