Nobel prize for physics awarded to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald
Research in the field of particle physics honored
The Nobel prize for Physics is awarded to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass”.The prize 2015 recognises both reserachers for their key contributions to the experiments which demonstrated that neutrinos change identities. This metamorphosis requires that neutrinos have mass. The discovery has changed our understanding of the innermost workings of matter and can prove crucial to our view of the universe.
Left side: Takaaki Kajita, right side: Arthur B. McDonald - Nobel Prize for Physics laureates.
Takaaki Kajita (l) / K. MacFarlane. Queen's University /SNOLAB (r)
The laureates
Takaaki Kajita, Japanese citizen. Born 1959 in Higashimatsuyama, Japan. Ph.D. 1986 from University of Tokyo, Japan. Director of Institute for Cosmic Ray Research and Professor at University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan.
Arthur B. McDonald, Canadian citizen. Born 1943 in Sydney, Canada. Ph.D. 1969 from Californa Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. Professor Emeritus at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Original publication
Y. Fukuda et al.; “Evidence for Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos”; Physical Review Letters; 1998
Q.R. Ahmad et al.; "Measurement of the Rate of ν+d→p+p+e(−) Interactions Produced by 8B Solar Neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory"; Physical Review Letters; 2001
Q.R. Ahmad et al.; "Direct Evidence for Neutrino Flavor Transformation from Neutral-Current Interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory", Physical Review Letters; 2002
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