Having discovered up, down, strange, charm and bottom quarks

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poojarao

Having discovered up, down, strange, charm and bottom quarks, why did scientists undertake similar experiments using higher and higher energies?

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jtbell

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They were still looking for the top quark.

Naty1

And experimentalists have repeatedly turned up "unexpected" findings that surprise, confound and set new directions...

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