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			\| name = Simon van der Meer
	\| image = Biography_Simon_van_der_Meer.jpg		\| image = Biography_Simon_van_der_Meer.jpg
	\| caption = ~~Simon van~~ der Meer		\| caption = Van der Meer
	\| ~~name~~ = ~~Simon van der Meer~~		\| birth_date = 24 November 1925
	\| ~~birth_date~~ = ~~1925~~		\| birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands
	\| death_date = 2011		\| death_date = 4 March 2011
			\| death_place = Geneva, Switzerland
	\| fields = Accelerator physics		\| fields = Accelerator physics
	\| work_institutions = CERN		\| work_institutions = CERN
	\| known_for = Stochastic cooling; W and Z boson discovery		\| known_for = Stochastic cooling; W and Z boson discovery
			\| awards = Nobel Prize in Physics (1984)
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	~~{{Short description\|Accelerator physicist associated with discovery of the W and Z bosons}}~~
	'''Simon van der Meer''' (1925-2011) was a Dutch accelerator physicist. His stochastic cooling technique was crucial for the proton-antiproton collider work that led to discovery of the W and Z bosons at CERN.		'''Simon van der Meer''' (1925-2011) was a Dutch accelerator physicist. His stochastic cooling technique was crucial for the proton-antiproton collider work that led to discovery of the W and Z bosons at CERN.

	He shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics with [[Biography:Carlo Rubbia\|Carlo Rubbia]]~~. In the Quantum Collection, his name is linked with the experimental route to the electroweak gauge bosons~~.		== Accelerator physics ==
			Stochastic cooling made it possible to reduce the spread of particle beams and create the conditions needed for high-energy proton-antiproton collisions. This technical breakthrough was essential to the CERN experiments that observed the W and Z bosons.

			Van der Meer shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics with [[Biography:Carlo Rubbia\|Carlo Rubbia]].

	== ~~See also~~ ==		== Quantum Collection links ==
	* [[Physics:Quantum W and Z bosons]]		* [[Physics:Quantum W and Z bosons]]
	* [[Physics:Quantum Electroweak theory]]		* [[Physics:Quantum Electroweak theory]]
			* [[Physics:Quantum Standard Model]]

			== References ==
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			* {{Cite web \|title=Simon van der Meer - Biographical \|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1984/meer/biographical/ \|publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach \|access-date=2026-05-23}}
			* {{Cite web \|title=Simon van der Meer \|url=https://home.cern/about/who-we-are/our-history/biographies/simon-van-der-meer \|website=CERN \|access-date=2026-05-23}}

	{{Author\|Harold Foppele}}		{{Author\|Harold Foppele}}

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			\| work_institutions = CERN
			\| known_for = Stochastic cooling; W and Z boson discovery
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	{{Short description\|Accelerator physicist associated with discovery of the W and Z bosons}}		{{Short description\|Accelerator physicist associated with discovery of the W and Z bosons}}
	'''Simon van der Meer''' (1925-2011) was a Dutch accelerator physicist. His stochastic cooling technique was crucial for the proton-antiproton collider work that led to discovery of the W and Z bosons at CERN.		'''Simon van der Meer''' (1925-2011) was a Dutch accelerator physicist. His stochastic cooling technique was crucial for the proton-antiproton collider work that led to discovery of the W and Z bosons at CERN.

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{{Short description|Accelerator physicist associated with discovery of the W and Z bosons}}
'''Simon van der Meer''' (1925-2011) was a Dutch accelerator physicist. His stochastic cooling technique was crucial for the proton-antiproton collider work that led to discovery of the W and Z bosons at CERN.

He shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics with [[Biography:Carlo Rubbia|Carlo Rubbia]]. In the Quantum Collection, his name is linked with the experimental route to the electroweak gauge bosons.

== See also ==
* [[Physics:Quantum W and Z bosons]]
* [[Physics:Quantum Electroweak theory]]

{{Author|Harold Foppele}}