Masatoshi Koshiba, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, passed away on the night of November 12, 2020.
He was 94 years old.
We pray for the souls.
Neutrino and Kamiokande
Mr. Koshiba was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for successfully observing neutrinos, one of the elementary particles that form the basis of matter, and opening up a new field of neutrino astronomy.
In order to observe neutrinos, we constructed a large observation facility Kamiokande under the Kamioka mine in Gifu prefecture, and observed neutrinos for the first time in the world.
Super-Kamiokande
Currently, observations are being continued at Super-Kamiokande, the successor to Kamiokande.
Mr. Kajita, a student of Mr. Koshiba, discovered that neutrinos have mass.
Hyper-Kamiokande
As a successor to Super-Kamiokande, Hyper-Kamiokande is under construction with the aim of starting experiments in 2027.
I’m looking forward to discovering new facts at Hyper-Kamiokande.
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