Arthur B. McDonald

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

(1943-08-29) August 29, 1943 (age 83)
North Sydney, Nova Scotia
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
Known forSolving the solar neutrino problem
Awards
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. 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Arthur B. McDonald". www.fi.edu. The Franklin Institute. 15 January 2014. 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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