Review of particle physics

Authors

J. Beringer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
J. F. Arguin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
R. M. Barnett, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
K. Copic, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
O. Dahl, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
D. E. Groom, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
C. J. Lin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
J. Lys, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
H. Murayama, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
C. G. Wohl, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
W. M. Yao, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
P. A. Zyla, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
C. Amsler, Universität Zürich
M. Antonelli, INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Di Frascati
D. M. Asner, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
H. Baer, Florida State University
H. R. Band, University of Wisconsin-Madison
T. Basaglia, European Organization for Nuclear Research
C. W. Bauer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
J. J. Beatty, The Ohio State University
V. I. Belousov, Institut fiziki vysokikh energii
E. Bergren
G. Bernardi, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies
W. Bertl, Paul Scherrer Institut
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
R. N. Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
M. Carena, The Enrico Fermi Institute

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-20-2012

Abstract

This biennial Review summarizes much of particle physics. Using data from previous editions, plus 2658 new measurements from 644 papers, we list, evaluate, and average measured properties of gauge bosons, leptons, quarks, mesons, and baryons. We summarize searches for hypothetical particles such as Higgs bosons, heavy neutrinos, and supersymmetric particles. 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 the Standard Model, particle detectors, probability, and statistics. Among the 112 reviews are many that are new or heavily revised including those on Heavy-Quark and Soft-Collinear Effective Theory, Neutrino Cross Section Measurements, Monte Carlo Event Generators, Lattice QCD, Heavy Quarkonium Spectroscopy, Top Quark, Dark Matter, Vcb& Vub, Quantum Chromodynamics, High-Energy Collider Parameters, Astrophysical Constants, Cosmological Parameters, and Dark Matter. 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.lbl.gov/. The 2012 edition of Review of Particle Physics is published for the Particle Data Group as article 010001 in volume 86 of Physical Review D. This edition should be cited as: J. Beringer et al. (Particle Data Group), Phys. Rev. D 86, 010001 (2012). © 2012 Regents of the University of California.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Recommended Citation

Beringer, J., Arguin, J., Barnett, R., Copic, K., Dahl, O., Groom, D., Lin, C., Lys, J., Murayama, H., Wohl, C., Yao, W., Zyla, P., Amsler, C., Antonelli, M., Asner, D., Baer, H., Band, H., Basaglia, T., Bauer, C., Beatty, J., Belousov, V., Bergren, E., Bernardi, G., Bertl, W., Bethke, S., Bichsel, H., Biebel, O., Blucher, E., Blusk, S., Brooijmans, G., Buchmueller, O., Cahn, R., & Carena, M. (2012). Review of particle physics. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 86 (1) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.010001