50 Years of Neutrino Physics

TL;DR

This paper reviews fifty years of neutrino physics, highlighting historical developments, key discoveries, and the long-standing tradition of the Zakopane Theoretical School in the field.

Contribution

It provides a historical overview of neutrino research over the past fifty years, emphasizing the contributions of the Zakopane Theoretical School.

Findings

Historical milestones in neutrino physics

The role of the Zakopane Theoretical School

Significant discoveries over 50 years

Abstract

Some important topics from history of neutrino physics over the last fifty years are discussed. History of neutrinos is older, at 4th December 2010 it will be eightieth anniversary of the "neutrino birth". In that day W. Pauli wrote the famous letter to participants of the physics conference at Tubingen with the suggestion that "there could exist in the nuclei electrically neutral particle". We will concentrate mostly on the 50 years of neutrino history just to show the long tradition of the Zakopane Theoretical School.