SooKyung Choi | |
Workplaces: | Gyeongsang National University Seoul National University |
Alma Mater: | Kyungpook National University |
Known For: | CP Violation Particle physics |
Awards: | 2017 Ho-Am Prize in Science |
SooKyung Choi is a South Korean particle physicist at Gyeongsang National University. She is part of the Belle experiment and was the first to observe the X(3872) meson in 2003. She won the 2017 Ho-Am Prize in Science.
Choi studied physics at the Kyungpook National University, graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor's degree and 1993 with a PhD. Her supervisors were Dongchul Son and C. Joo.[1] After graduating, Choi joined Seoul National University, working on Møller and Bhabha scattering.[2] She was appointed Professor at Gyeongsang National University, where she worked with the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK).[3]
Choi's work mainly concerns CP violation and decays of the B meson.[4] Choi worked on the Belle experiment, where she identified several new types of fundamental particles. The first results from Belle came in 2002, finding large cross-sections for the e+e−continuum.[5]