Takaaki Kajita
Physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 2015
Born
March 9th, 1959
66 years ago
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
Japan
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A physicist focused on the study of neutrinos and their properties. Conducted groundbreaking experiments that demonstrated neutrino oscillation, showing that neutrinos have mass. This work contributed significantly to the understanding of particle physics. Shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for these contributions, which added an important piece to the Standard Model of particle physics. Serves as a professor and has held various academic positions, promoting further research in the field.
Shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics
Demonstrated neutrino oscillation
Advanced understanding of particle physics
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