Quarktop
Quarktop is a theoretical concept in particle physics that refers to the hypothetical state of matter where quarks, the fundamental particles that make up protons and neutrons, are no longer confined within hadrons (such as protons and neutrons) but exist freely. This state is believed to have existed in the early universe, just after the Big Bang, when the universe was hot enough to break apart hadrons. The transition from a quark-gluon plasma to a hadronic phase, where quarks are confined, is a topic of ongoing research in high-energy physics.
The study of quarktop is crucial for understanding the strong nuclear force, one of the four fundamental
Experimental evidence for quarktop comes from heavy-ion collisions conducted at facilities like the Large Hadron Collider
The study of quarktop also has implications for astrophysics, particularly in understanding the behavior of matter