Raymond Davis Jr.

Raymond Davis Jr.
Raymond Davis Jr.
	Davis in 2001
Born	October 14, 1914; Washington, D.C., United States
Died	May 31, 2006 (aged 91); Blue Point, New York,; United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Maryland; Yale University
Known for	Neutrinos
Awards	Comstock 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
Fields	Chemistry, physics
Institutions	Monsanto; University of Pennsylvania
Thesis	The 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.^[3]

^ Kenneth Chang (2 June 2006). "Raymond Davis Jr., Nobelist Who Caught Neutrinos, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
^ David B. Caruso (2 June 2006). "Raymond Davis, who detected elusive solar particles, dies at 91". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
^ Lande, Kenneth (October 2006). "Obituary: Raymond Davis Jr". Physics Today. 59 (10): 78–80. Bibcode:2006PhT....59j..78L. doi:10.1063/1.2387099.

[obit1-1] Kenneth Chang (2 June 2006). "Raymond Davis Jr., Nobelist Who Caught Neutrinos, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

[obit2-2] David B. Caruso (2 June 2006). "Raymond Davis, who detected elusive solar particles, dies at 91". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

[Kenneth-3] Lande, Kenneth (October 2006). "Obituary: Raymond Davis Jr". Physics Today. 59 (10): 78–80. Bibcode:2006PhT....59j..78L. doi:10.1063/1.2387099.

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Raymond Davis Jr.
Davis in 2001
Born	(1914-10-14)October 14, 1914 Washington, D.C., United States
Died	May 31, 2006(2006-05-31) (aged 91)^[1]^[2] Blue Point, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Maryland Yale University
Known for	Neutrinos
Awards	Comstock 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
Fields	Chemistry, physics
Institutions	Monsanto University of Pennsylvania
Thesis	The ionization constant of carbonic acid and the solubility of carbon-dioxide in water and sodium chloride solutions from 0 to 50 degrees c. (1942)