Raymond Davis Jr.

Raymond Davis Jr.
Davis in 2001
Born(1914-10-14)October 14, 1914
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedMay 31, 2006(2006-05-31) (aged 91)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Maryland
Yale University
Known forNeutrinos
AwardsComstock Prize in Physics (1978)
Tom W. Bonner Prize (1988)
Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (1994)
Wolf Prize in Physics (2000)
National Medal of Science (2001)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2002)
Enrico Fermi Award (2003)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, physics
InstitutionsMonsanto
University of Pennsylvania
ThesisThe ionization constant of carbonic acid and the solubility of carbon-dioxide in water and sodium chloride solutions from 0 to 50 degrees c. (1942)

Raymond Davis Jr. (October 14, 1914 – May 31, 2006) was an American chemist and physicist. He is best known as the leader of the Homestake experiment in the 1960s-1980s, which was the first experiment to detect neutrinos emitted from the Sun; for this he shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics.[1]

  1. ^ Lande, Kenneth (October 2006). "Obituary: Raymond Davis Jr". Physics Today. 59 (10): 78–80. Bibcode:2006PhT....59j..78L. doi:10.1063/1.2387099.

Raymond Davis Jr.

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