Status of the Cabibbo Angle

Blucher, E.; De Lucia, E.; Isidori, G.; Lubicz, V.; Abele, H.; Cirigliano, V.; Flores-Mendieta, R.; Flynn, J.; Gatti, C.; Manohar, A.; Marciano, W.; Pavlunin, V.; Pocanic, D.; Schwab, F.; Sirlin, A.; Tarantino, C.; Velasco, M.

Status of the Cabibbo Angle

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We review the recent experimental and theoretical progress in the determination of |V_{ud}| and |V_{us}|, and the status of the most stringent test of CKM unitarity. Future prospects on |V_{cd}| and |V_{cs}| are also briefly discussed.
40 pages, Proceedings of the CKM 2005 Workshop (WG1), UC San Diego, 15-18 March 2005