Belle II Experiment
The two B-factory experiments (Belle at KEKB, BaBar at PEPII) observed the first large signals for CP violation (matter-antimatter asymmetries) in the B meson sector in 2001. These results demonstrated Kobayashi and Maskawa’s hypothesis for the origin of the CP violation is correct and provided the experimental foundation for their 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics. Belle II, the first super B-Factory experiment, is designed to make precise measurements of weak interaction parameters and find NP (New Physics) beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. In June 2020, SuperKEKB, the new e+e– collider, achieved a new instantaneous luminosity world record, 2.4×1034 cm-2s-1.
“우리의 존재의 근원을 궁금해하고 탐색하며 연구하는 것은 인간됨의 특성이며 권리의자 의무입니다. 그런 점에서 암흑물질을 찾아 그 성질을 밝히는 것은 21세기 자연과학이 인류에게 맡긴 중요한 의무일 것입니다”
prof. Youngjoon Kwon