COSY-11 : How will we remember it ?

Abstract

A personal selection is made of the highlights of the COSY-11 physics program undertaken at the COoler SYnchrotron of the Forschungszentrum Juelich. This has been particularly rich in the field of strange and non-strange meson production in proton-proton and proton-deuteron collisions. The results are considered in relation to experiments carried out at other facilities and with respect to their impact on theory.