Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix

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The Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix is a fundamental component of the Standard Model of particle physics that describes how quarks change flavor via the weak interaction and accounts for CP violation in the quark sector.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concept in the Standard Model of particle physics ⓘ
flavor mixing matrix ⓘ
unitary matrix ⓘ
accountsFor CP violation in the quark sector ⓘ
appliesTo down, strange, bottom quarks ⓘ
three generations of quarks ⓘ
up, charm, top quarks ⓘ
constrains unitarity triangles ⓘ
describes charged-current weak interaction couplings of quarks ⓘ
quark flavor mixing ⓘ
quark mixing in weak interactions ⓘ
generalizes Cabibbo angle description of quark mixing ⓘ
hasApproximateMagnitudePattern |V_cb|, |V_ts| of order 0.04 ⓘ
|V_ub|, |V_td| much smaller than 1 ⓘ
|V_ud|, |V_cs|, |V_tb| close to 1 ⓘ
|V_us|, |V_cd| of order 0.22 ⓘ
hasDimension 3×3 ⓘ
hasElement V_cb ⓘ
V_cd ⓘ
V_cs ⓘ
V_tb ⓘ
V_td ⓘ
V_ts ⓘ
V_ub ⓘ
V_ud ⓘ
V_us ⓘ
hasParameter one CP-violating phase ⓘ
three mixing angles ⓘ
hasParameterization Wolfenstein parameterization ⓘ
standard PDG parameterization ⓘ
hasProperty complex phases ⓘ
nontrivial CP-violating phase ⓘ
unitarity ⓘ
introducedBy Makoto Kobayashi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicola Cabibbo ⓘ
Toshihide Maskawa ⓘ
namedAfter Makoto Kobayashi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicola Cabibbo ⓘ
Toshihide Maskawa ⓘ
partOf Standard Model of particle physics ⓘ
linked to: Standard Model
relatedTo Jarlskog invariant ⓘ
relates down-type quarks ⓘ
mass eigenstates of quarks ⓘ
up-type quarks ⓘ
weak interaction eigenstates of quarks ⓘ
symbol V_CKM ⓘ
usedIn B meson physics ⓘ
D meson physics ⓘ
K meson physics ⓘ
calculation of weak decay rates of hadrons ⓘ

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Toshihide Maskawa → knownFor → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
Toshihide Maskawa → knownFor → CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
GIM mechanism → relatedTo → Cabibbo angle ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
GIM mechanism → relatedTo → CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
Makoto Kobayashi → contributedTo → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix → relatedTo → Jarlskog invariant ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
Kobayashi–Maskawa theory → usesConcept → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
Kobayashi–Maskawa theory → usesConcept → CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
Kobayashi–Maskawa theory → relatedConcept → Jarlskog invariant ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
Kobayashi–Maskawa paper on CP violation (1973) → mainSubject → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
Kobayashi–Maskawa paper on CP violation (1973) → laterCalled → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
Kobayashi–Maskawa paper on CP violation (1973) → relatedConcept → CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
Makoto Kobayashi → knownFor → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
subject linked to: Maskawa
Makoto Kobayashi → coAuthorOf → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa theory ⓘ
subject linked to: Maskawa
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
Makoto Kobayashi → notableConcept → CKM matrix ⓘ
subject linked to: Maskawa
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
Yukawa coupling → relatedTo → CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
Nicola Cabibbo → notableFor → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
BaBar Collaboration → researchFocus → CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
V_CKM → symbolFor → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
V_CKM → namedAfter → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa theory of quark mixing ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
V_us → partOf → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
V_cs → partOf → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
V_cs → partOf → CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
V_cb → partOf → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
V_cb → expressedIn → Wolfenstein parametrization of the CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
V_td → partOf → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
V_ts → partOf → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
V_ts → introducedIn → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa theory of quark mixing ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
V_tb → partOf → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
V_tb → isNearlyDiagonalElementOf → CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
Wolfenstein parameterization → describes → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
Cabibbo theory → generalizedBy → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
Cabibbo theory → predecessorOf → CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix
unitarity triangle → relatedTo → Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix ⓘ
PMNS matrix → analogOf → CKM matrix ⓘ
linked to: Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix