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Frederick Reines
American physicist (1918-1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick Reines (/ˈraɪnɛs/ RY-nes; March 16, 1918 – August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his works on the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment.[1]
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Born | (1918-03-16)March 16, 1918 |
Died | August 26, 1998(1998-08-26) (aged 80) |
Citizenship | American |
Known for | Neutrinos |
Spouse | Sylvia Samuels (m. 1940; 2 children) |
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Fields | Physics |
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Thesis | Nuclear fission and the liquid drop model of the nucleus (1944) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard D. Present |
Doctoral students | Michael K. Moe (1965) |
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