http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2009/03/24/single-top-quark-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/ extra dimensions of particle physics Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:52:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2009/03/24/single-top-quark-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-25133 symmetry breaking » Blog Archive » Particle plushie designer digs Fermilab Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:57:28 +0000 http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/?p=2976#comment-25133 [...] Schellman also asked for a plushie to commemorate the first observation of the single top quark, announced in March by DZero and CDF scientists. The single top quark decays into a bottom quark and a W boson, which in turn decays into an electron and a neutrino or a muon and a neutrino. Peasley created a top quark that decays to its final state by unzipping it, revealing two smaller plush toys: an antimuon and a neutrino. The top quark then can be reversed into a bottom quark. You can see this “decay” in this video. [...] [...] Schellman also asked for a plushie to commemorate the first observation of the single top quark, announced in March by DZero and CDF scientists. The single top quark decays into a bottom quark and a W boson, which in turn decays into an electron and a neutrino or a muon and a neutrino. Peasley created a top quark that decays to its final state by unzipping it, revealing two smaller plush toys: an antimuon and a neutrino. The top quark then can be reversed into a bottom quark. You can see this “decay” in this video. [...]

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