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The November J/Ψ Revolution: Twenty-Five Years Later

Avinash Khare

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9910468

Abstract

Exactly twenty five years ago the world of high energy physics was set on fire by the discovery of a new particle with an unusually narrow width at 3095 MeV, known popularly as the J/Ψ revolution. This discovery was very decisive in our understanding as well as formulating the current picture regarding the basic constituents of nature. I look back at the discovery, pointing out how unexpected, dramatic and significant it was.

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