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The bottom (or beauty) quark

A plot from one of the original publications

- The bottom (or beauty) quark is a third-generation quark with a charge of −⅓. It has a large mass (around 4.2 GeV/c2 — more that four times the mass of a proton!). The bottom quark is notable because it is a product in almost all decays of the top quark and is a frequent decay product for the Higgs boson. + The bottom (or beauty) quark is a third-generation quark with a charge of −⅓ times the electron charge. + It has a large mass (around 4.2 GeV/c2 — more that four times the mass of a proton!). + The bottom quark is notable because it is a product in almost all decays of the top quark and is a frequent decay product for the Higgs boson.

History of the discovery

- The bottom quark was predicted in 1973 by physicists Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa as part of their explanation for CP violation. The name “bottom” was introduced in 1975 by Haim Harari. The bottom quark was discovered in 1977 by the Fermilab E288 experiment team led by Leon M. Lederman, when collisions produced bottomonia (mesons with a bottom quark and its antiquark). Kobayashi and Maskawa won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics for their explanation of CP violation. Upon its discovery, there were efforts to name the bottom quark “beauty”, but “bottom” became the predominant name. + The bottom quark was predicted in 1973 by physicists Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa as part of their explanation for CP violation. + The name “bottom” was introduced in 1975 by Haim Harari. + The bottom quark was discovered in 1977 by the Fermilab E288 experiment team led by Leon M. Lederman, when collisions produced bottomonia (mesons with a bottom quark and its antiquark). + Kobayashi and Maskawa won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics for their explanation of CP violation. + Upon its discovery, there were efforts to name the bottom quark “beauty”, but “bottom” became the predominant name.

diff --git a/html/top.html b/html/top.html index 7e7a4a5..46aed2e 100644 --- a/html/top.html +++ b/html/top.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ A proton and an antiproton annhilate to form a top-antitop pair

-At 174.2 GeV/c2, the top quark is the heaviest particle we know of. It belongs to the third generation of quarks and has a charge of ⅔. 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. +At 174.2 GeV/c2, 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.