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{{Short description|American physicist associated with the first direct neutrino detection}} | |||
{{Infobox scientist | {{Infobox scientist | ||
| name = Frederick Reines | |||
| image = Biography_Frederick_Reines.jpg | | image = Biography_Frederick_Reines.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = Reines | ||
| | | birth_date = 16 March 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 = | | known_for = First direct neutrino detection | ||
| awards = Nobel Prize in Physics (1995) | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''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]], | |||
== 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 == | |||
{{reflist|3}} | |||
* {{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}} | ||
Revision as of 08:33, 23 May 2026
| 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