Article
Analysis for Science Librarians of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics: Missing Neutrinos, Oscillations, and the New Science of the Ghostliest Particle
Science & Technology Libraries
(2016)
Abstract
The Royal Swedish Academy of Science announced that the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015 would go to Arthur B. McDonald (Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada) and Takaaki Kajita (University of Tokyo, Japan) for their pioneering work in detecting and constraining neutrino oscillations, a phenomenon in which one type of neutrino becomes another type of neutrino as it travels through space. This article describes the science behind the prize, provides an overview of scientific contributions that Kajita and McDonald have made to the field of neutrino astronomy, and analyzes citation and authorship patterns for each Nobel prizewinner.
Keywords
- Arthur B. McDonald,
- citation analysis,
- neutrino astronomy,
- neutrino oscillations,
- Nobel Prize in Physics,
- physics,
- Takaaki Kajita
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 30, 2016
Citation Information
Kayleigh A Bohémier. "Analysis for Science Librarians of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics: Missing Neutrinos, Oscillations, and the New Science of the Ghostliest Particle" Science & Technology Libraries (2016) ISSN: 1541-1109 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kayebohemier/1/