Arthur B. McDonald
Canadian physicist (born 1943)
Arthur Bruce McDonald (born August 29, 1943) is a Canadian astrophysicist. McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute.[1] He holds the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
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.jpg) Arthur B. McDonald in Stockholm in December 2015 | |
| Born | Arthur Bruce McDonald August 29, 1943 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Known for | Solving the solar neutrino problem |
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| Fields | Astrophysics |
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| Thesis | Excitation energies and decay properties of T = 3/2 states in 17O, 17F and 21Na. (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Alfred Fowler |
| Website | queensu |
McDonald was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics with Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita.[2]
References
change- ↑ "Arthur B. McDonald". www.fi.edu. The Franklin Institute. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ↑ Spears, Tom (9 November 2015). "Neutrino Nobel winner Art McDonald nabs second big physics prize". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
Other websites
change- Arthur B. McDonald and Oscillating Neutrinos
- Arthur B. McDonald Quotes With Pictures Archived 2015-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
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