Particle discoveries and Nobel prizes in Particle Physics

Electron discovered by J.J Thomson

Jan 1, 1897

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Particle Discoveries and Nobel prizes 20th Century - Present

Period: Jan 1, 1897 to Jan 20, 2012

Nobel Prize Physics 1906 J.J. Thomson

Jan 20, 1906

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Atomic Nucleus identified by Ernest Rutherford

Jan 1, 1911

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Proton discovered by Ernest Rutherford

Jan 1, 1919

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Neutron discovered by James Chadwick

Jan 1, 1932

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Positron (antielectron) discovered by Carl Anderson

Jan 1, 1932

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Nobel Prize Physics 1935 James Chadwick

Jan 1, 1935

Discovery of the neutron Image ©Wikimedia Commons

Nobel Prize Physics 1936 - Carl Anderson

Jan 1, 1936

Discovery of the positron Image ©Wikimedia Commons

Muon discovered by Neddermeyer, Anderson, Street, Stevenson

Jan 1, 1937

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Pion discovered by C.F. Powell

Jan 1, 1947

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Nobel Physics Prize 1950 - Cecil Frank Powell

Jan 1, 1950

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Antiproton discovered by Chamberlain, Segre, Wiegand, Ypsilantis

Jan 1, 1955

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Electron neutrino detected by Reines, Cowan

Jan 1, 1956

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Nobel Prize Physics 1959 Emilio Segre & Owen Chanberlain

Jan 1, 1959

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Muon Neutrino shown to be distinct by group headed by Leon Lederman

Jan 1, 1962

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J/psi meson discovered by Richter, Ting

Jan 1, 1974

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Nobel Prize 1976 - Burton Richter, Samuel Ting

Jan 1, 1976

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W and Z bosons discovered by UA1 collaboration

Jan 1, 1983

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Nobel Prize Physics 1984 - Carlo Rubbia Simon van der Meer

Jan 1, 1984

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Nobel Prize Physics 1988 - Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz, Jack Steinberger

Jan 1, 1988

Discovery of the muon neutrino ©www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1988/

Nobel Prize Physics 1992- Georges Charpak

Jan 20, 1992

Invention and development of multiwire proportional chamber for particle detection ©www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1992/

Top quark discovered at Fermilab

Jan 1, 1995

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Nobel Prize Physics - 1995 Martin Perl, Frederick Reines

Jan 1, 1995

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