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Cecilia Jarlskog
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<p>Cecilia Jarlskog (born in 1941) is a Swedish theoretical <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a>, working mainly on elementary <a href="/facts/Particle_physics/YgIuyj2t">particle physics</a>. </p><p>Jarlskog obtained her doctorate in 1970 in theoretical particle physics at the <a href="/facts/Lund_University/qGkLnu8F">Technical University of Lund</a>. She is known for her work on <a href="/facts/CP_violation/Nu5lCsPI">CP violation</a> in the <a href="/facts/Electroweak_interaction/QATz4dYF">electroweak sector</a> of the <a href="/facts/Standard_Model/LhVGf9ow">Standard Model</a>, introducing what is known as the Jarlskog invariant, and for her work on <a href="/facts/Grand_Unified_Theory/UVHj76XX">grand unified theories</a> (see <a href="/facts/Georgi%E2%80%93Jarlskog_mass_relation/9R6ooV3T">Georgi–Jarlskog mass relation</a>). </p>