neutral current

The discovery of weak neutral currents was a significant step toward the unification of electromagnetism and the weak force into the electroweak force.
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CERN70: A gargantuan discovery

Violette Brisson played an active part in the discovery of neutral currents; she was head of the Gargamelle group at the Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris

Feature
At CERN
13 June, 2024
At CERN
Feature
13 June, 2024

Symposium: Celebrating electroweak milestones | 31 October

CERN Science Gateway will host its first scientific event to celebrate 50 years since Gargamelle discovered neutral currents and 40 years since UA1 and UA2 discovered the W and Z bosons

Announcement
Physics
10 October, 2023
Physics
Announcement
10 October, 2023

Celebrating electroweak milestones at the Science Gateway – save the date!

On 31 October 2023, we mark the 50th anniversary of the observation of neutral currents and the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the W and the Z bosons with a symposium in the new Science Gateway auditorium

Announcement
At CERN
06 July, 2023
At CERN
Announcement
06 July, 2023

Forty years of neutral currents

On 19 July 1973, physicists working with the Gargamelle bubble chamber at CERN presented the first direct evidence of the weak neutral current

News
Physics
19 July, 2013
Physics
News
19 July, 2013