Queen's professor emeritus wins Nobel Prize

Arthur McDonald in front of a Queen's blue backdrop, looking at the camera and smiling.

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Queen's 카지노게임사이트 professor emeritus Arthur McDonald is the co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in physics.

The announcement, made Tuesday morning by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, said Dr. McDonald won the award, along with Takaaki Kajita of the 카지노게임사이트 of Tokyo, 카지노 게임 컬렉션for their key contributions to the experiments which demonstrated that neutrinos change identities.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Dr. McDonald received the call from the Nobel committee at 5 am adding that he immediately had a feeling of 카지노 게임 컬렉션tremendous accomplishment by our team.카지노 게임 컬렉션

카지노 게임 컬렉션I am truly honoured to receive the Nobel Prize in physics,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. McDonald says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션While I am a co-winner of the Nobel Prize, the honour really represents a culmination of the hard work and contributions of Canadian and international colleagues with whom I have collaborated with during my career.카지노 게임 컬렉션

It was a momentous day not only for Dr. McDonald but for Queen's as well.

카지노 게임 컬렉션I want to offer my heartfelt congratulations to Dr. McDonald on this significant achievement,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Daniel Woolf, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Principal and Vice-Chancellor. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Dr. McDonald카지노 게임 컬렉션s scientific contributions have advanced our understanding of the universe, and also set the path for new directions in the study of physics and astronomy. His innovative vision has made Canada a world-leader in the field of particle astrophysics and paved the way for fruitful international collaborations.카지노 게임 컬렉션

The findings solved a puzzle that physicists had wrestled with for decades, the academy added in its announcement.

Dr. McDonald카지노 게임 컬렉션s research took place at the  scientific collaboration, an advanced research facility located 2 km underground in an active nickel mine. The experiment demonstrated that neutrinos from the sun were not disappearing on their way to earth and were captured with a different identity when arriving at SNO.

Meanwhile, Dr. Kajita presented the discovery that neutrinos from the atmosphere switch between two identities on their way to the Super-Kamiokande detector in Japan.

This 카지노 게임 컬렉션metamorphosis카지노 게임 컬렉션 requires that neutrinos have mass.

The discovery changed 카지노 게임 컬렉션our understanding of the innermost workings of matter and can prove crucial to our view of the universe,카지노 게임 컬렉션 the Nobel committee said.

카지노 게임 컬렉션I am absolutely delighted at this worldwide recognition for the fundamental research undertaken by Dr. McDonald and the team at SNOLAB. There is a tremendous amount of pride and satisfaction as an institution that Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s has this moment to celebrate one of its finest in Arthur McDonald. It doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션t get better than the Nobel Prize,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Steven Liss, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Vice-Principal (Research). 카지노 게임 컬렉션Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s has a history of attracting the best scholars and students, and we provide an environment that inspires the best. Many students and faculty who have come to study and research at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s have certainly benefited from Dr. McDonald카지노 게임 컬렉션s leadership and mentorship.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Dr. McDonald arrived at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s in 1989, was the inaugural Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics and served as the director of SNO, now known as SNOLAB.

The facility is operated by the SNOLAB Institute whose member institutions are Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트, Carleton 카지노게임사이트, Laurentian 카지노게임사이트, 카지노게임사이트 of Alberta and Université de Montréal. It is located 2 km below the surface in the Vale Creighton Mine near Sudbury, Ont.

Dr. McDonald has been a professor emeritus since 2013. He earned his PhD in 1969 from the California Institute of Technology.

For his research, Dr. McDonald has received a number of awards and recognition including being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of the UK and Commonwealth in 2009. In 2010 he received the Killam Prize in the Natural Sciences, in 2011 received the Henry Marshall Tory Medal from the Royal Society of Canada, its highest award for scientific achievement; and in 2013 he was awarded the European Physics Society HEP Division Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize for Particle Astrophysics.

Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s distinguishes itself as one of the leading research-intensive institutions in Canada. The mission is to advance research excellence, leadership and innovation, as well as enhance Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s impact at a national and international level. Through undertaking leading-edge research, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s is addressing many of the world카지노 게임 컬렉션s greatest challenges, and developing innovative ideas and technological advances brought about by discoveries in a variety of disciplines.

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