Raymond Davis Jr. receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2002. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2002
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The Nobel Laureates assembled at the Stockholm Concert Hall (front row). Riccardo Giacconi is third from left. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2002
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The 2002 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo. Back row from left: John E. Sulston, Daniel Kahneman, Kurt Wüthrich, Raymond Davis Jr., Masatoshi Koshiba, H. Robert Horvitz and Imre Kertész. Front row from left: Sydney Brenner, Koichi Tanaka, Jimmy Carter, Riccardo Giacconi and Vernon L. Smith. John B. Fenn is missing in photo. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2002
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Raymond Davis Jr. at the interview in Stockholm, 12 December 2002. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2002
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Left to right: Ricardo Giacconi, Masatoshi Koshiba and Raymond Davis Jr. at the interview in Stockholm, 12 December 2002. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2002
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Portrait of Raymond Davis Jr., 1999.

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Portrait of Raymond Davis Jr., 1978.

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Raymond Davis Jr. at Homestake Mine, South Dakota, in 1966, where he carried out experiments nearly 1 mile underground.

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The Homestake mine tank that was used in the solar neutrino experiment was 20 feet in diameter and 48 feet long, and held 100,000 gallons of perchloroethylene. It was located 4,900 feet below ground surface.

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