The #TopQuark decays too fast to hadronize. Its lifetime (~5×10⁻²⁵ s) is shorter than #QCD timescales (~10⁻²⁴ s). So we see a "bare" quark decay: t → W + b, before confinement. A rare clean look into quark physics. 🧪⚛️ #Science #ParticlePhysics #Physics Image: commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:To...

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