is a

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particle physicist Particle physics or high energy physics is the study of Elementary particle, fundamental particles and fundamental interaction, forces that constitute matter and radiation. The fundamental particles in the universe are classified in the Standa ...

. Along with

Ikaros Bigi Ikaros Bigi (born 27 August 1947) is a German theoretical physicist. His research focuses on refining the Standard Model phenomenology. Biography Bigi graduated from Gymnasium Fridericianum, Erlangen, in 1967. Six years later he received a Mast ...

, he was awarded the 2004

Sakurai Prize The J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, is presented by the American Physical Society at its annual April Meeting, and honors outstanding achievement in particle physics theory. The prize consists of a monetary award ($10,000 U ...

for his work on

CP violation In particle physics, CP violation is a violation of CP-symmetry (or charge conjugation parity symmetry): the combination of C-symmetry (charge symmetry) and P-symmetry ( parity symmetry). CP-symmetry states that the laws of physics should be the ...

and

B meson In particle physics, B mesons are mesons composed of a bottom antiquark and either an up (), down (), strange () or charm quark (). The combination of a bottom antiquark and a top quark is not thought to be possible because of the top quark' ...

decays.APS Physics
2004 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics Recipient
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Academic life

Sanda studied at the

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(B.S. 1965) and Princeton University (Ph.D. 1969). He was a researcher at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

from 1971 to 1974 and

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics. Since 2007, Fermilab has been operat ...

. From 1974 to 1992 he was an Assistant Professor and then associate professor at

Rockefeller University The Rockefeller University is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, New York. It focuses primarily on the biological and medical sciences and provides doctoral and postdoctoral education. It is classif ...

. From 1992 he was a professor of physics at

Nagoya University , abbreviated to or NU, is a Japanese national research university located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya. It was the seventh Imperial University in Japan, one of the first five Designated National University and selected as a Top Type university of T ...

. Since 2006 he is a Professor Emeritus at

and a professor at

Kanagawa University , abbreviated to is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. History The university was founded in 1928 by as . It was an evening school for the working youth. In 1 ...

. Since 2007 he is also a Program Officer of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe,

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

. His major works are the proposal of a

renormalizable Renormalization is a collection of techniques in quantum field theory, the statistical mechanics of fields, and the theory of self-similarity, self-similar geometric structures, that are used to treat infinity, infinities arising in calculated ...

gauge fixing method in broken gauge symmetric theory and the development of the theory of CP violations in B meson decays that has proven the Kobayashi-Maskawa Theory and has given a strong motivation for the experiments in Belle at

KEK , known as KEK, is a Japanese organization whose purpose is to operate the largest particle physics laboratory in Japan, situated in Tsukuba, Ibaraki prefecture. It was established in 1997. The term "KEK" is also used to refer to the laboratory ...

, Japan and BaBar at

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, USA as well as fixing the necessary parameters of the accelerators to perform the experiments.

Religious life

As a devout

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

, Sanda is an ordained

permanent deacon A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian churches, such as the Catholic Chur ...

at St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo. He is also the author of the book "As a Scientist, Why Do I Believe in God", which describes his relationship between physics and Christianity.

Recognition

* Inoue Prize for Science (1993) *

Nishina Memorial Prize The is the oldest and most prestigious physics award in Japan. Information Since 1955, the Nishina Memorial Prize has been awarded annually by the Nishina Memorial Foundation. The Foundation was established to commemorate Yoshio Nishina, who w ...

(1997) * Chunichi Shimbun Prize (2002) *

(2004) * Shuji Orito Prize (2015) * Medal with Purple Ribbon (2002)

References

* I. I. Bigi and A. I. Sanda, ''CP Violation'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999), . * * * *

External links

ArXiv papers

Scientific articles
of Anthony I. Sanda (SLAC database) *

Physics Department Homepag
"History/Legacy"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanda, Anthony I. Japanese physicists 1944 births Living people Princeton University alumni University of Illinois alumni Particle physicists Columbia University staff Rockefeller University faculty Nagoya University faculty Kanagawa University faculty Theoretical physicists J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics recipients