James Cronin – Photo gallery
Detection equipment used in Val Fitch's and James Cronin's CP violation experiment at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron beam line.
Photo: Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory
Nobel Laureates in Physics assembled at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Standing (left to right): 1980 Laureates Val L. Fitch and James W. Cronin, and 1976 Laureate Samuel C.C. Ting. Sitting (left to right): 1957 Laureate Chen Ning Yang and 1944 Laureate Isidor Isaac Rabi.
Photo: Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory
Val Fitch – Other resources
Links to other sites
‘Val L. Fitch, the CP Violation, and Antimatter’ from DOE R&D Accomplishments
Val Fitch’s Interview from the Atomic Heritage Foundation
Obituary from Princeton University
Val Fitch – Photo gallery
Detection equipment used in Val Fitch's and James Cronin's CP violation experiment at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron beam line.
Photo: Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory
Nobel Laureates in Physics assembled at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Standing (left to right): 1980 Laureates Val L. Fitch and James W. Cronin, and 1976 Laureate Samuel C.C. Ting. Sitting (left to right): 1957 Laureate Chen Ning Yang and 1944 Laureate Isidor Isaac Rabi.
Photo: Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory
James Cronin – Interview
James Cronin – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1980
CP Symmetry Violation – The Search for Its Origin
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Val Fitch – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1980
The Discovery of Charge – Conjugation Parity Asymmetry
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Val Fitch – Banquet speech
Val Fitch’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1980
Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Earlier today Professor Ekspong described our research which showed a basic lack of symmetry between matter and antimatter, world and antiworld. He observed that, if from some remote stellar region an alien space craft comes to visit, we now have a few experiments to suggest before shaking hands and possibly reducing ourselves to nothing more than gamma rays.
Such a hypothetical catastrophe only emphasizes the fact that everything on this planet is made of the same substance – it emphasizes the essential unity of every living thing.
Through your efforts these awards have come to signify the best of human endeavor and they promote, probably to a greater extent than any other tradition, the unity of mankind.
Professor Cronin and I express our deepest gratitude for this high honor on this splendid occasion. Thank you very much.
Val Fitch – Interview
Interview with the 1980 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Val Fitch, 17 March 2009. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org.
Val Fitch begins by sharing his experiences as a child growing up in Gordon, Nebraska, his work as a young army technician on the Manhattan Project (8:51), witnessing the Trinity Test (18:05), and his work as a graduate student for Nobel Laureate James Rainwater (24:50). He then discusses his discovery of CP-violation (32:17), future areas of scientific exploration (38:28), table-top experiments in physics (44:40), and concludes by returning to his memories of the many great scientific minds assembled at Los Alamos (50:21).
James Cronin – Other resources
Links to other sites
‘James Cronin, CP Violation and the Pierre Auger Observatory’ from DOE R&D Accomplishments
Obituary from University of Chicago