Clyde Cowan

Clyde Cowan
Clyde Cowan conducting the neutrino experiment, (c. 1956)
Born(1919-12-06)December 6, 1919
Detroit, Michigan, United States
DiedMay 24, 1974(1974-05-24) (aged 54)
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
NationalityUnited States
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1957)
Scientific career
InstitutionsThe Catholic University of America

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

References

  1. ↑ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Clyde L. Cowan". Archived from the original on 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  2. ↑ Reines, Frederick (August 1974). "Clyde L. Cowan Jr". Physics Today. 27 (8): 68–69. Bibcode:1974PhT....27h..68R. doi:10.1063/1.3128835.