Speaker:  Dr. Tim Tait
          Northwestern University, Argonne National Laboratory

Title:  Top Quark Physics
        (Academic Lecture Series - June 17-19, 2009)

Place: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Physics Building 510, Large Seminar Room

Date/Time(s):  

Lecture #1:   Wednesday, June 17, 2:00 PM EST
Lecture #2:   Thursday, June 18, 11:00 AM EST
Lecture #3:   Friday, June 19, 9:30 AM EST


Abstract:
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I will discuss the top quark, including its production and decay at the Tevatron, LHC, and 
a future high energy e+e- collider.  Top's large mass implies a special role for top inside 
the Standard Model, and may be a clue that top is a window onto new physics as well.  Starting 
with the Standard Model, I will define the parameters we use to describe top, what we have 
measured so far (especially focusing on theory inputs to those measurements) and what 
measurements we can hope for in the future.  Many specific models of physics beyond the 
Standard Model will illustrate places where top may surprise us, or teach us about the TeV 
energy scale.

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