Top-quark

Key Stage 5

Meaning

A top-quark (t) is a type of quark with a charge of \(+\frac{2}{3}\).

About Top-quarks

The top-quark is denoted with a lower case t.

Quark	Charge/e	Strangeness	Baryon Number	Lepton Number
Top-quark	\(Q=+\frac{2}{3}\)	\(S=0\)	\(B=+\frac{1}{3}\)	\(L=0\)
Antitop-quark	\(Q=-\frac{2}{3}\)	\(S=0\)	\(B=-\frac{1}{3}\)	\(L=0\)