The Charm of Theoretical Physics (1958-1993)
History and Philosophy of Physics
2018-01-17 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Personal recollections on theoretical particle physics in the years when the Standard Theory was formed. In the background, the remarkable development of Italian theoretical physics in the second part of the last century, with great personalities like Bruno Touschek, Raoul Gatto, Nicola Cabibbo and their schools.
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@article{arxiv.1707.01833,
title = {The Charm of Theoretical Physics (1958-1993)},
author = {Luciano Maiani and Luisa Bonolis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.01833},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
53 pages, 12 figures, to be published in The European Physical Journal H. New version with added text and figures