1988
The hunt for the muon neutrino
In order to understand how the weak force works and to explore the possible existence of two neutrinos, it was necessary to study neutrino interactions at high energies. Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger were working to achieve a sufficiently intense neutrino beam for several years. This neutrino beam was produced in several…
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1988
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics to Leon M. Lederman Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA Melvin Schwartz Digital Pathways Inc., Mountain View, California, USA Jack Steinberger CERN, Geneva, Switzerland for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons…
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Press release
19 October 1988 has decided to award the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly to Leon Lederman, Batavia, Illinois, USA, Melvin Schwartz, Mountain view, California, USA and Jack Steinberger, Geneva, Switzerland, for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino. This year’s…
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Credits and References for the 1988 Physics Nobel Poster
Published by: © Information Department Box 50005 S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden, Tel. +46-(0)8-15 04 30 Editor: Dr Erik Johansson Department of Physics, Stockholm University Vanadisvägen 9, S-113 46 Stockholm, Sweden Illustrator: Karin Feltzin, Stockholm, Sweden Web Adapted Version: Nobelprize.org Every effort has been made by the publisher to credit organizations and individuals with regard…
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