At its meeting next month in Philadelphia, the American Physical Society will hold a ceremonial prize session in honor of 16 recipients.
The Hans Bethe Prize will go to Michael Wiescher, Freimann Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame and director of the Joint Institute of Nuclear Astrophysics. APS is honoring Wiescher for his “contributions to the experimental foundation of nuclear astrophysics, especially the delineation of the processes involved in explosive hydrogen burning in novae and x-ray bursters and for providing an intellectual bridge between experimental nuclear astrophysicists and their theoretical colleagues.”
“Leadership in resolving the solar neutrino problem with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory” is why APS has chosen Arthur Bruce McDonald as the recipient of this year’s Tom W. Bonner Prize. McDonald is the University Research Chair in Physics at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.
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