History of the Discovery of Quarks

• SLAC, 1968

  • Discovery of quarks in electron-proton scattering

• SLAC and Brookhaven, 1974

  • Discovery of the charm quark in electron-positron annihilation

• Fermilab, 1977

  • Discovery of the bottom quark in proton collisions

• Fermilab, 1995

  • Discovery of the top quark in proton-antiproton annihiliation

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