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{CKM} unitarity normalization tests, present and future
Pub type: Article
Citation: and:2013lpa
Status: Published
Journal: Annalen der Physik
Volume: 525
Year: 2013
Month: July
Pages: 443-451
DOI: 10.1002/andp.201300004
Abstract: The Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) quark-mixing matrix is a central pillar of the Electroweak Standard Model. The elements of the matrix must be determined from experiment, but the Model requires the matrix itself to be unitary. Any deviation from unitarity would signal the presence of “new physics” beyond the Standard Model, so tests of CKM unitarity have attracted considerable attention. Currently the most precise test is of the normalization of the top row, which has now reached a precision of 0.06% based on measurements of superallowed 0+inline image nuclear β decay and of kaon semileptonic and leptonic decays. This work overviews the status of the normalization tests and speculates on likely future improvements.
Month_val: 7
Sig contrib: J. C. Hardy
Authors: Hardy, J. C.
Towner, I. S.
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