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Takaaki Kajita (梶田 隆章, Kajita Takaaki, Japanese pronunciation: [kadʑita takaːki]; born 9 March 1959) is a Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamioka Observatory – Kamiokande and its successor, Super-Kamiokande.
Takaaki Kajita. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015. Born: 9 March 1959, Higashimatsuyama, Japan. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass” Prize share: 1/2. Life.
Biographical. I was born on March 9, 1959, in Higashi-Matsuyama, a small city located about an hour’s train ride north of Tokyo. My house was located in the countryside, surrounded by rice fields on the north, east, and south. I grew up in such a peaceful environment.
Professor Takaaki Kajita was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2015 for discovering “neutrino oscillation” in 1998. As follows, “neutrino oscillation” will be explained.
Sep 30, 2021 · Takaaki Kajita – who was still a physics student when Koshiba did his Nobel-prize-winning work – was intrigued by the study of these ghostly particles and decided to carry out a PhD at the University of Tokyo under the supervision of Koshiba.
May 9, 2024 · Kajita Takaaki is a Japanese physicist who was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the oscillations of neutrinos from one flavour to another, which proved that those subatomic particles have mass.
Telephone interview with Takaaki Kajita immediately following the announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, 6 October 2015. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Chief Scientific Officer of Nobel Media.
