Toshihide Maskawa

Toshihide Maskawa
益川敏英
Toshihide Maskawa; 益川敏英
	Maskawa in 2008
Born	7 February 1940; Nagoya, Japan
Died	23 July 2021 (aged 81); Kyoto, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Nagoya University
Known for	Work on CP violation; CKM matrix
Spouse	Akiko Takahashi
Children	2
Awards	Sakurai Prize (1985); Japan Academy Prize (1985); Asahi Prize (1994); Nobel Prize in Physics (2008)
	Scientific career
Fields	High energy physics (theory)
Institutions	Nagoya University; Kyoto University; Kyoto Sangyo University
Thesis	粒子と共鳴準位の混合効果について. (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Shoichi Sakata

Toshihide Maskawa (or Masukawa) (益川敏英, Masukawa Toshihide, 7 February 1940 – 23 July 2021) was a Japanese theoretical physicist known for his work on CP-violation who was awarded one quarter of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature."^[1]

^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2008". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2009.

[nobelcitation-1] "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2008". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2009.

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Toshihide Maskawa 益川敏英
Maskawa in 2008
Born	(1940-02-07)7 February 1940 Nagoya, Japan
Died	23 July 2021(2021-07-23) (aged 81) Kyoto, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Nagoya University
Known for	Work on CP violation CKM matrix
Spouse	Akiko Takahashi
Children	2
Awards	Sakurai Prize (1985) Japan Academy Prize (1985) Asahi Prize (1994) Nobel Prize in Physics (2008)
Scientific career
Fields	High energy physics (theory)
Institutions	Nagoya University Kyoto University Kyoto Sangyo University
Thesis	粒子と共鳴準位の混合効果について. (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Shoichi Sakata