Takaaki Kajita
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Takaaki Kajita is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on neutrino oscillations, which demonstrated that neutrinos have mass.
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| Takaaki Kajita canonical | 3 |
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Japanese physicist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo
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Super-Kamiokande Collaboration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
2015 Nobel Prize in Physics
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Asahi Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan Academy Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Yoji Totsuka Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1959-03-09 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Masatoshi Koshiba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Saitama University
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University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
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University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
20th-century physics
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21st-century physics ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astroparticle physics
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neutrino physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Super-Kamiokande experiment
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demonstrating that neutrinos have mass ⓘ neutrino oscillations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
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Physical Society of Japan
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Science Council of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Takaaki Kajita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 梶田 隆章 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass ⓘ |
| notableContribution |
establishing that the Standard Model must be extended to include neutrino mass
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evidence for neutrino flavor change ⓘ |
| notableExperiment | Super-Kamiokande NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
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professor at the University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
atmospheric neutrinos
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neutrino oscillation parameters ⓘ |
| residence | Japan ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith | Arthur B. McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Kamioka Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Kamioka Observatory