Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2009-04-16
Prog.Part.Nucl.Phys.63:239-292,2009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
76 pages, 35 figures, submitted to Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.ppnp.2009.08.001
The top quark is the heaviest elementary particle observed to date. Its large mass of about 173 GeV/c^2 makes the top quark act differently than other elementary fermions, as it decays before it hadronises, passing its spin information on to its decay products. In addition, the top quark plays an important role in higher-order loop corrections to standard model processes, which makes the top quark mass a crucial parameter for precision tests of the electroweak theory. The top quark is also a powerful probe for new phenomena beyond the standard model. During the time of discovery at the Tevatron in 1995 only a few properties of the top quark could be measured. In recent years, since the start of Tevatron Run II, the field of top-quark physics has changed and entered a precision era. This report summarises the latest measurements and studies of top-quark properties and gives prospects for future measurements at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Incandela Joseph R.
Quadt Arnulf
Wagner Wolfgang
Wicke Daniel
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