Report of the Quark Flavor Physics Working Group

• Main Authors: Butler, J. N, Ligeti, Z, Ritchie, J. L, Cirigliano, V, Kettell, S, Briere, R, Petrov, A. A, Schwartz, A, Skwarnicki, T, Zupan, J, Christ, N, Sharpe, S. R, Van de Water, R. S, Altmannshofer, W, Arkani-Hamed, N, Artuso, M, Asner, D. M, Bernard, C, Bevan, A. J, Blanke, M, Bonvicini, G, Browder, T. E, Bryman, D. A, Campana, P, Cenci, R, Cline, D, Comfort, J, Cronin-Hennessy, D, Datta, A, Dobbs, S, Duraisamy, M, El-Khadra, A. X, Fast, J. E, Forty, R, Flood, K. T, Gershon, T, Grossman, Y, Hamilton, B, Hill, C. T, Hill, R. J, Hitlin, D. G, Jaffe, D. E, Jawahery, A, Jessop, C. P, Kagan, A. L, Kaplan, D. M, Kohl, M, Krizan, P, Kronfeld, A. S, Lee, K, Littenberg, L. S, MacFarlane, D. B, Mackenzie, P. B, Meadows, B. T, Olsen, J, Papucci, M, Parsa, Z, Paz, G, Perez, G, Piilonen, L. E, Pitts, K, Purohit, M. V, Quinn, B, Ratcliff, B. N, Roberts, D. A, Rosner, J. L, Rubin, P, Seeman, J, Seth, K. K, Schmidt, B, Schopper, A, Sokoloff, M. D, Soni, A, Stenson, K, Stone, S, Sundrum, R, Tschirhart, R, Vainshtein, A, Wah, Y. W, Wilkinson, G, Wise, M. B, Worcester, E, Xu, J, Yamanaka, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 05.11.2013
• Subjects: Physics - High Energy Physics - Experiment; Physics - High Energy Physics - Lattice; Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1311.1076

This report represents the response of the Intensity Frontier Quark Flavor Physics Working Group to the Snowmass charge. We summarize the current status of quark flavor physics and identify many exciting future opportunities for studying the properties of strange, charm, and bottom quarks. The ability of these studies to reveal the effects of new physics at high mass scales make them an essential ingredient in a well-balanced experimental particle physics program.