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Symposium on the 50th Anniversary of the November Revolution (Jpsi50)

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51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium (SLAC)

51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium

SLAC

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Michael Peskin (SLAC)
Description

 

 

This one-day symposium celebrates the discovery of the J/psi resonance, which launched the modern era of particle physics.   

The symposium will review the lead-up to the discovery, the observations from BNL, SLAC, and Frascati, and the continuing influence of this discovery, with reminiscences from many of the participants.

Speakers will include:   Michael Riordan, Thomas Appelquist, Robert Hollebeek, Sau Lan Wu, Martin Breidenbach, Marcello Piccolo, Charles Morehouse, Gary Feldman, JoAnne Hewett, Fred Gilman

The meeting will be web-cast at the following Zoom link:

https://stanford.zoom.us/j/91077139604?pwd=blPpdjh4X0v7Ks44ZfdumhsZP9eD7Y.1

If you plan to attend in-person, please note this on the registration form.

 

Brookhaven National Laboratory will also celebrate the J/ψ discovery with a symposium on November 22.  Please see https://www.bnl.gov/decadeofdiscovery/   .

 

Please note that, on the following day, Nov. 9, SLAC will host a memorial symposium in honor of James Bjorken.   For details, see 

https://indico.slac.stanford.edu/e/bjsymposium .

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Participants
Contact: Glenna Paige
    • 08:30 → 09:00
      morning coffee 30m
    • 09:00 → 09:05
      Welcome 5m
      Speaker: John Sarrao (SLAC)
    • 09:05 → 09:15
      General introduction 10m
      Speaker: Michael Peskin (SLAC)
    • 09:15 → 09:35
      Particle physics at SLAC before the revolution 20m
      Speaker: Michael Riordan
      Riordan.pdf
    • 09:35 → 10:05
      Charm before the revolution 30m
      Speaker: Thomas Appelquist (Yale University)
      Appelquist.pdf
    • 10:05 → 10:35
      The Mark I detector (a revolution in itself) 30m
      Speaker: Robert Hollebeek
      Hollebeek.pdf
    • 10:35 → 11:05
      coffee break 30m
    • 11:05 → 11:45
      Discovery of the J 40m
      Speaker: Sau Lan Wu (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
      Wu.pdf
    • 11:45 → 12:15
      Discovery of the ψ 30m
      Speaker: Martin Breidenbach (SLAC)
      Breidenbach.pdf
    • 12:15 → 12:35
      The J/ψ at Frascati 20m
      Speaker: Marcello Piccolo
      Piccolo.pdf
      Piccolo.pptx
    • 12:35 → 14:05
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:05 → 14:25
      Discovery of the ψ' 20m
      Speaker: Charles Morehouse
      Morehouse.pdf
    • 14:25 → 15:15
      Roundtable: Present at the Discovery 50m

      panelists will include: Willy Chinowsky, Mary K. Gaillard, Vera Luth, Harvey Lynch

      Speaker: Scott Whitaker
      j-psi 50th slideshow.pdf
      Luth-pictures.pdf
      Quigg-pictures.pdf
      Vera-Lecture-2021.pdf
      Vera-Podium-1975.pdf
    • 15:15 → 15:45
      coffee break 30m
    • 15:45 → 16:15
      After the ψ 30m
      Speaker: Gary Feldman (Harvard University)
      After the Psi Hand Out.pdf
      Feldman.pdf
    • 16:15 → 16:45
      Burt Richter: an appreciation 30m
      Speaker: JoAnne Hewett (SLAC)
      Hewett.pdf
    • 16:45 → 17:15
      From the revolution to the Standard Model 30m
      Speaker: Frederick Gilman (Carnegie Mellon University)
      Gilman.pdf
    • 17:15 → 17:25
      Closing remarks 10m
      Speaker: Michael Peskin (SLAC)
      Peskin.pdf
    • 17:25 → 19:25
      Reception 2h
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