Averages of b-hadron, c-hadron, and τ-lepton properties as of summer 2016

• Published in: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields Vol. 77; no. 12; pp. 1 - 335
• Main Authors: Amhis, Y., Banerjee, Sw, Ben-Haim, E., Bernlochner, F., Bozek, A., Bozzi, C., Chrząszcz, M., Dingfelder, J., Duell, S., Gersabeck, M., Gershon, T., Gerstel, D., Goldenzweig, P., Harr, R., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Kenzie, M., Kuhr, T., Leroy, O., Lusiani, A., Lyu, X. R., Miyabayashi, K., Naik, P., Nanut, T., Oyanguren Campos, A., Patel, M., Pedrini, D., Petrič, M., Rama, M., Roney, M., Rotondo, M., Schneider, O., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Serrano, J., Shwartz, B., Tesarek, R., Tonelli, D., Trabelsi, K., Urquijo, P., Van Kooten, R., Yelton, J., Zupanc, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 21.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag (Germany); Springer
• Subjects: Astronomy; Astrophysics and Cosmology; CP violation; Elementary Particles; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; High Energy Physics - Experiment; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology; Leptons; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Regular Article - Experimental Physics; String Theory
• ISSN: 1434-6044; 1434-6052
• DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5058-4

This article reports world averages of measurements of b -hadron, c -hadron, and τ -lepton properties obtained by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group using results available through summer 2016. For the averaging, common input parameters used in the various analyses are adjusted (rescaled) to common values, and known correlations are taken into account. The averages include branching fractions, lifetimes, neutral meson mixing parameters, C P  violation parameters, parameters of semileptonic decays, and Cabbibo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix elements.