Herbert H. Chen

Herbert Hwa-sen Chen
Born(1942-03-16)March 16, 1942
Chungking, China
DiedNovember 7, 1987(1987-11-07) (aged 45)
Irvine, CA United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology (BS)
Princeton University (PhD)
SpouseCatherine Li (1969–1987)
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Irvine
Thesis Electromagnetic simulation of time reversal violation  (1968)
Doctoral advisorSam Treiman

Herbert Hwa-sen Chen (Chinese: 陈华生) (March 16, 1942 – November 7, 1987) was a Chinese-born American theoretical and experimental physicist at the University of California at Irvine known for his contributions in the field of neutrino detection. Chen's work on observations of elastic neutrino-electron scattering provided important experimental support for the electroweak theory of the standard model of particle physics.[1] In 1984 Chen realized that the deuterium of heavy water could be used as a detector that would distinguish the flavors of solar neutrinos.[2] This idea led Chen to develop plans for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory that would eventually make fundamental measurements demonstrating that neutrinos were particles with mass.

  1. ^ Zuber, K. (2004). Neutrino Physics. New York, London: Taylor and Francis Group. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7503-0750-5.
  2. ^ Ewan, G.T.; Davidson, W.F. (2005). "Early Development of the Underground SNO Laboratory in Canada" (PDF). Physics in Canada. Vol. 61. pp. 339–346, 347–350. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.