PHYSICS:James W. Cronin 1980 - University Park, TX, US
N 32° 50.717 W 096° 47.088
14S E 707316 N 3636309
Located in North Stairway first floor in the Dallas Hall -- Southern Methodist University, University Park TX.
Waymark Code: WMRBKD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2016
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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 do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles. Specifically, they proved, by examining the decay of kaons, that a reaction run in reverse does not merely retrace the path of the original reaction, which showed that the interactions of subatomic particles are not indifferent to time. Thus the phenomenon of CP violation was discovered.
Field of Accomplishment: Physics
Year of Award: 1980
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