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The Scientific achievements of CERN:
Several important achievements in particle physics have been made during experiments at CERN. They include:- 1973: The discovery of neutral currents in the Gargamelle bubble chamber.[3]
- 1983: The discovery of W and Z bosons in the UA1 and UA2 experiments.[4]
- 1989: The determination of the number of light neutrino families at the Large Electron–Positron Collider (LEP) operating on the Z boson peak.
- 1995: The first creation of antihydrogen atoms in the PS210 experiment.[5]
- 1999: The discovery of direct CP violation in the NA48 experiment.[6]
- 2010: The isolation of 38 atoms of antihydrogen[7]
- 2011: Maintaining antihydrogen for over 15 minutes[8]
The 1984 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer for the developments that led to the discoveries of the W and Z bosons. The 1992 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to CERN staff researcher Georges Charpak “for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber.”
(Source: jmdj)
