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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For work with atmospheric and accelerator neutrinos that established the phenomenon of neutrino oscillation, and for leadership in the worldwide effort of the supernova neutrino detection

Overview

Kate Scholberg is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has a research focus predominantly within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover various aspects of neutrino physics, astrophysics, and particle physics. The main topics of work include:

  • Neutrino Physics Research
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • Particle Detector Development and Performance

Kate Scholberg has contributed to several notable scientific publications. Some of their recent papers are:

  • First Measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering on Argon, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • SNEWS 2.0: a next-generation supernova early warning system for multi-messenger astronomy, 2021, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • Measurement of the Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Cross Section on CsI by COHERENT, 2022, Physical Review Letters
  • First gadolinium loading to Super-Kamiokande, 2022, Digital Access to Libraries
  • Diffuse supernova neutrino background search at Super-Kamiokande, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

The venues in which their work is frequently published include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Physical Review Letters
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Journal of Instrumentation

Frequent collaborators who have coauthored many publications with Kate Scholberg include:

  • Volodymyr Takhistov
  • Y. Hayato
  • M. Nakahata
  • T. Yano
  • L. Wan

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Kate Scholberg was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2013. The citation highlighted work on atmospheric and accelerator neutrinos that established the phenomenon of neutrino oscillation, as well as leadership in worldwide efforts related to supernova neutrino detection.

Best Publications

  • Review of Particle Physics

    K. A. Olive;K. Agashe;C. Amsler;M. Antonelli

  • APS : Review of Particle Physics, 2018-2019

    M Tanabashi;P Richardson;A Bettini;A Vogt

  • Review of Particle Physics

    K. Nakamura;K. Hagiwara;K. Hikasa;H. Murayama;H. Murayama;H. Murayama

  • Evidence for oscillation of atmospheric neutrinos

    Y. Fukuda;T. Hayakawa;E. Ichihara;K. Inoue

  • Oxford University Press : Review of Particle Physics, 2020-2021

    P A Zyla;P Richardson;O Zenin;A Bettini

  • Indication of Electron Neutrino Appearance from an Accelerator-produced Off-axis Muon Neutrino Beam

    K. Abe;N. Abgrall;Y. Ajima;H. Aihara

  • Solar 8B and hep Neutrino Measurements from 1258 Days of Super-Kamiokande Data

    Y. Fukuda;M. Ishitsuka;Y. Itow;T. Kajita

  • Indications of neutrino oscillation in a 250 km long-baseline experiment.

    M. H. Ahn;S. Aoki;H. Bhang;S. Boyd

  • Measurement of atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters by Super-Kamiokande I

    Y. Ashie;J. Hosaka;K. Ishihara;Y. Itow

  • Measurement of neutrino oscillation by the K2K experiment

    M. H. Ahn;E. Aliu;S. Andringa;S. Aoki

  • The Super-Kamiokande detector

    S. Fukuda;Y. Fukuda;T. Hayakawa;E. Ichihara

  • Constraints on neutrino oscillations using 1258 days of Super-Kamiokande solar neutrino data.

    S. Fukuda;Y. Fukuda;M. Ishitsuka;Y. Itow

  • Determination of solar neutrino oscillation parameters using 1496 days of Super-Kamiokande-I data

    S. Fukuda;Y. Fukuda;M. Ishitsuka;Y. Itow

  • Measurement of the Flux and Zenith-Angle Distribution of Upward Throughgoing Muons by Super-Kamiokande

    Y. Fukuda;T. Hayakawa;E. Ichihara;K. Inoue

  • Measurements of the solar neutrino flux from Super-Kamiokande's first 300 days

    Y. Fukuda;T. Hayakawa;E. Ichihara;K. Inoue

  • The T2K Experiment

    K. Abe;N. Abgrall;H. Aihara;Y. Ajima

  • Tau neutrinos favored over sterile neutrinos in atmospheric muon neutrino oscillations.

    S. Fukuda;Y. Fukuda;M. Ishitsuka;Y. Itow

  • Evidence for an Oscillatory Signature in Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations

    Y. Ashie;J. Hosaka;K. Ishihara;Y. Itow

  • Measurement of a small atmospheric νμ/νe ratio

    Y. Fukuda;T. Hayakawa;E. Ichihara;K. Inoue

  • Study of the atmospheric neutrino flux in the multi-GeV energy range

    Y. Fukuda;T. Hayakawa;E. Ichihara;K. Inoue

Frequent Co-Authors

E. Kearns
E. Kearns Boston University
C. W. Walter
C. W. Walter Duke University
C. K. Jung
C. K. Jung Stony Brook University
Y. Hayato
Y. Hayato University of Tokyo
Takaaki Kajita
Takaaki Kajita University of Tokyo
S. Mine
S. Mine University of California, Irvine
A. C. Weber
A. C. Weber University of Oxford
S. Moriyama
S. Moriyama University of Tokyo
Ko Okumura
Ko Okumura Juntendo University
Yoshitaka Itow
Yoshitaka Itow Nagoya University

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