The discovery of the top quark
C. Campagnari, M. Franklin

TL;DR
This paper reviews the search for the top quark, including experimental evidence, measurements, and theoretical predictions, establishing its discovery and discussing future research directions.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive review of the top quark discovery, including experimental methods, measurements, and theoretical context, highlighting the particle's properties and future research prospects.
Findings
Evidence for top quark production at Fermilab
Precise electroweak measurements of top quark mass
Discussion of future measurements and properties
Abstract
Evidence for pair production of a new particle consistent with the Standard Model top quark has been reported recently by groups studying proton anti-proton collisions at 1.8 TeV center of mass energy at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. In this paper we review the history of the search for the top quark in electron positron and proton anti-proton collisions. We report on a number of precise electro-weak measurements and the value of the top quark mass which can be extracted from these measurements within the context of the Standard Model. We review the theoretical predictions for top quark production and the dominant backgrounds. We describe the collider and the detectors that were used to measure the pair production process and follow on to describe the data from which the existence of the top quark is evinced. Finally, we present possible measurements that could be made in…
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