Editing Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix (section)

==Nobel Prize==
In 2008, Kobayashi and Maskawa shared one half of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature".<ref>
{{cite press release |publisher=[[The Nobel Foundation]] |date=7 October 2008 |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2008 |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2008/press.html |access-date=2009-11-24 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Some physicists were reported to harbor bitter feelings about the fact that the Nobel Prize committee failed to reward the work of [[Nicola Cabibbo|Cabibbo]], whose prior work was closely related to that of Kobayashi and Maskawa.<ref>{{cite web |first=V. |last=Jamieson |date=7 October 2008 |title=Physics Nobel Snubs key Researcher |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14885-physics-nobel-snubs-key-researcher.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news8_head_dn14885 |work=[[New Scientist]] |access-date=2009-11-24 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Asked for a reaction on the prize, Cabibbo preferred to give no comment.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 October 2008 |title=Nobel, l'amarezza dei fisici italiani |url=http://www.corriere.it/scienze_e_tecnologie/08_ottobre_07/nobel_fisica_italiani_traditi_d9993120-946d-11dd-a0d8-00144f02aabc.shtml |work=[[Corriere della Sera]] |language=it |access-date=2009-11-24 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>