40 Years of Particle Physics, Proceedings of the INT Conference to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Discoveries of the Pi- and V-particles held at the University of Bristol, 22-24 July 1987 - Rilegato

Foster, B.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0852743548 ISBN 13: 9780852743546

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 1988

Riassunto

The 40th anniversary of the discovery of the ^D*p and V particles was celebrated in July 1987 by an International Conference held in Bristol. 40 years of Particle Physics records the 13 invited papers presented at the conference and reports on the discussions generated. The book successfully captures the flavour of research into elementary particles in the immediate post-war era. Nine selected reprints from the period document the development of the photographic techniques by which the tracks of individual nuclear particles can be detected. Physicist and historians of science interested in the fundamental particles will find the book of immense value.

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Contenuti

Section 1: Invited papers. From the discovery of the mesotron to that of its leptonic nature - M Conversi. Waiting for the pion - N Kemmer. The pi discovery - P H Fowler. British patent 580, 504 and Ilford nuclear emulsions - C Waller. Early work with electron-sensitive emulsions - W O Lock. The use of emulsions from the pi meson to beauty - D H Davies. Historical remark on edecay - R H Dalitz. The beginning of particle physics: from cosmic rays to CERN accelerators - E Amaldi. The discovery of the V-particles - G D Rochester. Cloud chamber physics on the mountain tops - C Butler. The role of the cloud chamber in the strange particle saga - G D Rochester. The pion in particle physics today - an overview - R H Dalitz. Concluding remarks - D H Perkins. Section 2: Reprinted papers: Nuclear disintegration by meson capture - D H Perkins. Nuclear disintegration produced by slow charged particles of small mass - G P S Occhialini and C F Powell. Processes involving charged mesons - C M G Lattes, H Muirhead, G P S Occhialini and C F Powell. Observations on the tracks of slow mesons in photographic emulsions: Part 1 - C M G Lattes, G P S Occhialini and C F Powell. Observations on the tracks of slow mesons in photographic emulsions: Part 2 - C M G Lattes, G P S Occhialini and C F Powell. Evidence for the existence of new unstable elementary particles - G D Rochester and C C Butler. Observations with electron-sensitive plates exposed to cosmic radiation: Part 1 - R Brown, U Camerini, P H Fowler, H Muirhead and C F Powell. The properties of charged v-particles - R Armenteros, K H Barker, C C Butler, A Cachon and C M York. Author index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0852743548
• ISBN 13: 9780852743546
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Redattore: Fowler P. W.
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