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			\| name = Frederick Reines
	\| image = Biography_Frederick_Reines.jpg		\| image = Biography_Frederick_Reines.jpg
	\| caption = ~~Frederick~~ Reines		\| caption = Reines
	\| ~~name~~ = ~~Frederick Reines~~		\| birth_date = 16 March 1918
	\| ~~birth_date~~ = ~~1918~~		\| birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey, United States
	\| death_date = 1998		\| death_date = 26 August 1998
			\| death_place = Orange, California, United States
	\| fields = Physics		\| fields = Physics
	\| work_institutions = University of California, Irvine		\| work_institutions = Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory; Case Western Reserve University; University of California, Irvine
	\| known_for = ~~Direct~~ neutrino detection		\| known_for = First direct neutrino detection
			\| awards = Nobel Prize in Physics (1995)
	}}		}}

	~~{{Short description\|Physicist associated with direct neutrino detection}}~~		'''Frederick Reines''' (1918-1998) was an American physicist who, with [[Biography:Clyde Cowan\|Clyde Cowan]], made the first direct detection of the neutrino.
	'''Frederick Reines''' (1918-1998) was an American physicist who, with [[Biography:Clyde Cowan\|Clyde Cowan]], ~~detected~~ the neutrino ~~directly~~. ~~He received~~ the ~~1995 Nobel Prize in Physics~~ for ~~this work~~.
			== Neutrino detection ==
			The Cowan-Reines experiment used antineutrinos from a nuclear reactor and detected them through inverse beta decay. The result confirmed that the neutrino was a real particle rather than only a bookkeeping device for energy and momentum conservation.

	~~In the Quantum Collection,~~ Reines ~~is linked with the experimental discovery history of~~ the [[Physics~~:Quantum neutrino\|neutrino]]~~.		Reines later received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work.

	== ~~See also~~ ==		== Quantum Collection links ==
	* [[Physics:Quantum neutrino]]		* [[Physics:Quantum neutrino]]
	* [[Physics:Quantum lepton]]		* [[Physics:Quantum lepton]]
			* [[Physics:Quantum weak interaction]]

			== References ==
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			* {{Cite web \|title=Frederick Reines - Biographical \|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1995/reines/biographical/ \|publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach \|access-date=2026-05-23}}
			* {{Cite web \|title=Frederick Reines \|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Reines \|website=Encyclopaedia Britannica \|access-date=2026-05-23}}

	{{Author\|Harold Foppele}}		{{Author\|Harold Foppele}}

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			\| birth_date = 1918
			\| death_date = 1998
			\| fields = Physics
			\| work_institutions = University of California, Irvine
			\| known_for = Direct neutrino detection
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	{{Short description\|Physicist associated with direct neutrino detection}}		{{Short description\|Physicist associated with direct neutrino detection}}
	'''Frederick Reines''' (1918-1998) was an American physicist who, with [[Biography:Clyde Cowan\|Clyde Cowan]], detected the neutrino directly. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work.		'''Frederick Reines''' (1918-1998) was an American physicist who, with [[Biography:Clyde Cowan\|Clyde Cowan]], detected the neutrino directly. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work.

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{{Short description|Physicist associated with direct neutrino detection}}
'''Frederick Reines''' (1918-1998) was an American physicist who, with [[Biography:Clyde Cowan|Clyde Cowan]], detected the neutrino directly. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work.

In the Quantum Collection, Reines is linked with the experimental discovery history of the [[Physics:Quantum neutrino|neutrino]].

== See also ==
* [[Physics:Quantum neutrino]]
* [[Physics:Quantum lepton]]

{{Author|Harold Foppele}}