Val Logsdon Fitch
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Val Logsdon Fitch was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his experimental discovery of CP violation in the decay of neutral K-mesons.
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| Val Logsdon Fitch canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physics
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experimental physicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Columbia University
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McGill University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize
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National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-03-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-02-05 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor |
James Rainwater
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Willis Lamb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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McGill University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Los Alamos Laboratory
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Fitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental physics
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particle physics ⓘ |
| fullName | Val Logsdon Fitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Val NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
CP violation in neutral K-meson decay
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experimental discovery of CP violation ⓘ kaon physics ⓘ |
| memberOf | National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons ⓘ |
| notableStudent | David Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | physicist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Merriman, Nebraska, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at Princeton University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
CP symmetry
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kaon decay ⓘ weak interactions ⓘ |
| residence | Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith | James Watson Cronin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn | Manhattan Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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