CP Violation and Flavor Mixing (Nobel Lecture)

Kobayashi, M.

doi:10.1002/cphc.200900215

Cited by 7 publications

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“…Whilst phenomenological evidence for particle-antiparticle asymmetry is well documented (Nambu, 2008;Kobayashi, 2008;Maskawa, 2008), no causal explanation has yet been advanced for such asymmetry. The case for cyclic-photon formation of elementary particles is substantially strengthened by this clear cosmic structural asymmetry which could be responsible for observed effects.…”

Section: Static Chargementioning

confidence: 99%

Elementary sub‐atomic particles: the earliest adaptive systems

Blackwell¹

2011

Kybernetes

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Purpose -This paper considers a perspective on particulate matter as being formed from closed loops of waveform energy flow, consistent with observations by de Broglie, Schrödinger and others and supported by recent research findings. It demonstrates that all experimentally verified findings of special relativity may be derived directly from such a model. It further shows a clear form of auto-adaptive behaviour exhibited by such structures. Design/methodology/approach -A generalised closed-loop energy flow model is analysed from first principles. Findings -Motion-dependent time dilation, invariance of the measured speed of light, the Lorentz transformation, mass-energy equivalence (E ¼ mc 2 ) and speed-related increase in apparent mass all follow naturally from this structure. Given this view of matter objective invariance of the speed of light relative to all inertial states of motion is an unnecessary and insupportable assumption. A unique objective rest frame (subject to Hubble expansion of space) is identified. All elementary sub-atomic particles owe their longevity to a non-destructive state-change response to energy input, referred to as "motion". A radically new perspective on time is presented. A possible causal explanation for particle-antiparticle asymmetry is identified. Research limitations/implications -Closed timelike curves are not a possibility. Further implications for all fields of physics are very extensive. Practical implications -There is no conflict between superluminal technologies and causality. Over and above this, possible practical implications are too extensive to be enumerated. Originality/value -The paper is totally original and of significant potential value in various respects.

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Section: Static Chargementioning

confidence: 99%

Elementary sub‐atomic particles: the earliest adaptive systems

Blackwell¹

2011

Kybernetes

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“…Significant hallmarks were the prediction of the electroweak interaction (1979) or the discovery of W and Z particles (1984), which serve as commutators of weak interaction. The last prize awarded so far (2008) to Nambu, Kobayashi, and Maskawa recognizes further efforts to unveil the mechanism of chiral symmetry breaking, which is related to quark mixing . Like leptons (electrons or muons for instance), quarks come in different flavors, and only a model with an extended family of quarks accounts for broken symmetry.…”

Section: Cosmic Asymmetry and Chiral Influencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The last prize awarded so far (2008) to Nambu, Kobayashi, and Maskawa recognizes further efforts to unveil the mechanism of chiral symmetry breaking, which is related to quark mixing. [8][9][10] Like leptons (electrons or muons for instance), quarks come in different flavors, and only a model with an extended family of quarks accounts for broken symmetry. Although the Standard Model of elementary particles can be familiar to a wide audience of scientists, these aspects lie obviously beyond the scope of this article.…”

Section: Cosmic Asymmetry and Chiral Influencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Physical Basis of Asymmetry and Homochirality

Cintas

Viedma

2012

Chirality

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Mirror symmetry breaking is ubiquitous in our visible universe taking place in elementary particles, atoms, and molecules. Molecular chirality is not biogenic in itself, although its detection is often considered a biosignature, a conjecture inferred from the fact that we do not know life devoid of homochirality. The question of whether there is a connection between the cosmic preference for one enantiomer, as imposed by the weak force, and the single chirality displayed on Earth is vividly debated. This article gives a glimpse on the origin of asymmetry from a cosmological perspective and on physical transformations that lead to an enantiomeric imbalance, leaving chemical reactions essentially aside. These processes are more plausible as sources of prebiotic chirality than asymmetric amplifications requiring unnatural substrates and conditions and fighting against racemization. The latter may actually be a friend, not foe, and a driving force for enantioselection.

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“…The years in which a physicist or physicists received a Nobel Prize for work related to accelerator science 41 which showed that quark mixing in the six-quark model is the dominant source of broken symmetry. 42 …”

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The Influence of Accelerator Science on Physics Research

Haussecker

Chao

2011

Phys. Perspect.

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We evaluate accelerator science in the context of its contributions to the physics community. We address the problem of quantifying these contributions and present a scheme for a numerical evaluation of them. We show by using a statistical sample of important developments in modern physics that accelerator science has influenced 28% of post-1938 physicists and also 28% of post-1938 physics research. We also examine how the influence of accelerator science has evolved over time, and show that on average it has contributed to a physics Nobel Prize-winning research every 2.9 years.

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CP Violation and Flavor Mixing (Nobel Lecture)

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

Elementary sub‐atomic particles: the earliest adaptive systems

Elementary sub‐atomic particles: the earliest adaptive systems

On the Physical Basis of Asymmetry and Homochirality

The Influence of Accelerator Science on Physics Research

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