Particel substructure. A common theme of discovery in this century
Some example of modern developments in particel physics are given which demonstrate that the fundamental rules of quantum mechanics, applied to all forces in nature as they became understood, have retained their validity. The well-established laws of electricity and magnetism, reformulated in terms of quantum mechanics, have exhibited a truly remarkable numerical agreement between theory and experiment over an enormous range of observation. As experimental techniques have grown from the top of a laboratory bench to the large accelerators of today, the basic components of experimentation have changed vastly in scale but only little in basic function. More important, the motivation of those engaged in this type of experimentation has hardly changed at all.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 5121204
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-3288; CONF-8105244-1; ON: DE84006776; TRN: 84-008996
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Cherwell-Simon Memorial conference, Oxford, UK, 8 May 1981; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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