Shoichi Sakata

Shoichi Sakata
Shoichi Sakata
坂田昌一
	Sakata in 1949
Born	January 18, 1911; Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Died	October 16, 1970 (aged 59); Nagoya, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	Two meson theory; Sakata model; Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata matrix
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Nagoya University ; Osaka University ; Kyoto University ; RIKEN
Notable students	Makoto Kobayashi ; Toshihide Maskawa

Shoichi Sakata (坂田昌一, Sakata Shōichi, 18 January 1911 – 16 October 1970) was a Japanese physicist and Marxist who was internationally known for theoretical work on the subatomic particles.^[1]^[2] He proposed the two meson theory, the Sakata model (an early precursor to the quark model), and the Pontecorvo–Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata neutrino mixing matrix.

After the end of World War II, he joined other physicists in campaigning for the peaceful uses of nuclear power.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sakata Shōichi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 812, p. 812, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
^ Brown, Laurie M.; Nambu, Yoichiro (December 1998). "Physicists in Wartime Japan". Scientific American. 279 (6): 98. Bibcode:1998SciAm.279f..96B. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1298-96. JSTOR 26058245 – via JSTOR.