Makoto Kobayashi (physicist)

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Makoto Kobayashi
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Kobayashi in 2008
Born (1944-04-07) April 7, 1944 (age 80)
CitizenshipJapan
Alma materNagoya University
Known forWork on CP violation
CKM matrix
AwardsSakurai Prize (1985)
Japan Academy Prize (1985)
Asahi Prize (1995)
High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (2007)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsHigh energy physics (theory)
InstitutionsKyoto University
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

Makoto Kobayashi (physicist) Media

References

  1. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2008, The Nobel Foundation, retrieved 2009-10-17