James Cronin
James Watson Cronin (September 29, 1931 – August 25, 2016 was an American nuclear physicist. Cronin and co-researcher Val Logsdon Fitch were awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for a 1964 experiment that proved that certain subatomic reactions are not the same as to fundamental symmetry principles (called CP violation).[1]
James Watson Cronin | |
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 Cronin at the 2010 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting | |
| Born | 29 September 1931 |
| Died | August 25, 2016 (aged 84) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Southern Methodist University University of Chicago (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Nuclear physics |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics John Price Wetherill Medal National Medal of Science |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
References
Other websites
- Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy
- Cronin's Nobel lecture on CP Symmetry Violation
- James Watson Cronin at Nobel-winners.com
- James Cronin at nobelprize.org
- the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons.
- Short biography at the University of Chicago
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