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Also known as John Francis Clauser, John F. Clauser

American physicist

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John Francis Clauser is a person recognized in the Nobel Physics collection. He was born on December 1, 1942. His official website is johnclauser.com.

Clauser has authored one work, titled "Measurement of the cosmic microwave background." Crossref data indicates he has five works. He is referenced by 338 other encyclopedia articles.

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Key facts

Born
John Francis Clauser , ( 1942-12-01 ) December 1, 1942 (age 83) , Pasadena, California , U.S.
Education
California Institute of Technology ( BS ) Columbia University ( MA , PhD )
Known for
Bell test experiments , CHSH inequality
Awards
Wolf Prize in Physics (2010) Nobel Prize in Physics (2022)
Fields
Quantum mechanics
Institutions
University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory CO2 Coalition
Thesis
Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background by Optical Observations of Interstellar Molecules (1970)
Doctoral advisor
Patrick Thaddeus
Website
johnclauser.com

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2022

    for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Francis
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Pasadena
Occupation
physicist
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
CHSH inequality
Field of work
quantum physics
Official website
johnclauser.com
Image
John Francis Clauser (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
1942-12-01
Commons category
John Clauser
name in native language
John Francis Clauser
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Climate change
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
interested in
quantum mechanics
Sources (6)

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Encyclopedic overview

John Francis Clauser (/ˈklaʊzər/; born December 1, 1942) is an American theoretical and experimental physicist known for contributions to the foundations of quantum mechanics, in particular the Clauser–Horne–Shimony–Holt inequality. Clauser was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science". In 2023, he declared himself as a climate change denier.

Early life

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