| Composition |
T+ : t d T+ s: t s T0 c: t c T+ b: t b |
|---|---|
| Statistics | bosonic |
| Family | meson |
| Interactions | strong, weak, gravitational, electromagnetic |
| Status | hypothetical |
| Symbol | T0 , T+ , T+ s, T0 c, T+ b |
| Antiparticle |
T+ : T− T+ s: T− s T0 c: T0 c T− b: T+ b |
| Electric charge | T0 , T0 c: 0 e T+ , T+ s, T+ b: +1 e |
| Topness | +1 |
| Isospin | 0 |
T mesons are hypothetical mesons composed of a top quark and one additional subatomic particle. The second subatomic particle can be either an up quark (
T0
), down quark (
T+
), strange quark (
T+
s), charm quark (
T0
c) or bottom antiquark (
T+
b).[1]
Because of the top quark's short lifetime, T mesons are not expected to be found in nature.[2]
The combination of a top quark and top antiquark is not an open T meson, but rather a closed top-quark meson called toponium. Each T meson has an antiparticle that is composed of a top antiquark and an up (
T0
), down (
T−
), strange (
T−
s), charm quark (
T0
c) or bottom quark (
T−
b) respectively.
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