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D-Index
104
Citations
66255
World Ranking
1412
National Ranking
33

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2003 - Bruno Pontecorvo Prize, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research for his outstanding contribution to the discovery of atmospheric muon-neutrino oscillations
  • 2002 - Panofsky Prize, American Physical Society
  • 2000 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his leadership in the SuperKamiokande experiment and his many contributions to particle physics including decisive measurements on solar neutrinos and the recent strong evidence for neutrino oscillations
  • 1987 - Nishina Memorial Prize

Overview

Y. Totsuka was affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their career was marked by involvement in key experiments and research related to particle physics and neutrino oscillations.

Throughout their career, they received multiple awards recognizing their contributions to physics. These awards included the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 2007, the Bruno Pontecorvo Prize from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in 2003 for outstanding contribution to the discovery of atmospheric muon-neutrino oscillations, the Panofsky Prize from the American Physical Society in 2002, and the Nishina Memorial Prize in 1987.

In 2000, they were named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). The citation highlighted their leadership in the SuperKamiokande experiment and contributions to particle physics, including decisive measurements on solar neutrinos and providing strong evidence for neutrino oscillations.

Y. Totsuka's work had significant implications in the areas of experimental particle physics and neutrino research, especially through the SuperKamiokande experiment, which played a key role in detecting neutrino oscillations, a phenomenon important for understanding fundamental particle properties and behaviors.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for oscillation of atmospheric neutrinos

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

  • Observation of a neutrino burst from the supernova SN1987A.

    K. Hirata;T. Kajita;M. Koshiba;M. Nakahata

  • 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

  • Atmospheric vμ ve ratio in the multi-GeV energy range

    Y. Fukuda;T. Hayakawa;K. Inoue;T. Ishida

  • 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

  • Solar Neutrino Data Covering Solar Cycle 22.

    Y. Fukuda;T. Hayakawa;K. Inoue;K. Ishihara

  • 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

  • Observation of a small atmospheric vμ/ve ratio in Kamiokande

    K.S. Hirata;K. Inoue;T. Ishida;T. Kajita

  • 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

Takaaki Kajita
Takaaki Kajita University of Tokyo
Kate Scholberg
Kate Scholberg Duke University
C. W. Walter
C. W. Walter Duke University
Y. Hayato
Y. Hayato University of Tokyo
E. Kearns
E. Kearns Boston University
C. K. Jung
C. K. Jung Stony Brook University
S. Mine
S. Mine University of California, Irvine
Yoshitaka Itow
Yoshitaka Itow Nagoya University
S. Moriyama
S. Moriyama University of Tokyo
John G. Learned
John G. Learned University of Hawaii at Manoa

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