Raymond Davis Jr. | |
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 Davis in 2001 | |
| Born | October 14, 1914 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | May 31, 2006 (aged 91) Blue Point, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland Yale University |
| Known for | Neutrinos |
| Awards | Comstock Prize in Physics (1978) Tom W. Bonner Prize (1988) Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (1994) Wolf Prize in Physics (2000) National Medal of Science (2001) Nobel Prize in Physics (2002) Enrico Fermi Award (2003) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry, physics |
| Institutions | Monsanto University of Pennsylvania |
| Thesis | The ionization constant of carbonic acid and the solubility of carbon-dioxide in water and sodium chloride solutions from 0 to 50 degrees c. (1942) |
Raymond Davis Jr. (October 14, 1914 – May 31, 2006) was an American chemist and physicist. He is best known as the leader of the Homestake experiment in the 1960s-1980s, which was the first experiment to detect neutrinos emitted from the Sun; for this he shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics.[1]
- ^ Lande, Kenneth (October 2006). "Obituary: Raymond Davis Jr". Physics Today. 59 (10): 78–80. Bibcode:2006PhT....59j..78L. doi:10.1063/1.2387099.