Burton Richter
Photo gallery
SLAC's Burton Richter and MIT's Samuel Ting at a SLAC symposium in 1984, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the J/psi discovery.
Photo: Archives, History & Records Office/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
On 11 November, 1974, two research teams announced they had independently of each other discovered a new subatomic particle, J/psi. While the teams performed their experiments, the J/psi popped up as a bump in the data where none was expected.
Photo: Archives, History & Records Office/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
SLAC's SPEAR collider, 1975. Here, a SLAC/Berkeley Lab team found a new subatomic particle, J/psi, when crashing electron and positron beams into each other.
Photo: Archives, History & Records Office/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 14 laureates' work and discoveries range from quantum tunnelling to promoting democratic rights.
See them all presented here.
