Raymond Davis Jr.(1914–2006)
PhysicsRaymond Davis Jr. was an American chemist and physicist. He is best known as the leader of the Homestake experiment in the 1960s-1980s, which was the first experiment to detect neutrinos emitted from the Sun; for this he shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics.
United StatesPacific Northwest Research Station
2
Major Awards
138
Publications
4,484
Citations
28
h-index
48
i10-index
32.5
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
DNA guanine-guanine crosslinking sequence specificity of isophosphoramide mustard, the alkylating metabolite of the clinical antitumor agent ifosfamide
Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology(2000)
11
citations
#2
Measurement of the Solar Electron Neutrino Flux with the Homestake Chlorine Detector
The Astrophysical Journal(1998)
1,562
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksDNA guanine-guanine crosslinking sequence specificity of isophosphoramide mustard, the alkylating metabolite of the clinical antitumor agent ifosfamide
Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology2000
11citations
Measurement of the Solar Electron Neutrino Flux with the Homestake Chlorine Detector
The Astrophysical Journal1998
1,562citations
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Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Yale University
Career Timeline
Brookhaven National Laboratory?–present
Monsanto?–present
University of Pennsylvania?–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
MR
Martin Rees
Wolf Prize in Physics (2024)
FK
Ferenc Krausz
Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
AL
Anne L'Huillier
Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
GP
Giorgio Parisi
Lorentz Medal (2022)
AZ
Anton Zeilinger
Nobel Prize in Physics (2022)
AA
Alain Aspect
Nobel Prize in Physics (2022)
JF
John F. Clauser
Nobel Prize in Physics (2022)
RP
Roger Penrose
Nobel Prize in Physics (2020)
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