Particle Data Group

2015 Review of Particle Physics

Please use this CITATION:
K.A. Olive et al. (Particle Data Group), Chin. Phys. C, 38, 090001 (2014) and 2015 update.

Downloadable figures are available for these reviews.

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Introduction, History plots, Online information

Introduction
History plots
Authors
Online particle physics information (rev.)	PDF /	Interactive

Constants, Units, Atomic and Nuclear Properties

Physical Constants (rev.)
Astrophysical Constants
International System of units (SI)
Periodic table of the elements (rev.)
Electronic structure of the elements
Atomic and nuclear properties of materials (rev.)	PDF /	Interactive
Electromagnetic relations
Naming scheme for hadrons

Standard Model and Related Topics

Quantum Chromodynamics (rev.)
Electroweak model and constraints on new physics
Higgs Boson Physics, Status of
Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark-mixing matrix
CP violation in the quark sector (rev.)
Neutrino mass, mixing, and oscillations
Quark model (rev.)
Grand Unified Theories
Heavy-Quark and Soft-Collinear Effective Theory (rev.)
Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (rev.)
Structure Functions (see below for more figures) (rev.)
Structure Functions--additional figures (see above) (rev.)
Fragmentation functions in e+ e-, ep, and pp collisions (rev.)
Tests of Conservation Laws
CPT Invariance Tests in Neutral Kaon Decay
CP Violation in K_S -> 3pi
CP Violation in K_L Decays
V(ud), V(us), Cabibbo Angle, and CKM Unitarity
Semileptonic B meson decays and the determination of V(cb) and V(ub) (rev.)
Resonances (rev.)

Particle Properties
(Hypothetical particles are in a different section further below.)

Gauge Bosons

The Mass and Width of the W Boson

Extraction of Triple Gauge Couplings (TGC's) (rev.)

Anomalous W/Z Quartic Couplings (rev.)

The Z Boson

Anomalous Z Z gamma, Z gamma gamma, and Z Z V Couplings

Charged Leptons

Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment

Muon Decay Parameters

tau Branching Fractions (rev.)

tau-Lepton Decay Parameters

Neutrinos

Number of Light Neutrino Types from Collider Experiments

Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay (rev.)

Neutrino mass, mixing, and oscillations

Introduction to the Neutrino Properties Listings

Sum of Neutrino Masses (rev.)

Introduction to Three-Neutrino Mixing Parameters Listings (rev.)

Form Factors for Radiative Pion and Kaon Decays (rev.)
Note on Scalar mesons below 2 GeV (rev.)
The rho(770)
The Pseudoscalar and Pseudovector mesons in the 1400 MeV Region (rev.)
The rho(1450) and rho(1700)
The Charged Kaon Mass
Rare Kaon Decays (rev.)
Dalitz Plot Parameters for K --> 3 pi Decays
K(l3)+- and K(l3)0 Form Factors
CPT Invariance Tests in Neutral Kaon Decay
CP-Violation in K_S -> 3pi
V(ud), V(us), Cabibbo Angle, and CKM Unitarity
CP-Violation in K_L Decays
K(*)(892) Masses and Mass Differences
Review on Multibody Charm Analyses (rev.)
D⁰- Dbar⁰ Mixing (rev.)
D_s+ Branching Fractions (rev.)
Leptonic Decays of Charged Pseudoscalar Mesons (rev.)
Production and Decay of b-flavored Hadrons
A Note on HFAG Activities (rev.)
Polarization in B Decays (rev.)
B⁰-- Bbar⁰ Mixing
Semileptonic B meson decays and the determination of V(cb) and V(ub) (rev.)
Heavy Quarkonium Spectroscopy
The Charmonium System
Branching Ratios of psi(2S) and chi_c(0,1,2) (rev.)
Width Determination of the Upsilon States
The Bottomonium System
Non q-qbar Mesons (rev.)

Baryons

Baryon Decay Parameters

N and Delta Resonances (rev.)

Baryon Magnetic Moments

Lambda and Sigma Resonances

Pole Structure of the Lambda(1405) Region (new)

The Sigma(1670) Region

Radiative Hyperon Decays

Xi Resonances

Charmed Baryons (rev.)

Collapse table

Hypothetical Particles and Concepts

Free Quark Searches

Magnetic Monopoles (rev.)

Supersymmmetry: Theory (rev.)

Supersymmmetry: Experiment (rev.)

Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry Breaking: Implications of the H (rev.)

Quark and Lepton Compositeness, Searches for (rev.)

Extra Dimensions (rev.)

Axions and Other Similar Particles (rev.)

W'-Boson Searches

Z'-Boson Searches

Leptoquarks (rev.)

WIMP'S and Other Particle Searches

Astrophysics and Cosmology

Experimental tests of gravitational theory (rev.)
Big-Bang cosmology (rev.)
Big-Bang nucleosynthesis (rev.)
Cosmological parameters (rev.)
Dark matter (rev.)
Dark energy (rev.)
Cosmic microwave background (rev.)
Cosmic rays (rev.)

Experimental Methods and Colliders

Accelerator physics of colliders (rev.)

High-energy collider parameters

Neutrino beam lines at High-energy proton synchrotrons

Passage of particles through matter (rev.)

Particle detectors at accelerators (rev.)

Particle detectors for non-accelerator physics (rev.)

Radioactivity and radiation protection

Commonly used radioactive sources

Mathematical Tools

Probability (rev.)

Statistics (rev.)

Monte Carlo techniques

Monte Carlo event generators

Monte Carlo neutrino event generators (rev.)

Monte Carlo particle numbering scheme (rev.)

Clebsch-Gordan coeff., sph. harmonics, and d functions

SU(3) isoscalar factors and representation matrices

SU(n) multiplets and Young diagrams

Kinematics, Cross-Section Formulae, and Plots

Kinematics (rev.)
Cross-section formulae for specific processes
Neutrino cross section measurements (rev.)
Plots of cross sections and related quantities	PDF /	Interactive