Symmetrical parametrization of the Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix

1 May 1985

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D

Vol. 31 (9) , 2381-2382
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.31.2381

Abstract

We present a parametrization of the Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix V that treats the three generations symmetrically. It is shown in this case that a natural definition of maximal CP violation is that there exist a phase convention for which V is symmetric.

Keywords

SYMMETRY GROUPS
LIE GROUPS
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
TIME REVERSAL
CP VIOLATION
MATRICES
SYMMETRY

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