2023/06/22 by V. V. Gligorov, Gligorov, Vladimir V.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2306.12728
openalex publication_date 2023/06/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Quark flavour physics is the study of hadrons, their properties, and their decays into other particles. As a discipline it simultaneously catalogues the nature of physical states within the Standard Model of particle physics, and in doing so tests the consistency and completeness of the Standard Model's description of reality. Following the discovery of the Higgs field, it is more essential than ever to critically examine the Standard Model's own coherence. Precision studies of quark flavour are one of the most sensitive experimental instruments for this task. I give a brief and necessarily selective overview of recent developments in quark flavour physics and discuss prospects for the next generation of experiments and facilities, with an emphasis on the energy scales of beyond Standard Model physics probed by these types of measurements.