Biography:Carlo Rubbia
| Carlo Rubbia | |
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| Born | 31 March 1934 Gorizia, Italy
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| Known for | Discovery of W and Z bosons; proton-antiproton collider experiments |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1984) |
Carlo Rubbia (born 1934) is an Italian physicist associated with the experimental discovery of the W and Z bosons at CERN. He shared the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics with Simon van der Meer.
W and Z bosons
Rubbia led the UA1 collaboration at CERN during the experiments that observed the W and Z bosons. These particles are the carriers of the weak interaction and were a central prediction of electroweak theory.
The discovery confirmed a key part of the Standard Model and the electroweak unification developed by Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and Abdus Salam.
Quantum Collection links
References
- "Carlo Rubbia - Biographical". Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1984/rubbia/biographical/.
- "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1984". Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1984/summary/.
Author: Harold Foppele