A teoria mesônica e os jovens físicos brasileiros: a organização da física de partículas como campo de pesquisas (1944-1951)

Translated title of the contribution: The mesonic theory and the young Brazilian physicists: the organization of particle physics as a research field (1944-1951)

Heráclio Tavares, Karin Silvia Franzoni Fornazier Guimaraes, António Videira

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Abstract

In this article, we will analyze the process of setting up an agenda in particle physics by a group of young Brazilian and foreign physicists who worked in the second half of the 1940s, taking the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF) as the reference institution where this effort was implemented. Through a wide range of historical sources that have reached us, we will see the decisions taken by this group in the face of scientific and non-scientific problems in their own circumstances. We will devote special attention to Brazilian scientists, such as José Leite Lopes, Jayme Tiomno and César Lattes, understanding them as central historical actors in the emergence of elementary particle physics
Translated title of the contributionThe mesonic theory and the young Brazilian physicists: the organization of particle physics as a research field (1944-1951)
Original languagePortuguese
Article numbere20220043
Pages (from-to)1-20
Number of pages20
JournalRevista Brasileira de Ensino de Física
Volume44
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

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