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  1. Masatoshi Koshiba (小柴 昌俊, Koshiba Masatoshi, 19 September 1926 – 12 November 2020) was a Japanese physicist and one of the founders of neutrino astronomy. His work with the neutrino detectors Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande was instrumental in detecting solar neutrinos, providing experimental evidence for the solar neutrino problem .

  2. Nov 16, 2020 · Masatoshi Koshiba, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002 for studies of the ghostly cosmic particles known as neutrinos, died on Thursday in Edogawa Hospital in Tokyo. He was 94. His death...

  3. Apr 26, 2024 · Koshiba Masatoshi (born September 19, 1926, Toyohashi, Japan—died November 12, 2020, Tokyo) was a Japanese physicist who, with Raymond Davis, Jr., won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2002 for their detection of neutrinos. Riccardo Giacconi also won a share of the award for his work on the cosmic sources of X rays.

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  4. Jan 22, 2021 · Masatoshi Koshiba, eminent experimental particle physicist, passed away on 12 November 2020. He was 94. By conducting electron–positron (e − –e +) collider experiments, Koshiba used his creativity to advance the field of particle physics. He also adapted equipment to make ground-shifting discoveries, leading to the new fields of ...

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  5. Nov 13, 2020 · Rochester graduate Masatoshi Koshiba ’55 (PhD), a physicist who shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics, passed away on November 12 at the age of 94. Koshiba helped solve one of the great mysteries of 20th-century physics: detecting and measuring neutrinos, subatomic particles that are a byproduct of interstellar nuclear reactors such as the sun.

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  7. KOSHIBA, Masatoshi. September 19, 1926/Toyohashi city, Aichi Pref., Japan. Japanese. Married to Kyoko KATO on October 5, 1959, in Tokyo. 4-11-7 Shimoigusa, Suginami, Tokyo 167-0022 Japan. Graduated from University of Tokyo, physics major. Graduate School, University of Tokyo.

  8. Nov 13, 2020 · The Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, who shared 2002 Nobel prize for the detection of cosmic neutrinos, died on 12 November aged 94. One of the founders of neutrino astronomy, Koshibas most famous work involved detecting neutrinos from a distant supernova explosion using a vast detector based in a mine in central Japan.

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