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Top Quark

By Andrew Zimmerman Jones, About.com

Definition: A top quark (symbol t) is a third generation quark with the following properties:
  • Weak Isospin: +1/2
  • Topness (T): 1
  • Charge (proportion of e): +2/3
  • Mass (in MeV/c2): 170200 to 174800

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