CP-Violation in the Renormalizable Theory of Weak Interaction
Article
Domain Context
Physics
Citation
Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa. (1973). CP-Violation in the Renormalizable Theory of Weak Interaction. Progress of Theoretical Physics. 49(2). pp. 652–657.
Why this reference is included
Kobayashi and Maskawa’s 1973 CP-Violation in the Renormalizable Theory of Weak Interaction, published in Progress of Theoretical Physics, is one of the program’s working technical references. Cited across Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 4, Chapter Strong Coupling and Quarks; Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 5, Chapter Three Generations — the central framing is “CP violation requires at least three generations (Kobayashi–Maskawa, 1973 )”.
Cited in
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 4Chapter Strong Coupling and Quarks
CP violation requires at least three generations (Kobayashi–Maskawa, 1973 )
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 5Chapter Three Generations
The Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa (CKM) matrix relates quark mass eigenstates to weak eigenstates: V_CKM = V_ud & V_us & V_ub , V_cd & V_cs & V_cb , V_td & V_ts & V_tb Parametrised by three mixing angles (θ_12, θ_23, θ_13) and one CP-violating phase δ