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Particle discoveries and Nobel prizes in Particle Physics

By markweitzman

  • Electron discovered by J.J Thomson

    Electron discovered by J.J Thomson
    Image ©http://www.zeitnews.org/chemistry-physics-and-material-sciences-research/new-method-improves-modeling-of-electrons-motions-in-complex-molecules.html
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    Particle Discoveries and Nobel prizes 20th Century - Present

  • Nobel Prize Physics 1906 J.J. Thomson

    Nobel Prize Physics 1906 J.J. Thomson
    Discovery of electron Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Atomic Nucleus identified by Ernest Rutherford

    Atomic Nucleus identified by Ernest Rutherford
    image ©http://acpcommunity.acp.edu/Facultystaff/genchem/GC1/lecture/assign/atomic/hisatom.htm

  • Proton discovered by Ernest Rutherford

    Proton discovered by Ernest Rutherford
    Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Neutron discovered by James Chadwick

    Neutron discovered by James Chadwick
    Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Positron (antielectron) discovered by Carl Anderson

    Positron (antielectron) discovered by Carl Anderson
    Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Nobel Prize Physics 1935 James Chadwick

    Nobel Prize Physics 1935 James Chadwick
    Discovery of the neutron Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Nobel Prize Physics 1936 - Carl Anderson

    Nobel Prize Physics 1936 - Carl Anderson
    Discovery of the positron Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Muon discovered by Neddermeyer, Anderson, Street, Stevenson

    Muon discovered by Neddermeyer, Anderson, Street, Stevenson
    Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Pion discovered by C.F. Powell

    Pion discovered by C.F. Powell
    Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Nobel Physics Prize 1950 - Cecil Frank Powell

    Nobel Physics Prize 1950 - Cecil Frank Powell
    Discoveries of mesons using photographic methods Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Antiproton discovered by Chamberlain, Segre, Wiegand, Ypsilantis

    Antiproton discovered by Chamberlain, Segre, Wiegand, Ypsilantis
    Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Electron neutrino detected by Reines, Cowan

    Electron neutrino detected by Reines, Cowan
    Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Nobel Prize Physics 1959 Emilio Segre & Owen Chanberlain

    Nobel Prize Physics 1959 Emilio Segre & Owen Chanberlain
    Discovery of antiproton Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • Muon Neutrino shown to be distinct by group headed by Leon Lederman

    Muon Neutrino shown to be distinct by group headed by Leon Lederman
    ©http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/sk/tscan/pictures.html

  • J/psi meson discovered by Richter, Ting

    J/psi meson discovered by Richter, Ting
    ©http://www.science20.com/quantum_diaries_survivor/lhcb_observes_bs_decays_jpsi_f0_pairs-75874

  • Nobel Prize 1976 - Burton Richter, Samuel Ting

    Nobel Prize 1976 - Burton Richter, Samuel Ting
    Discovery of J/psi particle Image ©Wikimedia Commons

  • W and Z bosons discovered by UA1 collaboration

    W and Z bosons discovered by UA1 collaboration
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  • Nobel Prize Physics 1984 - Carlo Rubbia Simon van der Meer

    Nobel Prize Physics 1984 - Carlo Rubbia Simon van der Meer
    Headed large project which detected W and Z bosons ©www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1984/

  • Nobel Prize Physics 1988 - Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz, Jack Steinberger

    Nobel Prize Physics 1988 - Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz, Jack Steinberger
    Discovery of the muon neutrino ©www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1988/

  • Nobel Prize Physics 1992- Georges Charpak

    Nobel Prize Physics 1992- Georges Charpak
    Invention and development of multiwire proportional chamber for particle detection ©www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1992/

  • Top quark discovered at Fermilab

    Top quark discovered at Fermilab
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  • Nobel Prize Physics - 1995 Martin Perl, Frederick Reines

    Nobel Prize Physics - 1995 Martin Perl, Frederick Reines
    Discovery of tau lepton and detection of neutrino image ©www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1995/