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Reviews, Tables, and Plots
in the 2004 Review of Particle Physics

Please use this CITATION: S. Eidelman et al. (Particle Data Group), Phys. Lett. B 592, 1 (2004) (bibtex)

Standalone figures are now 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 (Rev.) PS PDF (2 pages)
International System of units (SI) PS PDF (2 pages)
Periodic table of the elements (Rev.) errata PS PDF (1 page)
Electronic structure of the elements PS PDF (2 pages)
Atomic and nuclear properties of materials HTML PS PDF (2 pages)
Electromagnetic relations PS PDF (2 pages)
Naming scheme for hadrons (Rev.) PS PDF (3 pages)

Standard Model and Related Topics

Quantum chromodynamics (Rev.) errata PS PDF (25 pages)
Electroweak model and constraints on new physics (Rev.) PS PDF (44 pages)
Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark-mixing matrix (Rev.) errata PS PDF (15 pages)
CP violation (New) PS PDF (24 pages)
Neutrino mass, mixing, and flavor change (Rev.) PS PDF (24 pages)
Quark model (Rev.) PS PDF (14 pages)
Grand Unified Theories PS PDF (15 pages)
Structure Functions (Rev.; see below for more figures) PS PDF (16 pages)
Structure Functions--additional figures (Rev.; see above) PS PDF (8 pages)
Fragmentation Functions (Rev.) PS PDF (15 pages)
Tests of Conservation Laws (Rev.) PS PDF (22 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.) 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) PS PDF (1 page)
Extraction of Anomalous Z Z gamma,
Z gamma gamma, and Z Z V Couplings
PS PDF (1 page)
Anomalous W/Z Quartic Coupling (Rev.) PS PDF (2 pages)
The Z Boson (Rev.) PS PDF (16 pages)
 
Charged Leptons
Muon Decay Parameters PS PDF (7 pages)
tau Branching Fractions (Rev.) PS PDF (4 pages)
 
Neutrinos
Electron, muon, and tau neutrinos (Rev.) PS PDF (3 pages)
Neutrino mass, mixing, and flavor change (Rev.) PS PDF (24 pages)
Number of Light Neutrino Types from Collider Expts. PS PDF (2 pages)
Understanding Two-Flavor Oscillation Parameters and Limits PS PDF (5 pages)
Limits from Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay (Rev.) PS PDF (4 pages)
Solar neutrinos (Rev. ) PS PDF (18 pages)
 
Quarks
Quark Masses (Rev.) PS PDF (17 pages)
The Top Quark (Rev.) PS PDF (14 pages)
 
Mesons
Pseudoscalar-Meson Decay Constants (Rev.) PS PDF (4 pages)
Scalar mesons (Rev.) PS PDF (7 pages)
The eta(1440), f(1420), and f_1(1510) (Rev.) PS PDF (3 pages)
The Charged Kaon Mass PS PDF (4 pages)
Rare Kaon Decays (Rev.) PS PDF (11 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.) errata PS PDF (11 pages)
Review of Charm Dalitz-Plot Analyses (New) errata PS PDF (9 pages)
D0-- Dbar0 Mixing (Rev.) errata PS PDF (13 pages)
Production and Decay of b-flavored Hadrons (Rev.) PS PDF (23 pages)
B0-- Bbar0 Mixing (Rev.) PS PDF (17 pages)
Determination of |V(cb)| (Rev.) PS PDF (19 pages)
Determination of |V(ub)| (Rev.) PS PDF (26 pages)
Branching Ratios of psi(2S) and chi(c0,1,2) (Rev.) PS PDF (6 pages)
Non-q qbar Mesons (Rev.) PS PDF (8 pages)
 
Baryons
Baryon Decay Parameters PS PDF (4 pages)
N and Delta Resonances (Rev.) PS PDF (7 pages)
A Possible Exotic Baryon Resonance (New) PS PDF (13 pages)
Radiative Hyperon Decays (New) 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 (27 pages)
Free Quark Searches PS PDF (1 page)
Magnetic Monopole Searches PS PDF (2 pages)
Supersymmetry
 -  Theory (Rev.) PS PDF (30 pages)
 -  Experiment (Rev.) PS PDF (25 pages)
Dynamical Electroweak Symmetry Breaking (Rev.) PS PDF (16 pages)
Searches for Quark and Lepton Compositeness PS PDF (5 pages)
Extra Dimensions PS PDF (21 pages)
Axions and other Very Light Bosons
 -  Theory PS PDF (6 pages)
 -  Astrophysical Constraints PS PDF (7 pages)
 -  Experimental Limits (Rev.) PS PDF (10 pages)
The W' Searches PS PDF (6 pages)
The Z' Searches PS PDF (10 pages)
Leptoquark Quantum Numbers PS PDF (3 pages)
Non-q qbar Mesons (Rev.) 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.) errata PS PDF (11 pages)
Cosmological parameters (New) PS PDF (25 pages)
Dark matter (New) PS PDF (11 pages)
Cosmic microwave background (New) PS PDF (17 pages)
Cosmic rays PS PDF (19 pages)

Experimental Methods and Colliders

Accelerator physics of colliders (Rev.) PS PDF (9 pages)
High-energy collider parameters (Rev.) PS PDF (3 pages)
Passage of particles through matter PS PDF (33 pages)
Particle detectors (Rev.) errata PS PDF (45 pages)
Radioactivity and radiation protection PS PDF (7 pages)
Commonly used radioactive sources PS PDF (1 page)

Mathematical Tools

Probability (Rev.) PS PDF (10 pages)
Statistics (Rev.) PS PDF (26 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 (10 pages)
Cross-section formulae for specific processes (Rev.) PS PDF (5 pages)
Plots of cross sections and related quantities (Rev.) errata HTML PS PDF (17 pages)

Authors, Introductory Text, History plots

Authors (Rev.)

HTML
Introduction (Rev.) errata PS PDF (15 pages)
Online particle physics information (Rev.) HTML PS PDF (25 pages)
History plots PS PDF (1 page)

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