Ray Davis Jr.

Ray Davis Jr. was an American physicist renowned for his groundbreaking work in detecting neutrinos, elusive subatomic particles produced in nuclear reactions, such as those in the sun. In the 1960s, he designed an innovative experiment using a large underground tank of cleaning fluid to capture these neutrinos. His findings provided crucial insights into solar processes and improved our understanding of particle interactions. Davis’s work confirmed theories about the sun's energy production and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002, highlighting his significant contributions to both astrophysics and particle physics.