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The Pair Production of Quarks
Author(s) -
Marshall R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
physikalische blätter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3722
pISSN - 0031-9279
DOI - 10.1002/phbl.19970530714
Subject(s) - annihilation , quark , particle physics , physics , pair production , production (economics) , electron–positron annihilation , nuclear physics , hadron , economics , macroeconomics
A brief overview of the history of e + e − annihilation is presented, from the first days in the 1950s up to the start of PETRA in 1978. The pre‐LEP situation on R measurements is reviewed, followed by a description of how the b‐quark measurements at PETRA showed that the t‐quark must exist.