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Toshihide Maskawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on CP violation and quark mixing. He was born in Nagoya in 1940, studied at Nagoya University and Kyoto University, and died in Kyoto in 2021.
Aug 10, 2021 · Toshihide Maskawa, a theoretical physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for correctly predicting the existence of three families of fundamental particles called quarks, which helped explain...
Jul 23, 2021 · Toshihide Maskawa was a Japanese particle physicist who discovered the origin of the broken symmetry that predicts the existence of three families of quarks. He shared the Nobel Prize with Makoto Kobayashi for their work on the asymmetrical decay of kaons.
Jul 19, 2024 · Maskawa Toshihide (born February 7, 1940, Nagoya, Japan—died July 23, 2021, Kyōto) was a Japanese physicist who was a corecipient, with Yoichiro Nambu and Kobayashi Makoto, of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Toshihide Maskawa, a Japanese physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 for his contributions to the theory of quark flavour. Read his biography, from his childhood in Nagoya to his research on the CP violation in the standard model of particle physics.
Jul 30, 2021 · Maskawa shared the 2008 Nobel prize with Kobayashi for their work on the mechanism of broken symmetry that led to the prediction of a new family of quarks. He was a pioneer in quark mixing and symmetry breaking in particle physics, but had little international recognition.
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Nov 1, 2021 · A tribute to Toshihide Maskawa, who died in 2021, for his contributions to the discovery of CP violation and the origin of quark families. Learn about his collaboration with Kobayashi, his inspiration from Sakata model, and his admiration for Nambu.
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