Makoto Kobayashi (physicist)
Makoto Kobayashi ( Japanese 小林 誠 , Kobayashi Makoto ; born April 7, 1944 in Nagoya ) is a Japanese physicist who is known for his work in the field of CP violation . He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008.
Makoto Kobayashi was bombed out with his family in Nagoya during World War II. He then grew up in his mother's family home with his cousin Toshiki Kaifu , who later became Prime Minister of Japan. Kobayashi studied at Nagoya University with a degree in 1967 and a doctorate in 1972 and then worked at Kyoto University . He belonged to the school of Sakata Shōichi , without being his direct student (at Sakata's death he was still a student). In 1979 he became assistant professor at the National Laboratory for High Energy Physics and in 1989 he became head of Department II there. In 1997 he became professor at the Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics at KEK in Tsukubaand head of physics department II and in 2003 he became director of the institute. In 2006 he retired.
His famous article CP Violation in the Renormalizable Theory of Weak Interaction , which he published in 1973 with Toshihide Masukawa , is the fourth most cited article on INSPIRE-HEP (as of 2017). The result of this work is the CKM matrix (Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix), which determines the mixing parameters of the quarks. It was influenced by similar models from the Sakata school. The CKM approach postulated the existence of a third generation of quarks , which was confirmed four years later with the proof of the bottom quark . In addition, the previously discovered CP violation was built into the standard model through them .
In 1985 he was awarded the Sakurai Prize and in 2007 the High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the EPS. In 1979 he received the Nishina Prize and in 1995 the Asahi Prize . He is a Diamond Fellow at the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Studies (INPS) at KEK, and in 2001 was named a Person of Special Cultural Merit .
In 2008 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics together with Toshihide Masukawa and Yōichirō Nambu . In the same year he also received the Japanese Order of Culture .
Kobayashi is married to Emiko Kobayashi and has two children, Yuka and Junichiro Kobayashi.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 小林 誠 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved July 18, 2012 (Japanese).
- ↑ M. Kobayashi and T. Masukawa: CP Violation in the Renormalizable Theory of Weak Interaction in Progress of Theoretical Physics 49 (1973), 652-657 doi : 10.1143 / PTP.49.652
- ↑ Top Cited Articles of All Time (2017 edition)
literature
- Who's Who in Japan , 1991–92, ISBN 4-900618-01-2
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kobayashi, Makoto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 小林 誠 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nagoya |