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+====== TTP04-13 Precision Measurements and CKM Unitarity ======
+   <hidden TTP04-13  Precision Measurements and CKM Unitarity > Determinations of |Vud| and |Vus| along with their implications for the
+ unitarity test |Vud|^2+|Vus|^2+|Vub|^2=1 are discussed. The leading two loop
+ radiative corrections to neutron beta-decay are evaluated and used to derive a
+ refined relationship |Vud|^2 tau_n (1+3g_A^2)=4908(4)sec. Employing |Vud|
+ =0.9740(5) from superallowed nuclear decays and the measured neutron lifetime,
+ tau_n = 885.7(7)sec leads to the precise prediction g_A=1.2703(8) which is
+ compared with current direct experimental values. Various extractions of |Vus|
+ are described and updated. The long accepted Particle Data Group value of |Vus|
+ from fitted K_{e3} decay rates suggests a deviation from CKM unitarity but it
+ is contradicted by more recent experimental results which confirm unitarity
+ with good precision. An outlook for possible future advances is given.
+ </hidden>
+|**Andrzej Czarnecki, William J. Marciano, Alberto Sirlin**  |
+|**  Phys.Rev.  D70 093006 2004  **  |
+| {{preprints:2004:ttp04-13.pdf|PDF}} {{preprints:2004:ttp04-13.ps|PostScript}} [[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0406324|arXiv]]   |
+| |