Masatoshi Koshiba
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Masatoshi Koshiba was a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in neutrino astronomy and the development of underground neutrino detectors.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Masatoshi Koshiba canonical | 7 |
| 小柴昌俊 | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Japanese scientist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ particle physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Asahi Prize
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Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Order of Culture ⓘ
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Order of Culture (Japan)
Person of Cultural Merit (Japan) ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1926-09-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2020-11-12 ⓘ |
| developed |
Kamiokande experiment
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Kamiokande neutrino detector
Kamiokande experiment ⓘ
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Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector
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| educatedAt |
University of Rochester
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University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| employer |
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
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University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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neutrino astronomy ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kamiokande experiment
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Kamiokande experiment ⓘ
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Super-Kamiokande experiment
detection of neutrinos from Supernova 1987A ⓘ development of underground neutrino detectors ⓘ pioneering work in neutrino astronomy ⓘ solar neutrino observations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Japan Academy ⓘ |
| name | Masatoshi Koshiba self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | 小柴 昌俊 ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
establishing neutrino astronomy as an observational science
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first real-time detection of solar neutrinos ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor at the University of Tokyo
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professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
cosmic rays
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neutrino oscillations ⓘ solar neutrinos ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Raymond Davis Jr.
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Riccardo Giacconi ⓘ |
| workLocation | Kamioka Observatory, Gifu Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
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Kamioka Observatory