Confinement-Free Top Quark
Top quark decays before hadronizing: τ_top≈5×10⁻²⁵s vs τ_QCD≈3×10⁻²⁴s, ratio≈ι_τ/2. Explains why (17/20)ι_τ⁻⁵m_n needs no κ(C;n) correction. The -1449 ppm gap is intrinsic prefactor precision, not missing NLO. All other quarks require confinement corrections.
What this page is
This is a public Results-lane surface for a noteworthy Physics Registry item. It is generated from the Corpus Registry triage catalogue and keeps the generic Result catalogue unchanged.
Registry evidence
- Registry item: IV.P218
- Type: proposition
- Scope: tau-effective
- Lean status: skeleton
- Book / part / chapter: Book IV · Part 5 · Chapter 36
Result summary
Top quark decays before hadronizing: τ_top≈5×10⁻²⁵s vs τ_QCD≈3×10⁻²⁴s, ratio≈ι_τ/2. Explains why (17/20)ι_τ⁻⁵m_n needs no κ(C;n) correction. The -1449 ppm gap is intrinsic prefactor precision, not missing NLO. All other quarks require confinement corrections.
Related Results surfaces
- Color confinement
- Glueballs: Mass Gap = Minimum Glueball Mass
- QCD Confinement
- QCD Phases: Quark-Gluon Plasma as High-Temperature Confinement
- QCD Confinement
- Quark–gluon plasma
- Specific models of quark–gluon plasma formation
- QCD Phases: Quark-Gluon Plasma as High-Temperature Confinement
Reading role
Use as Registry evidence for an existing Results surface.
Claim boundary
This page reports a Registry-backed internal result surface. It is not an external validation claim, a scientific consensus claim, or independent acceptance.
Curation rationale
- physics-facing terms: qcd
- candidate is better handled as evidence for an inferred existing public surface
Review notes
- No additional review notes recorded.