Arthur B. McDonald

Arthur Bruce McDonald (born August 29, 1943) is a Canadian astrophysicist. McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute.[1] He holds the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

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

(1943-08-29) August 29, 1943
North Sydney, Nova Scotia
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
  • Dalhousie University (BSc, MSc)
  • Caltech (PhD)
Known forSolving the solar neutrino problem
Awards
  • OC (2006)
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal (2007)
  • FRS (2009)
  • Henry Marshall Tory Medal (2011)
  • OOnt (2012)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2015)
  • CC (2015) (promotion)
  • Fundamental Physics Prize (2016)
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

McDonald was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics with Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita.[2]

References
  1. "Arthur B. McDonald". www.fi.edu. The Franklin Institute. 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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