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<p class="lead">You discovered the top quark!</p>
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<h5><b>The top quark</b></h5>
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<img class="img-responsive" src="assets/info/t.png" alt="A proton and an antiproton annhilate to form a top-antitop pair" align="center">
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At 174.2 GeV/c<sup>2</sup>, the top quark is the heaviest particle we know of. It belongs to the third generation of quarks and has a charge of ⅔ times the electron charge. As a result of its large mass, it decays (mostly into bottom quarks) almost instantly after it is produced. This behemoth does not form bound states with other quarks or antiquarks.
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It was discovered by the DØ and CDF collaborations at Fermilab in the US.
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Nowadays, top quarks and their properties are studied intensively by ATLAS and CMS at CERN.
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<h5><b>Resources</b></h5>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_quark" target="_blank">The top quark on Wikipedia</a></li>
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