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Reviews, Tables, and Plots
in the 2005 web update of Review of Particle Physics

Please use this CITATION: S. Eidelman et al. (Particle Data Group), Phys. Lett. B 592, 1 (2004) and 2005 partial update for the 2006 edition available on the PDG WWW pages (URL: http://pdg.lbl.gov/) (bibtex)

Standalone figures are available for these reviews.

Categories:
* Constants, Units, Atomic and Nuclear Properties
* Standard Model and Related Topics
* Particle Properties
* Hypothetical Particles
* Astrophysics and Cosmology
* Experimental Methods and Colliders
* Mathematical Tools
* Kinematics, Cross-Section Formulae, and Plots
* Authors, Introductory Text, History plots


Constants, Units, Atomic and Nuclear Properties

Physical constants (2004v) PS PDF (1 page)
Astrophysical constants and parameters (Rev.) PS PDF (2 pages)
International System of units (SI) PS PDF (2 pages)
Periodic table of the elements (Rev.) PS PDF (1 page)
Electronic structure of the elements (Rev.) PS PDF (2 pages)
Atomic and nuclear properties of materials (2004v) HTML PS PDF (2 pages)
Electromagnetic relations (Rev.) PS PDF (2 pages)
Naming scheme for hadrons (2004v) PS PDF (3 pages)

Standard Model and Related Topics

Quantum chromodynamics (Rev.) PS PDF (26 pages)
Electroweak model and constraints on new physics (2004v) PS PDF (44 pages)
Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark-mixing matrix (2004v) errata PS PDF (15 pages)
CP violation (Rev.) PS PDF (28 pages)
Neutrino mass, mixing, and flavor change (Rev.) PS PDF (23 pages)
Quark model (2004v) PS PDF (14 pages)
Grand Unified Theories (Rev.) PS PDF (21 pages)
Structure Functions (Rev.; see below for more figures) PS PDF (17 pages)
Structure Functions--additional figures (Rev.; see above) PS PDF (8 pages)
Fragmentation Functions (Rev.) PS PDF (27 pages)
Tests of Conservation Laws (2004v) PS PDF (22 pages)
CPT Invariance Tests in Neutral Kaon Decay (2004v) PS PDF (4 pages)
CP Violation in KS -> 3pi (2004v) PS PDF (1 page)
CP Violation in KL Decays (2004v) errata PS PDF (11 pages)

Particle Properties

(Hypothetical particles are listed below.)
The Mass of the W Boson (Rev.) PS PDF (3 pages)
Extraction of Triple Gauge Couplings (TGC's)(2004v) PS PDF (1 page)
Extraction of Anomalous Z Z gamma,
Z gamma gamma, and Z Z V Couplings (2004v)
PS PDF (1 page)
Anomalous W/Z Quartic Coupling (2004v) PS PDF (2 pages)
The Z Boson (Rev.) PS PDF (16 pages)
 
Charged Leptons
Muon Decay Parameters (2004v) PS PDF (7 pages)
Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment (New) PS PDF (7 pages)
tau Branching Fractions (2004v) PS PDF (4 pages)
 
Neutrinos
Electron, muon, and tau neutrinos (2004v) PS PDF (3 pages)
Neutrino mass, mixing, and flavor change (Rev.) PS PDF (23 pages)
Number of Light Neutrino Types from Collider Expts. (2004v) PS PDF (2 pages)
Understanding Two-Flavor Oscillation Parameters and Limits (2004v) PS PDF (5 pages)
Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay (Rev.) PS PDF (5 pages)
Solar neutrinos (Rev. ) PS PDF (18 pages)
 
Quarks
Quark Masses (2004v.) PS PDF (17 pages)
The Top Quark (Rev.) PS PDF (22 pages)
 
