Arthur B. McDonald

Arthur B. McDonald
Arthur B. McDonald in Stockholm in December 2015
Born
Arthur Bruce McDonald

(1943-08-29) August 29, 1943
North Sydney, Nova Scotia
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
  • Dalhousie University (BSc, MSc)
  • Caltech (PhD)
Known forSolving the solar neutrino problem
Awards
  • OC (2006)
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal (2007)
  • FRS (2009)
  • Henry Marshall Tory Medal (2011)
  • OOnt (2012)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2015)
  • CC (2015) (promotion)
  • Fundamental Physics Prize (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
Institutions
ThesisExcitation energies and decay properties of T = 3/2 states in 17O, 17F and 21Na. (1970)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Alfred Fowler
Websitequeensu.ca/physics/arthur-mcdonald

Arthur Bruce McDonald (born August 29, 1943) is a Canadian astrophysicist. McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute.[1] He holds the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

McDonald was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics with Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Arthur B. McDonald". www.fi.edu. The Franklin Institute. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Spears, Tom (9 November 2015). "Neutrino Nobel winner Art McDonald nabs second big physics prize". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

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