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Reviews, Tables, and Plots
in the 2006 Review of Particle Physics

Please use this CITATION: W.-M. Yao et al. (Particle Data Group), J. Phys. G 33, 1 (2006) (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 (Rev.) 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 HTML PS PDF (2 pages)
Electromagnetic relations (Rev.) PS PDF (2 pages)
Naming scheme for hadrons PS PDF (4 pages)

Standard Model and Related Topics

Quantum chromodynamics (Rev.) errata PS PDF (25 pages)
Electroweak model and constraints on new physics (Rev.) errata PS PDF (50 pages)
Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark-mixing matrix (New) erratum PS PDF (20 pages)
CP violation (Rev.) PS PDF (28 pages)
Neutrino mass, mixing, and flavor change (Rev.) PS PDF (23 pages)
Quark model (Rev.)     erratum PS PDF (20 pages)
Grand Unified Theories (Rev.) PS PDF (20 pages)
Structure Functions (Rev.; see below for more figures) PS PDF (15 pages)
Structure Functions--additional figures (Rev.; see above)     errata PS PDF (8 pages)
Fragmentation Functions (Rev.) PS PDF (26 pages)
Tests of Conservation Laws (Rev.)     errata PS PDF (5 pages)
CPT Invariance Tests in Neutral Kaon Decay (Rev.) PS PDF (4 pages)
CP Violation in KS -> 3pi PS PDF (1 page)
CP Violation in KL Decays (Rev.) PS PDF (12 pages)
V(ud), V(us), Cabibbo Angle, and CKM Unitarity (New) PS PDF (11 pages)
Determination of V(cb) and V(ub) (New) PS PDF (39 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)(Rev.) PS PDF (1 page)
Extraction of Anomalous Z Z gamma,
Z gamma gamma, and Z Z V Neutral Couplings (Rev.)
PS PDF (1 page)
Anomalous W/Z Quartic Coupling (Rev.) PS PDF (2 pages)
The Z Boson (Rev.) PS PDF (17 pages)
 
Charged Leptons
Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment (New) PS PDF (7 pages)
Muon Decay Parameters (Rev.) PS PDF (8 pages)
tau Branching Fractions (Rev.) PS PDF (6 pages)
tau-Lepton Decay Parameters PS PDF (4 pages)
 
Neutrinos
Number of Light Neutrino Types from Collider Experiments PS PDF (2 pages)
Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay (Rev.) PS PDF (5 pages)
Solar Neutrinos Review (Rev. ) PS PDF (18 pages)
 
Quarks
Quark Masses (Rev.) PS PDF (21 pages)
The Top Quark (Rev.) PS PDF (24 pages)
 
Mesons
Pseudoscalar-Meson Decay Constants     erratum PS PDF (4 pages)
Scalar mesons (Rev.) PS PDF (8 pages)
The eta(1440), f_1(1420), and f_1(1510) (Rev.) PS PDF (4 pages)
The Charged Kaon Mass PS PDF (4 pages)
Rare Kaon Decays (Rev.) PS PDF (10 pages)
K(l3)+- and K(l3)0 Form Factors (Rev.) PS PDF (4 pages)
CPT Invariance Tests in Neutral Kaon Decay (Rev.) PS PDF (4 pages)
CP Violation in KS -> 3pi PS PDF (1 page)
V(ud), V(us), Cabibbo Angle, and CKM Unitarity (New) PS PDF (11 pages)
CP Violation in KL Decays (Rev.) PS PDF (12 pages)
Dalitz-Plot Analysis Formalism (New) PS PDF (10 pages)
Review of Charm Dalitz-Plot Analyses (Rev.) PS PDF (9 pages)
D0-- Dbar0 Mixing (Rev.) PS PDF (15 pages)
Ds+ Decay Constant (Rev.) PS PDF (2 pages)
Production and Decay of b-flavored Hadrons (Rev.) PS PDF (27 pages)
Polarization in B Decays (New) PS PDF (6 pages)
B0-- Bbar0 Mixing (Rev.) PS PDF (19 pages)
Determination of V(cb) and V(ub) (New) PS PDF (39 pages)
Branching Ratios of psi(2S) and chi_c(0,1,2) (Rev.) PS PDF (6 pages)
Non-q qbar Mesons (Rev.) PS PDF (7 pages)
 
Baryons
Baryon Decay Parameters PS PDF (4 pages)
N and Delta Resonances (Rev.) PS PDF (5 pages)
Pentaquark Update (New) PS PDF (5 pages)
Radiative Hyperon Decays PS PDF (3 pages)
Charmed Baryons (Rev.) PS PDF (5 pages)
Lambda(c)+ Branching Fractions PS PDF (3 pages)

Hypothetical Particles

Searches for Higgs Bosons (Rev.) PS PDF (30 pages)
Free Quark Searches PS PDF (1 page)
Magnetic Monopole Searches PS PDF (2 pages)
Supersymmetry
 -  Theory (Rev.) PS PDF (40 pages)
 -  Experiment PS PDF (25 pages)
Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry Breaking (Rev.) PS PDF (19 pages)
Searches for Quark and Lepton Compositeness PS PDF (5 pages)
Extra Dimensions (New) PS PDF (22 pages)
Axions and other Very Light Bosons
 -  Theory PS PDF (6 pages)
 -  Astrophysical Constraints PS PDF (7 pages)
 -  Experimental Limits PS PDF (9 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 (Rev.) PS PDF (7 pages)

Astrophysics and Cosmology

Experimental tests of gravitational theory (Rev.) PS PDF (12 pages)
Big-Bang cosmology (Rev.) PS PDF (30 pages)
Big-Bang nucleosynthesis (Rev.) PS PDF (11 pages)
Cosmological parameters (Rev.) PS PDF (25 pages)
Dark matter (Rev.) PS PDF (12 pages)
Cosmic microwave background (Rev.) PS PDF (19 pages)
Cosmic rays (Rev.) erratum PS PDF (19 pages)

Experimental Methods and Colliders

Accelerator physics of colliders (Rev.) PS PDF (8 pages)
High-energy collider parameters (Rev.) PS PDF (3 pages)
Passage of particles through matter (Rev.) errata PS PDF (34 pages)
Particle detectors (Rev.) PS PDF (58 pages)
Radioactivity and radiation protection (Rev.) PS PDF (7 pages)
Commonly used radioactive sources PS PDF (1 page)

Mathematical Tools

Probability PS PDF (11 pages)
Statistics (Rev.) erratum PS PDF (27 pages)
Monte Carlo techniques (Rev.) PS PDF (7 pages)
Monte Carlo particle numbering scheme (Rev.) HTML
Clebsch-Gordan coeff., sph. harmonics, and d functions PS PDF (1 page)
SU(3) isoscalar factors and representation matrices PS PDF (3 pages)
SU(n) multiplets and Young diagrams PS PDF (3 pages)

Kinematics, Cross-Section Formulae, and Plots

Kinematics PS PDF (11 pages)
Cross-section formulae for specific processes (Rev.) errata PS PDF (8 pages)
Plots of cross sections and related quantities (Rev.) erratum HTML PS PDF (17 pages)

Authors, Introductory Text, History plots

Authors (Rev.)

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

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