Eerste succesvolle meting door prototype deeltjesdetector
From NRC, Sept. 19, 2018: Een nieuwe detector moet helpen begrijpen waarom materie en antimaterie elkaar niet onmiddellijk opheffen.
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Nobel Prize winner and former Fermilab director remembered for having ‘enormous impact’ on science and education
From The Beacon-News, Oct. 3, 2018: About Lederman, Fermilab Director Nigel Lockyer said, ““His impact on particle physics will easily impact us for the next few decades and we will not see another like him in our lifetime.”
Nobel laureate Leon Lederman dies aged 96
From Physics World, Oct. 4, 2018: “[Lederman’s] leadership helped to shape the field of particle physics, designing, building and operating the Tevatron and positioning the laboratory to become a world leader in accelerator and neutrino science,” says current Fermilab director Nigel Lockyer.
È morto Leon Max Lederman, premio Nobel per la Fisica: sua la definizione “particella di Dio”
From Corriere Adriatico, Oct. 4, 2018: E’ suo il termine “particella di Dio”: addio al fisico statunitense Leon Max Lederman, premio Nobel per la Fisica nel 1988 per i suoi studi sui neutrini, appassionato divulgatore scientifico. E’ morto ieri all’età di 96 anni a Rexburg, città nello stato dell’Idaho.
Leon Lederman, Nobelist who coined ‘God particle,’ dies at 96
From Bloomberg News, Oct. 3, 2018: In 1989, he retired as director of the Fermilab, where he had headed a team that discovered the bottom quark, one of the six types of the elementary quark particle, in 1977.
Leon Lederman, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, dies at 96
From WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, Oct. 3, 2018: This 6-minute segment covers Lederman’s expansive career, including his 1988 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the muon neutrino, one of the building blocks of matter.
Physicist Leon Lederman, renowned for his subatomic particle work, has died
From Science News, Oct. 3, 2018: His work revealed the existence of multiple new elementary particles — with names like the muon neutrino and the bottom quark — showing that the realm of the infinitesimal was more complex than previously thought.
The 3-ton ruler
A specialized measuring machine at SLAC is helping scientists build precise detectors for the ATLAS experiment.
Leon Lederman, 96, explorer (and explainer) of the subatomic world, dies
From The New York Times, Oct. 3, 2018: Leon Lederman, whose ingenious experiments with particle accelerators deepened science’s understanding of the subatomic world, died early Wednesday in Rexburg, Idaho. He was 96.
These beautiful photos capture the artistic side of particle physics
From Wired UK, Oct. 1, 2018: The winning photos in the 2018 Global Physics Photowalk take a sideways look at particle detectors and operating mines.