Particle accelerators as a path to intergovernmental collaboration: the case of the first electron positron collider and the power of theoretical physics
Giulia Pancheri
Abstract
I rivisit the history of the first matter-antimatter collider built in Italy in 1960 and carried to success through an inter-European collaboration with France, underlying the foundational role of the Austrian born theoretical physicist Bruno Touschek. Touschek's life path through Europe before and after World War II is briefly recalled. The role of CERN in jump-starting this international collaboration between the Frascati National Laboratories in Italy and the Orsay Linear Accelerator Laboratory in France, is highlighted through historical documents, and contributions from interviews with the main protagonists of Touschek's game-changing proposal.
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