The November J/Ψ Revolution: Twenty-Five Years Later

1999/10/25 by Avinash Khare
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph #hep-ex #hep-lat #hep-th #physics.hist-ph

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published as Curr.Sci. 77 (1999) 1210 · 9 pages, To be Published in Nov. 10 Issue of Current Science (India)

arxiv created 1999/10/25 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

Exactly twenty five years ago the world of high energy physics was set on fire by the discovery of a new particle with an unusually narrow width at 3095 MeV, known popularly as the J/Ψ revolution. This discovery was very decisive in our understanding as well as formulating the current picture regarding the basic constituents of nature. I look back at the discovery, pointing out how unexpected, dramatic and significant it was.

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