Nobel Prize

Swedish 8 oktober 2002 har beslutat att utdela Nobelpriset i fysik år 2002 med hälften av priset gemensamt till Raymond Davis JrDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, och Masatoshi KoshibaInternational Centre for Elementary Particle Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan ”för banbrytande insatser inom astrofysiken, särskilt för detektion av kosmiska neutriner” och…

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Curriculum Vitae Name: KOSHIBA, Masatoshi. Date/Place of Birth: September 19, 1926/Toyohashi city, Aichi Pref., Japan. Nationality: Japanese. Marital status: Married to Kyoko KATO on October 5, 1959, in Tokyo. Permanent address: 4-11-7 Shimoigusa, Suginami, Tokyo 167-0022 Japan. Tel/Fax: 81-3-3396-6868, e-mail: [email protected]. Education Mar. 1951: Graduated from University of Tokyo, physics major. Apr. ’51 to Mar.…

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English The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002 This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is concerned with the discoveries and detection of cosmic particles and radiation, from which two new fields of research have emerged, neutrino astronomy and X-ray astronomy. The Prize is awarded with one half jointly to: Raymond Davis Jr, Department of Physics and…

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  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002     Credits Editors: Mark Pearce, The Royal Institute of Technology, Björn Davidsson, Uppsala University, Per Carlson and Bengt Gustafsson, members of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Anders Bárány, Secr. of the Nobel committee for Physics, Jonas Förare and Katarina Werner, Information Department, The Royal Swedish Academy of…

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  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002           The discovery of the first known X-ray source outside the solar system, Scorpius X-1. This observation was made in 1962, with an Aerobee rocket. X-ray background radiation was also detected.   Scorpius X-1 (artist’s impression) is a binary system consisting of a neutron…

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