Review of Particle Physics

2006/01/31 by Ofer Lahav, Brian Fields, W-M Yao et al +2 · 242 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/33/1/001

published as J.Phys.G33:1,2006 · 11 pages, 1 (new) figure; from Review of Particle Physics 2006 (http://pdg.lbl.gov/)

openalex publication_date 2006/07/01 · arxiv created 2006/10/02 · arxiv updated 2011/02/09 · openalex created_date 2021/02/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

This biennial Review summarizes much of particle physics. Using data from previous editions, plus 2633 new measurements from 689 papers, we list, evaluate, and average measured properties of gauge bosons, leptons, quarks, mesons, and baryons. We also summarize searches for hypothetical particles such as Higgs bosons, heavy neutrinos, and supersymmetric particles. All the particle properties and search limits are listed in Summary Tables. We also give numerous tables, figures, formulae, and reviews of topics such as the Standard Model, particle detectors, probability, and statistics. Among the 110 reviews are many that are new or heavily revised including those on CKM quark-mixing matrix, V ud & V us , V cb & V ub , top quark, muon anomalous magnetic moment, extra dimensions, particle detectors, cosmic background radiation, dark matter, cosmological parameters, and big bang cosmology. A booklet is available containing the Summary Tables and abbreviated versions of some of the other sections of this full Review . All tables, listings, and reviews (and errata) are also available on the Particle Data Group website: http://pdg.lbl.gov .

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