Frederick Reines in the context of "Electron neutrino"

⭐ In the context of electron neutrino detection, Frederick Reines is most notably recognized for his role in…

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⭐ Core Definition: Frederick Reines

Frederick Reines (/ˈraɪnəs/ RY-nəs; March 16, 1918 – August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment. He may be the only scientist in history "so intimately associated with the discovery of an elementary particle and the subsequent thorough investigation of its fundamental properties."

A graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology and New York University, Reines joined the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory in 1944, working in the Theoretical Division in Richard Feynman's group. He became a group leader there in 1946. He participated in a number of nuclear tests, culminating in his becoming the director of the Operation Greenhouse test series in the Pacific in 1951.

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👉 Frederick Reines in the context of Electron neutrino

The electron neutrino (ν
e) is an elementary particle which has zero electric charge and a spin of 1⁄2. Together with the electron, it forms the first generation of leptons, hence the name electron neutrino. It was first hypothesized by Wolfgang Pauli in 1930, to account for missing momentum and missing energy in beta decay, and was discovered in 1956 by a team led by Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines (see Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment).

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Frederick Reines in the context of Clyde Cowan

Clyde Lorrain Cowan Jr (December 6, 1919 – May 24, 1974) was an American physicist and the co-discoverer of the neutrino along with Frederick Reines. The discovery was made in 1956 in the neutrino experiment. Reines received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995.

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Frederick Reines in the context of Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment

The Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment was conducted by physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines in 1956. The experiment confirmed the existence of neutrinos. Neutrinos, subatomic particles with no electric charge and very small mass, had been conjectured to be an essential particle in beta decay processes in the 1930s. With no charge and minuscule mass, such particles appeared to be impossible to detect. The experiment exploited a huge flux of (then hypothetical) electron antineutrinos emanating from a nearby nuclear reactor and a detector consisting of large tanks of water. Neutrino interactions with the protons of the water were observed, verifying the existence and basic properties of this particle for the first time.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Electron neutrino ← Clyde Cowan ← Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment ← Neutrino experiment
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Physicist → Nobel Prize in Physics → Neutrino → Clyde Cowan → Neutrino experiment → Elementary particle → Stevens Institute of Technology → New York University → Manhattan Project → Los Alamos Laboratory → Richard Feynman → Nuclear tests → Operation Greenhouse →