The top quark: a portal to new physics in particle colliders

该项目旨在通过研究顶夸克（已知最基本的粒子）来解决粒子物理学的基本问题。该项目将产生关于顶夸克和最近发现的希格斯玻色子的新知识，探索粒子碰撞中暗物质的产生，并可能发现和研究新的现象。该项目将开发可用于基础研究之外的大数据环境的数据分析技术。该项目的预期结果是以一种实质性的方式扩大我们对物质最小组成部分的理解，也可能是对宇宙最大结构的理解。

This project aims to address fundamental questions of particle physics by studying the top quark, the most elementary particle known. The project will generate new knowledge about the top quark and the recently discovered Higgs boson, explore dark matter production in particle collisions, and potentially discover and study new phenomena. The project will develop data analysis techniques that could be used in big data contexts beyond fundamental research. The expected outcome of the project is to expand in a substantial way our understanding of the smallest components of matter and potentially, also of the largest structures of the Universe.