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Main Author: Olsen, Stephen Lars
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06042
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contents The 1973 Kobayashi Maskawa paper proposed a compelling link between Cabibbo's flavor-mixing scheme and CP violation but, since it required the existence of six quarks at a time when the physics community was happy with only three, it received zero attention. However, two years after the paper appeared -- at which time it had received a grand total of two citations -- the charmed quark was discovered and it finally got some notice and acceptance. After this stumbling start, it subsequently emerged as the focal point of an enormous amount of experimental and theoretical research activity. In an invited talk at a KEK symposium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the KM paper, I reviewed some of the less well known circumstances that occurred in the years preceding and following the paper's appearance.
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spellingShingle The Curious Early History of CKM Matrix -- miracles happen!
Olsen, Stephen Lars
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
The 1973 Kobayashi Maskawa paper proposed a compelling link between Cabibbo's flavor-mixing scheme and CP violation but, since it required the existence of six quarks at a time when the physics community was happy with only three, it received zero attention. However, two years after the paper appeared -- at which time it had received a grand total of two citations -- the charmed quark was discovered and it finally got some notice and acceptance. After this stumbling start, it subsequently emerged as the focal point of an enormous amount of experimental and theoretical research activity. In an invited talk at a KEK symposium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the KM paper, I reviewed some of the less well known circumstances that occurred in the years preceding and following the paper's appearance.
title The Curious Early History of CKM Matrix -- miracles happen!
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06042