Toshihide Maskawa
Japanese theoretical physicist (1940–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Toshihide Maskawa (or Masukawa) (益川 敏英, Masukawa Toshihide, 7 February 1940 – 23 July 2021) was a Japanese theoretical physicist known for his work on CP-violation who was awarded one quarter of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature."[1]
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Toshihide Maskawa 益川 敏英 | |
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Born | (1940-02-07)7 February 1940 |
Died | 23 July 2021(2021-07-23) (aged 81) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Nagoya University |
Known for | Work on CP violation CKM matrix |
Spouse | Akiko Takahashi |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Sakurai Prize (1985) Japan Academy Prize (1985) Asahi Prize (1994) Nobel Prize in Physics (2008) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | High energy physics (theory) |
Institutions | Nagoya University Kyoto University Kyoto Sangyo University |
Thesis | 粒子と共鳴準位の混合効果について. (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Shoichi Sakata |
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