Abstract
We argue that it is possible to make a consistent picture of Fermilab data including the production and decay of gluinos and squarks. Assuming the stop squark mass is small enough, about half of the top quarks decay to stop squarks, and the loss of standard model top quark pair production rate is compensated by the supersymmetric processes. This behavior is consistent with the reported top quark decay data and suggests several other possible decay signatures. This picture can be tested easily with more data, perhaps even with the data in hand. It also has implications for the top mass measurement and the interpretation of the CERN e+e collider LEP Rb excess.
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