Died 2011-03-04.
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Simon van der Meer
Simon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, the two fundamental communicators of the weak interaction.
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science · Dutch physicist (1925–2011) · physicist · inventor · also Simon van der Meer, Meer
Born 24 November 1925 · Died 4 March 2011 · Q104779
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1984· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1984).
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With Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, the two fundamental communicators of the weak interaction
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1983· 1 entry
By the UA1 experiment, led by Carlo Rubbia
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1982· 1 entry
Won Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize (1982).
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1961· 1 entry
Invented a pulsed focusing device, known as the ‘Van der Meer horn’
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1956· 1 entry
Where he stayed until his retirement in 1990
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1943· 1 entry
During the German occupation of the Netherlands
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-11-24.
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