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Born | 6 March 1942 |
Died | 10 July 2008 (aged 66) |
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Yoji Totsuka (戸塚 洋二, Totsuka Yōji, March 6, 1942 – July 10, 2008) was a Japanese physicist and Special University Professor, emeritus, University of Tokyo. A leader in the study of solar and atmospheric neutrinos, he was a scientist and director at Kamioka Observatory, Super-Kamiokande and the High Energy Physics Laboratory (KEK) in Japan.
Totsuka helped to discover neutrino oscillation and neutrino mass, laying a foundation for the international study of neutrinos.[1][2]