Mesons
Pseudoscalar-Meson Decay Constants (2004v) PS PDF (4 pages)
Scalar mesons (2004v) PS PDF (7 pages)
The eta(1440), f(1420), and f_1(1510) (2004v) PS PDF (3 pages)
The Charged Kaon Mass (2004v) PS PDF (4 pages)
Rare Kaon Decays (Rev.) PS PDF (10 pages)
CPT Invariance Tests in Neutral Kaon Decay (2004v) PS PDF (4 pages)
CP Violation in KS -> 3pi (2004v) PS PDF (1 page)
CP Violation in KL Decays (2004v) errata PS PDF (11 pages)
Review of Charm Dalitz-Plot Analyses (2004v) errata PS PDF (9 pages)
D0-- Dbar0 Mixing (2004v) errata PS PDF (13 pages)
Ds+ Decay Constant (2004v) PS PDF (2 pages)
Production and Decay of b-flavored Hadrons (2004v) PS PDF (23 pages)
B0-- Bbar0 Mixing (2004v) PS PDF (17 pages)
Determination of V(cb) and V(ub) (New) PS PDF (39 pages)
V(ud), V(us), the Cabibbo Angle, and CKM Unitarity (New) PS PDF (11 pages)
Branching Ratios of psi(2S) and chi(c0,1,2) (2004v) PS PDF (6 pages)
Non-q qbar Mesons (2004v) PS PDF (8 pages)
 
Baryons
Baryon Decay Parameters (2004v) PS PDF (4 pages)
N and Delta Resonances (2004v) PS PDF (7 pages)
A Possible Exotic Baryon Resonance (2004v) PS PDF (13 pages)
Radiative Hyperon Decays (2004v) PS PDF (3 pages)
Charmed Baryons (2004v) PS PDF (5 pages)
Lambda(c)+ Branching Fractions (2004v) PS PDF (3 pages)

Hypothetical Particles

Searches for Higgs Bosons (Rev.) PS PDF (30 pages)
Free Quark Searches (2004v) PS PDF (1 page)
Magnetic Monopole Searches (2004v) PS PDF (2 pages)
Supersymmetry
 -  Theory (Rev.) PS PDF (37 pages)
 -  Experiment (2004v) PS PDF (25 pages)
Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry Breaking (Rev.) PS PDF (18 pages)
Searches for Quark and Lepton Compositeness (2004v) PS PDF (5 pages)
Extra Dimensions (Rev.) PS PDF (22 pages)
Axions and other Very Light Bosons
 -  Theory (2004v) PS PDF (6 pages)
 -  Astrophysical Constraints (2004v) PS PDF (7 pages)
 -  Experimental Limits (2004v) PS PDF (10 pages)
The W' Searches (Rev.) PS PDF (6 pages)
The Z' Searches (Rev.) PS PDF (10 pages)
Leptoquark Quantum Numbers (Rev.) PS PDF (5 pages)
Non-q qbar Mesons (2004v) PS PDF (8 pages)

Astrophysics and Cosmology

Experimental tests of gravitational theory (Rev.) PS PDF (13 pages)
Big-Bang cosmology (Rev.) PS PDF (30 pages)
Big-Bang nucleosynthesis (Rev.) PS PDF (11 pages)
Cosmological parameters (Rev.) PS PDF (26 pages)
Dark matter (Rev.) PS PDF (12 pages)
Cosmic microwave background (Rev.) PS PDF (19 pages)
Cosmic rays (Rev.) PS PDF (19 pages)

Experimental Methods and Colliders

Accelerator physics of colliders (Rev.) PS PDF (8 pages)
High-energy collider parameters (2004v) PS PDF (3 pages)
Passage of particles through matter (Rev.) PS PDF (34 pages)
Particle detectors (Rev.) PS PDF (51 pages)
Radioactivity and radiation protection (Rev.) PS PDF (7 pages)
Commonly used radioactive sources (2004v) PS PDF (1 page)

Mathematical Tools

Probability (2004v) PS PDF (10 pages)
Statistics (Rev.) PS PDF (27 pages)
Monte Carlo techniques (Rev.) PS PDF (7 pages)
Monte Carlo particle numbering scheme (2004v) HTML
Clebsch-Gordan coeff., sph. harmonics, and d functions (2004v) PS PDF (1 page)
SU(3) isoscalar factors and representation matrices (2004v) PS PDF (3 pages)
SU(n) multiplets and Young diagrams (2004v) PS PDF (3 pages)

Kinematics, Cross-Section Formulae, and Plots

Kinematics (2004v) PS PDF (8 pages)
Cross-section formulae for specific processes (Rev.) PS PDF (8 pages)
Plots of cross sections and related quantities (Rev.) HTML(2004) PS PDF (17 pages)

Authors, Introductory Text, History plots

Authors (2004v)

HTML
Introduction (2004v) errata PS PDF (15 pages)
Online particle physics information (Rev.) HTML PS PDF (28 pages)
History plots (2004v) PS PDF (1 page)

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