Kobayashi and Maskawa: CP violation in a renormalizable weak-interaction theory

What changed

Analyzed CP violation in a renormalizable theory and proposed extended quark-family mixing possibilities.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact two-author 1973 paper received in 1972. It is a theoretical mechanism, not the 1964 discovery of CP violation or later experimental confirmation, and its conclusions are bounded to the model classes analysed.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact two-author 1973 paper received in 1972. It is a theoretical mechanism, not the 1964 discovery of CP violation or later experimental confirmation, and its conclusions are bounded to the model classes analysed.

Contributors

• Makoto Kobayashi · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• Toshihide Maskawa · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Oxford Academic page for Kobayashi-Maskawa paper
• CERN-hosted copy of Kobayashi-Maskawa paper

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