Masatoshi Koshiba
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Masatoshi Koshiba was a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in neutrino astronomy and the development of underground neutrino detectors.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Masatoshi Koshiba canonical | 7 |
| 小柴昌俊 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T262320 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Masatoshi Koshiba Context triple: [University of Tokyo, hasNotableAlumni, Masatoshi Koshiba]
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Hideki Yukawa
Hideki Yukawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate best known for proposing the meson theory of nuclear forces.
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Carlo Rubbia
Carlo Rubbia is an Italian physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pivotal role in the experimental discovery of the W and Z bosons at CERN.
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C.
Sheldon Glashow
Sheldon Glashow is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering contributions to the electroweak theory that unifies electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
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Leo Esaki
Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling and the invention of the Esaki (tunnel) diode.
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E.
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg was an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in unifying the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces into the electroweak theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Masatoshi Koshiba Target entity description: Masatoshi Koshiba was a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in neutrino astronomy and the development of underground neutrino detectors.
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A.
Hideki Yukawa
Hideki Yukawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate best known for proposing the meson theory of nuclear forces.
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B.
Carlo Rubbia
Carlo Rubbia is an Italian physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pivotal role in the experimental discovery of the W and Z bosons at CERN.
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C.
Sheldon Glashow
Sheldon Glashow is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering contributions to the electroweak theory that unifies electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
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D.
Leo Esaki
Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling and the invention of the Esaki (tunnel) diode.
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E.
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg was an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in unifying the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces into the electroweak theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese scientist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ particle physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Asahi Prize
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Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Order of Culture (Japan) ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Culture
Person of Cultural Merit (Japan) ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1926-09-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2020-11-12 ⓘ |
| developed |
Kamiokande neutrino detector
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linked to:
Kamiokande experiment
Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector ⓘ
linked to:
Kamiokande experiment
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| educatedAt |
University of Rochester
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University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| employer |
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
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University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astrophysics
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neutrino astronomy ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kamiokande experiment
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Super-Kamiokande experiment ⓘ
linked to:
Kamiokande experiment
detection of neutrinos from Supernova 1987A ⓘ development of underground neutrino detectors ⓘ pioneering work in neutrino astronomy ⓘ solar neutrino observations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Japan Academy ⓘ |
| name | Masatoshi Koshiba ⓘ |
| nativeName | 小柴 昌俊 ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
establishing neutrino astronomy as an observational science
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first real-time detection of solar neutrinos ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor at the University of Tokyo
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professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
cosmic rays
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neutrino oscillations ⓘ solar neutrinos ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Raymond Davis Jr.
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Riccardo Giacconi ⓘ |
| workLocation | Kamioka Observatory, Gifu Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
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Subject: Masatoshi Koshiba Description of subject: Masatoshi Koshiba was a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in neutrino astronomy and the development of underground neutrino detectors.
Referenced by (8)
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