Kazuhiko Nishijima

Kazuhiko Nishijima
Kazuhiko Nishijima
Kazuhiko Nishijima
Born4 October 1926
Tsuchiura, Japan
Died15 February 2009
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Osaka University
Known forStrangeness
Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Particle physics
InstitutionsOsaka City University
Max Planck Institute for Physics
Institute for Advanced Study
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Tokyo
Kyoto University
Chuo University

Kazuhiko Nishijima (西島 和彦, Nishijima Kazuhiko) (4 October 1926 – 15 February 2009) was a Japanese physicist who made significant contributions to particle physics. He was professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University until his death in 2009.[1]

He was born in Tsuchiura, Japan. He is most well known for his work on the Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula, and the concept of strangeness, which he called the "eta-charge" or "η-charge", after the eta meson (
η
).[1][2][3]

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1960 and 1961.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Particle Physicist Kazuhiko Nishijima dies at 82". The Japan Times. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  2. ^ Nishijima, K (1955). "Charge Independence Theory of V Particles". Progress of Theoretical Physics. 13 (3): 285–304. Bibcode:1955PThPh..13..285N. doi:10.1143/PTP.13.285.
  3. ^ Nambu, Y. (2009). "Kazuhiko Nishijima". Physics Today. 62 (8): 58. Bibcode:2009PhT....62h..58N. doi:10.1063/1.3206100.
  4. ^ 東京新聞:朝永氏、受賞前に7回「候補」 ノーベル賞選考資料:国際 Archived 19 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine 東京新聞、2014年8月14日夕刊