Raymond Davis Jr.

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American physicist human physicist

Raymond Davis Jr. was an American physicist best known for his pioneering work in neutrino astronomy, particularly the first detection of solar neutrinos.

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instanceOf American physicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physical chemistry ⓘ
awardReceived Franklin Medal ⓘ
surface form: Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics

Comstock Prize in Physics ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
JPS Nishina Memorial Prize ⓘ
surface form: Nishina Memorial Prize

Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics ⓘ
Wolf Prize in Physics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-10-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2006-05-31 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Rudolph John Anderson ⓘ
educatedAt University of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: University of Maryland, College Park

Yale University ⓘ
employer Brookhaven National Laboratory ⓘ
DuPont ⓘ
experiment Homestake solar neutrino experiment ⓘ
familyName Davis ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
neutrino physics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givenName Raymond ⓘ
knownFor Homestake experiment ⓘ
first detection of solar neutrinos ⓘ
pioneering work in neutrino astronomy ⓘ
solar neutrino problem ⓘ
memberOf American Physical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Raymond Davis Jr. self-link ⓘ
NobelPrize.category Physics ⓘ
NobelPrize.sharedWith Masatoshi Koshiba ⓘ
Riccardo Giacconi ⓘ
NobelPrize.year 2002 ⓘ
notableAchievement helped establish neutrino astronomy as a field ⓘ
provided first experimental evidence of solar neutrinos from the Sun ⓘ
numberOfChildren 5 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C. ⓘ
placeOfDeath Blue Point, New York ⓘ
researchInterest cosmic rays ⓘ
radiochemical neutrino detection ⓘ
solar neutrinos ⓘ
residence Blue Point, New York ⓘ
spouse Anna Torrey Sheldon ⓘ
usedDetectorType chlorine-based radiochemical detector ⓘ
workLocation Homestake Mine, South Dakota ⓘ

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