Masatoshi Koshiba (小柴 昌俊, Koshiba Masatoshi, 19 September 1926 – 12 November 2020) was a Japanese physicist and one of the founders of neutrino astronomy. His work with the neutrino detectors Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande was instrumental in detecting solar neutrinos, providing experimental evidence for the solar neutrino problem.
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Masatoshi Koshiba (小柴 昌俊, Koshiba Masatoshi, 19 September 1926 – 12 November 2020) was a Japanese physicist and one of the founders of neutrino astronomy. His work with the neutrino detectors Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande was instrumental in detecting solar neutrinos, providing experimental evidence for the solar neutrino problem.
Masatoshi Koshiba, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002 for studies of the ghostly cosmic particles known as neutrinos, died on Thursday in Edogawa Hospital in Tokyo. He was 94. His death...
Koshiba Masatoshi, (born September 19, 1926, Toyohashi, Japan—died November 12, 2020, Tokyo), Japanese physicist who, with Raymond Davis, Jr., won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2002 for their detection of neutrinos. Riccardo Giacconi also won a share of the award for his work on the cosmic sources of X rays.
Masatoshi Koshiba. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002. Born: 19 September 1926, Toyohashi, Japan. Died: 12 November 2020, Tokyo, Japan. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Prize motivation: “for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos”.
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:
Nobel laureate Masatoshi Koshiba, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, died on 12 November 2020 in Tokyo. Koshiba was born in Toyohashi City in central Japan on 19 September 1926. Two years after getting his BS in physics from the University of Tokyo in 1951, Koshiba enrolled in the graduate program at the University of Rochester.
Masatoshi Koshiba Image Masatoshi Koshiba Year 2003 Subject Physics Award Benjamin Franklin Medal Affiliation University of Tokyo | Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo Citation With Raymond Davis and John N. Bahcall, for their work that led to an understanding of neutrino emission from the sun.
Prof. Masatoshi Koshiba was born in Toyohashi city, Aichi Prefecture in 1926, and was brought up in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After completing his education at Daiichi High School, he graduated from the department of physics, Faculty of Science, the University of Tokyo.
TOKYO – Professor Masatoshi Koshiba, one of Japan’s most eminent scientists, died on November 12 at the age of 94. Koshiba shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics with Raymond Davis Jr, and Riccardo Giacconi “for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos.”
Masatoshi Koshiba, eminent experimental particle physicist, passed away on 12 November 2020. He was 94. By conducting electron–positron (e − –e +) collider experiments, Koshiba used his creativity to advance the field of particle physics.