It is appeared the announcement of the Royal Swedish Academy for the 2008 Nobel prize in physics (see here). The prize has been awarded to Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi and
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[…] tutti ne parlano [qui][qui], per cui non posso stare zitto. Quest’anno il premio Nobel ha sfiorato l’Italia, e non […]
On the subject of the CKM and MNS matrices, I think it is an interesting (and little known) fact that every 3×3 unitary matrix is equivalent, under multiplication of the rows and columns by arbitrary complex phases, into a unique 3×3 unitary matrix that happens to have the sum of all rows and columns equal to 1. This process gives a unique representation of a 3×3 unitary matrix.
When you do this to the MNS matrix, the result has a stunning simplicity. The CKM matrix works out not quite so simple.
The observation is due to Marni Sheppeard, but the calculations are my own. I would love to see the CKM matrix made simple and elegant this way but so far it has eluded me. Maybe it is time to start thinking about it again; the subconscious mind sometimes makes progress.