“Among the disciples who have inherited my work, two are worthy of receiving the Nobel Prize.”
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Masatoshi Koshiba
Masatoshi Koshiba 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.
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science · Japanese physicist (1926–2020) · physicist · professor · researcher · also Masatoshi Koshiba, Koshiba
Born 19 September 1926 · Died 12 November 2020 · Q155773
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2026· 1 entry
2020· 8 entries
The Washington Post: Masatoshi Koshiba, scientist who shared 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, dies at 94
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The New York Times: Masatoshi Koshiba, 94, Dies; Nobel Winner Tracked Ghostly Neutrinos
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Scroll: Nobel-winning Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba dies at 94
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Hindustan Times: Japan Nobel laureate Masatoshi Koshiba, who found neutrinos, dies at 94
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Physics World: Japanese Nobel-prize-winning neutrino pioneer Masatoshi Koshiba dies aged 94
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Phys.org: Japan Nobel laureate Koshiba who found neutrinos dies at 94
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At the Edogawa Hospital in Tokyo at the age of 94
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Died 2020-11-12.
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2015· 1 entry
Kajita was officially awarded the Nobel Prize and explicitly thanked both Koshiba and Totsuka in his Nobel Lecture for their pivotal contributions
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2010· 1 entry
Awarding individuals who have made outstanding contributions to accelerator and particle physics research, respectively
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2008· 1 entry
“The Regret of Reading a Disciple’s Eulogy”
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2005· 1 entry
The Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo established the Koshiba Hall in honor of his contributions
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class (2003).
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Won Benjamin Franklin Medal (2003).
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The Koshiba Prize was created in his honor
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2002· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2002).
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Awarded Panofsky Prize (2002).
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Jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physics for "pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos"
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Wolf Prize in Physics (2000).
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1998· 1 entry
Published “Evidence for Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos” in Physical Review Letters — cited 4,053 times.
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Culture (1997).
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Awarded Humboldt Prize (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
With the promising results from Kamiokande, the team operationalized a larger and more sensitive detector called Super-Kamiokande
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Person of Cultural Merit (1988).
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1987· 3 entries
Awarded Nishina Memorial Prize (1987).
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Awarded Asahi Prize (1987).
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The Kamiokande experimental detector detected neutrinos from the supernova explosion (designated SN 1987A) outside the Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1985).
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1969· 1 entry
Shifted into electron-positron collider physics, and was involved with the JADE detector in Germany, which helped confirm the Standard Model
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1951· 1 entry
And received a PhD in physics from the University of Rochester, New York, in 1955
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1926· 2 entries
Born 1926-09-19.
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To Toshio and Hayako Koshiba
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