The rise of French particle physics
Founded 80 years ago, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is one of Europe’s largest research institutions.
L’essor de la physique des particules en France
Fondé il y a 80 ans, le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), en France, est l’une des plus importantes institutions de recherche en Europe.
LEP’s electroweak leap
In the autumn of 1989 the Large Electron Positron collider (LEP) delivered the first of several results that still dominate the landscape of particle physics today.
The greatest lepton collider
LEP was the highest energy e+e– collider ever built, with levels of precision that remain unsurpassed in accelerator physics. Former CERN director of accelerators Steve Myers tells LEP’s story fro...
CERN and the Higgs Boson
James Gillies’ slim volume conveys the excitement of the hunt for the Higgs.
Music of the muons
Music and dance troupe Les Atomes Dansants use muon tracks from W, Z and Higgs events in CMS data to explore the links between science and art.
Lessons from LEP
The Large Electron Positron collider changed particle physics forever. As the field eyes up the next major collider, former CERN Director-General Herwig Schopper describes what it took to make LEP hap...
Memories from Caltech
Stephen Wolfram reflects on Gell-Mann’s complex character and his rivalry with Richard Feynman.
We’ve been here before…
Tales of colliders contained in 60 illustrious years of CERN Courier offer a rich perspective on the strategic decisions facing the field today.
Strong interactions
Harald Fritzsch, who collaborated with Gell-Mann in the early 1970s, describes the steps that led to a full understanding of strong interactions.
