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{{Short description| | {{Short description|American physicist associated with the first direct neutrino detection}} | ||
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{{Infobox scientist | |||
| name = Frederick Reines | |||
| image = Biography_Frederick_Reines.jpg | |||
| caption = Reines | |||
| birth_date = 16 March 1918 | |||
| birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey, United States | |||
| death_date = 26 August 1998 | |||
| death_place = Orange, California, United States | |||
| fields = Physics | |||
| work_institutions = Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory; Case Western Reserve University; University of California, Irvine | |||
| known_for = First direct neutrino detection | |||
| awards = Nobel Prize in Physics (1995) | |||
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== | '''Frederick Reines''' (1918-1998) was an American physicist who, with [[Biography:Clyde Cowan|Clyde Cowan]], made the first direct detection of the neutrino. | ||
== 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. | |||
Reines later received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work. | |||
== 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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| Frederick Reines | |
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| Reines | |
| Born | 16 March 1918 Paterson, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | 26 August 1998 Orange, California, United States
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| Known for | First direct neutrino detection |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1995) |
Frederick Reines (1918-1998) was an American physicist who, with Clyde Cowan, made the first direct detection of the neutrino.
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.
Reines later received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work.
Quantum Collection links
References
- "Frederick Reines - Biographical". Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1995/reines/biographical/.
- "Frederick Reines". https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-Reines.
Author: Harold Foppele