Douglas D. Osheroff
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Douglas D. Osheroff is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on superfluidity in helium-3 and his contributions to major scientific investigations.
All labels observed (1)
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| Douglas D. Osheroff canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1617683 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas D. Osheroff Context triple: [Columbia Accident Investigation Board, member, Douglas D. Osheroff]
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A.
John Robert Schrieffer
John Robert Schrieffer was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-creators of the BCS theory of superconductivity.
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B.
Philip Anderson
Philip Anderson was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in condensed matter physics and the theory of localization.
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C.
James M. Bardeen
James M. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in general relativity and black hole physics, including contributions to the understanding of Hawking radiation and cosmological perturbation theory.
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D.
William A. Bardeen
William A. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and particle physics, particularly in the study of anomalies.
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E.
Leon Cooper
Leon Cooper is an American physicist best known as one of the co-developers of the BCS theory of superconductivity, for which he shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas D. Osheroff Target entity description: Douglas D. Osheroff is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on superfluidity in helium-3 and his contributions to major scientific investigations.
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A.
John Robert Schrieffer
John Robert Schrieffer was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-creators of the BCS theory of superconductivity.
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B.
Philip Anderson
Philip Anderson was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in condensed matter physics and the theory of localization.
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C.
James M. Bardeen
James M. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in general relativity and black hole physics, including contributions to the understanding of Hawking radiation and cosmological perturbation theory.
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D.
William A. Bardeen
William A. Bardeen is an American theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and particle physics, particularly in the study of anomalies.
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E.
Leon Cooper
Leon Cooper is an American physicist best known as one of the co-developers of the BCS theory of superconductivity, for which he shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American scientist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Physics
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Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
|
| awardReceivedFor | discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 ⓘ |
| coRecipientWith |
David M. Lee
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Robert C. Richardson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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Cornell University ⓘ |
| employer |
Bell Telephone Laboratories
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surface form:
Bell Labs
Stanford University ⓘ |
| familyName | Osheroff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
condensed matter physics
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low-temperature physics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Douglas ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
experimental physics
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low-temperature experimental techniques ⓘ |
| hasContribution | advancement of understanding of quantum phenomena in liquids at low temperatures ⓘ |
| hasRole |
member of national investigative boards
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researcher in condensed matter physics ⓘ |
| influencedField |
quantum fluids
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superfluidity research ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of superfluid phases of helium-3
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superfluidity in helium-3 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Physical Society
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | precision measurements at extremely low temperatures ⓘ |
| notableConcept | superfluid phases of helium-3 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
experiments on helium-3 at millikelvin temperatures
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identification of new quantum phases in helium-3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
physicist
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university professor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | investigation of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of physics at Stanford University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
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Subject: Douglas D. Osheroff Description of subject: Douglas D. Osheroff is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on superfluidity in helium-3 and his contributions to major scientific investigations.
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