Memories from the W Boson Discovery
Claudia-Elisabeth Wulz

TL;DR
This paper recounts the historic discovery of W and Z bosons at CERN, highlighting the experimental efforts, key figures, and technological decisions that led to this breakthrough in particle physics.
Contribution
It provides a detailed historical account of the CERN W and Z boson discovery, emphasizing the experimental strategies and key personnel involved.
Findings
Discovery of W and Z bosons at CERN
Role of proton-antiproton collider in the discovery
Recognition of Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer's contributions
Abstract
The fascinating story of a major discovery at CERN is outlined. The bold decision to convert its most powerful, and only recently inaugurated, proton accelerator to a proton-antiproton collider led to the discovery of the W and Z bosons -- mediators of the weak interaction -- in a record time, at the experiments UA1 and UA2. The decisive roles of Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer, who received the 1984 Nobel Prize for physics, are underlined.
Peer Reviews
No public reviews on file for this paper yet. If you reviewed it on a platform where reviews are public (OpenReview, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML), you can paste yours below so the community can read it here.
Videos
No videos yet. Explain this paper in a talk, walkthrough, or lecture? Add one.
Taxonomy
TopicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions · Biofield Effects and Biophysics
