Carried by History: Cesar Lattes, Nuclear Emulsions, and the Discovery of the Pi-meson

Cássio Leite Vieira, Antonio Augusto Passos Videira

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Abstract

We analyze the role played by the Brazilian physicist Cesar Lattes (1924-2005) in the historical development of the nuclear emulsion technique and in the co-discovery of the pion. His works influenced and gave impetus to the development of experimental physics in Brazil, the foundation of a national center dedicated to physics research, the beginnings of Brazilian "Big Science," and the inauguration of a long-lasting collaboration between Brazil and Japan in the field of comic ray physics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3-36
Number of pages34
JournalPhysics in Perspective
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cecil F. Powell
  • Cesar Lattes
  • Eugene Gardner
  • Giuseppe Occhialini
  • Gleb Wataghin
  • history of elementary particle physics
  • history of physics in Brazil
  • mesons
  • Mount Chacaltaya
  • nuclear emulsion technique

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