Review of particle physics

Authors

K. A. Olive, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
K. Agashe, University of Maryland, College Park
C. Amsler, University of Bern
M. Antonelli, INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Di Frascati
J. F. Arguin, University of Montreal
D. M. Asner, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
H. Baer, University of Oklahoma
H. R. Band, University of Wisconsin-Madison
R. M. Barnett, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
T. Basaglia, European Organization for Nuclear Research
C. W. Bauer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
J. J. Beatty, The Ohio State University
V. L. Belousov, Institut fiziki vysokikh energii
J. Beringer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
G. Bernardi, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies
S. Bethke, Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute)
H. Bichsel, University of Washington
O. Biebel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
E. Blucher, The Enrico Fermi Institute
S. Blusk, Syracuse University
G. Brooijmans, Columbia University
O. Buchmueller, Imperial College London
V. Burkert, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
M. A. Bychkov, University of Virginia
R. N. Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
M. Carena, The Enrico Fermi Institute
A. Ceccucci, European Organization for Nuclear Research
A. Cerri, University of Sussex
D. Chakraborty, Northern Illinois University
M. C. Chen, University of California, Irvine
R. S. Chivukula, Michigan State University
K. Copie, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
G. Cowan, Royal Holloway, University of London

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2014

Abstract

The Review summarizes much of particle physics and cosmology. Using data from previous editions, plus 3,283 new measurements from 899 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 heavy neutrinos, supersymmetric and technicolor particles, axions, dark photons, etc. 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 Supersymmetry, Extra Dimensions, Particle Detectors, Probability, and Statistics. Among the 112 reviews are many that are new or heavily revised including those on: Dark Energy, Higgs Boson Physics, Electroweak Model, Neutrino Cross Section Measurements, Monte Carlo Neutrino Generators, Top Quark, Dark Matter, Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry Breaking, Accelerator Physics of Colliders, High-Energy Collider Parameters, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Astrophysical Constants and Cosmological Parameters. 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.Ibi.gov.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Chinese Physics C

Recommended Citation

Olive, K., Agashe, K., Amsler, C., Antonelli, M., Arguin, J., Asner, D., Baer, H., Band, H., Barnett, R., Basaglia, T., Bauer, C., Beatty, J., Belousov, V., Beringer, J., Bernardi, G., Bethke, S., Bichsel, H., Biebel, O., Blucher, E., Blusk, S., Brooijmans, G., Buchmueller, O., Burkert, V., Bychkov, M., Cahn, R., Carena, M., Ceccucci, A., Cerri, A., Chakraborty, D., Chen, M., Chivukula, R., Copie, K., & Cowan, G. (2014). Review of particle physics. Chinese Physics C, 38 (9) https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/38/9/090001