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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1992

Credits and References for the 1992 Physics Nobel Poster

 

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Editors:
Solgerd Björn-Rasmussen, Margareta Wiberg Roland, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Author:
Dr Erik Johansson, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Sweden

Layout and illustrations:
Kjell Lundin, Explicare, Sweden

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Contents:
Introduction »
Observing the interior of matter »
The electron avalanche in the detector »
Six quarks and six leptons »
The multiwire chamber »
The multiwire chamber in action »
Further reading »
Based on materials from the 1992 Nobel Poster for Physics.
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