Clyde Cowan was an American physicist known for his contributions to experimental physics, particularly in the field of neutrino research. He is best known for his work on the detection of neutrinos, which are elusive subatomic particles produced in nuclear reactions, such as those occurring in the sun or during nuclear decay processes. Cowan, along with fellow physicist Frederick Reines, conducted groundbreaking experiments in the 1950s at the Savannah River Plant in South Carolina.
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