Review of Recent Top Quark Measurements

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent measurements of top quark properties at Fermilab's Tevatron, highlighting new cross section measurements, mass determinations, and limits on single top production, and discusses future prospects.

Contribution

It summarizes the latest experimental results on top quark production and properties from the CDF and DZero collaborations, including new measurements and future directions.

Findings

First measurements of ttbar cross section in multiple channels

Updated top quark mass measurements

New limits on single top production cross sections

Abstract

At the Tevatron Collider at Fermilab, a large number of top quarks have been produced in the ongoing run. The CDF and DZero collaborations have made first measurements of the ttbar cross section in several decay channels, and have measured the top quark mass. In addition, they have set new limits on the cross sections for single top quark production, and have started to measure some of the properties of the top quark via studies of its decays. This paper summarizes the status of these measurements and discusses where they are heading in the next few years. The paper is based on a talk I gave at the Rencontres du Vietnam in Hanoi, August 2004; the results have been updated to show the latest values and new measurements.