Abstract
Back in 1980, the US was the mecca of high energy physics. But at CERN, the vision of Carlo Rubbia, the invention of new beam 'cooling' techniques by Simon van der Meer, and bold decisions under the joint Director-Generalship of John Adams and Leon Van Hove had led to preparations for a totally new research assault - a high energy proton-antiproton collider. In 1983 this far-sighted plan uncovered the long-awaited W and Z bosons - the carriers of the weak nuclear force. This epic discovery underpinned the foundations of the Standard Model, earned the Nobel Prize for Rubbia and van der Meer in the following year, and, for the first time since the Second World War, nudged the centroid of particle physics towards Europe. Meanwhile LEP, and the HERA electron proton collider at the German DESY Laboratory in Hamburg, were built to help keep it that way.
Citation Formats
Anon.
The 1980s - diary of a dramatic decade.
CERN: N. p.,
1990.
Web.
Anon.
The 1980s - diary of a dramatic decade.
CERN.
Anon.
1990.
"The 1980s - diary of a dramatic decade."
CERN.
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title = {The 1980s - diary of a dramatic decade}
author = {Anon.}
abstractNote = {Back in 1980, the US was the mecca of high energy physics. But at CERN, the vision of Carlo Rubbia, the invention of new beam 'cooling' techniques by Simon van der Meer, and bold decisions under the joint Director-Generalship of John Adams and Leon Van Hove had led to preparations for a totally new research assault - a high energy proton-antiproton collider. In 1983 this far-sighted plan uncovered the long-awaited W and Z bosons - the carriers of the weak nuclear force. This epic discovery underpinned the foundations of the Standard Model, earned the Nobel Prize for Rubbia and van der Meer in the following year, and, for the first time since the Second World War, nudged the centroid of particle physics towards Europe. Meanwhile LEP, and the HERA electron proton collider at the German DESY Laboratory in Hamburg, were built to help keep it that way.}
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title = {The 1980s - diary of a dramatic decade}
author = {Anon.}
abstractNote = {Back in 1980, the US was the mecca of high energy physics. But at CERN, the vision of Carlo Rubbia, the invention of new beam 'cooling' techniques by Simon van der Meer, and bold decisions under the joint Director-Generalship of John Adams and Leon Van Hove had led to preparations for a totally new research assault - a high energy proton-antiproton collider. In 1983 this far-sighted plan uncovered the long-awaited W and Z bosons - the carriers of the weak nuclear force. This epic discovery underpinned the foundations of the Standard Model, earned the Nobel Prize for Rubbia and van der Meer in the following year, and, for the first time since the Second World War, nudged the centroid of particle physics towards Europe. Meanwhile LEP, and the HERA electron proton collider at the German DESY Laboratory in Hamburg, were built to help keep it that way.}
journal = []
issue = {1}
volume = {30}
journal type = {AC}
place = {CERN}
year = {1990}
month = {Jan}
}