Top Quark Physics at the Tevatron
arXiv:1010.1202 · doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.84.211
Abstract
We review the field of top-quark physics with an emphasis on experimental techniques. The role of the top quark in the Standard Model of particle physics is summarized and the basic phenomenology of top-quark production and decay is introduced. We discuss how contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model could affect top-quark properties or event samples. The many measurements made at the Fermilab Tevatron, which test the Standard Model predictions or probe for direct evidence of new physics using the top-quark event samples, are reviewed here.
50 pages, 17 figures, 2 tables; version accepted by Review of Modern Physics