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Review of particle physics

  • Particle Data Group
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  • Institute for High Energy Physics
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  • University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • University of Cambridge
  • Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
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  • University of Oklahoma
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  • University of Zurich
  • Ohio State University
  • Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute)
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  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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  • Imperial College London
  • Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
  • University of Virginia
  • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • CERN
  • University of Sussex
  • Northern Illinois University
  • University of California at San Diego
  • Royal Holloway University of London
  • Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
  • Universidad Nacional de San Martin
  • Northwestern University
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
  • University of Liverpool

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Abstract

The Review summarizes much of particle physics and cosmology. Using data from previous editions, plus 3,324 new measurements from 878 papers, we list, evaluate, and average measured properties of gauge bosons and the recently discovered Higgs boson, leptons, quarks, mesons, and baryons. We summarize searches for hypothetical particles such as supersymmetric particles, heavy bosons, axions, dark photons, etc. Particle properties and search limits are listed in Summary Tables. We give numerous tables, figures, formulae, and reviews of topics such as Higgs Boson Physics, Supersymmetry, Grand Unified Theories, Neutrino Mixing, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Cosmology, Particle Detectors, Colliders, Probability and Statistics. Among the 120 reviews are many that are new or heavily revised, including a new review on High Energy Soft QCD and Diffraction and one on the Determination of CKM Angles from B Hadrons. The Review is divided into two volumes. Volume 1 includes the Summary Tables and 98 review articles. Volume 2 consists of the Particle Listings and contains also 22 reviews that address specific aspects of the data presented in the Listings. The complete Review (both volumes) is published online on the website of the Particle Data Group (pdg.lbl.gov) and in a journal. Volume 1 is available in print as the PDG Book. A Particle Physics Booklet with the Summary Tables and essential tables, figures, and equations from selected review articles is available in print and as a web version optimized for use on phones as well as an Android app.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-2093
Number of pages2093
JournalProgress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Volume2020
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

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