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{{Short description|Dutch accelerator physicist associated with discovery of the W and Z bosons}}
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| name = Simon van der Meer
| name = Simon van der Meer
| birth_date = 1925
| image = Biography_Simon_van_der_Meer.jpg
| death_date = 2011
| caption = Van der Meer
| birth_date = 24 November 1925
| birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands
| 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.


== See also ==
Van der Meer shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics with [[Biography:Carlo Rubbia|Carlo Rubbia]].
 
== 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 ==
{{reflist|3}}
* {{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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Simon van der Meer
Van der Meer
Van der Meer
Born 24 November 1925
The Hague, Netherlands
Died 4 March 2011
Geneva, Switzerland


Known for Stochastic cooling; W and Z boson discovery
Awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1984)

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.

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 Carlo Rubbia.

References


Author: Harold Foppele


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