This long-term project addresses the rise of colliding beam physics in Europe, especially focusing on the life and science of Bruno Touschek; the Austrian-born physicist who proposed and built AdA, the first ever matter-antimatter collider. AdA was built at INFN Frascati National Laboratories, where the first electrons and positrons circulated in 1961. I have been one of the promoters of the “International Memorial Conference Bruno Touschek: 100 Years,” which took place in Rome and celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Bruno Touschek.
Project
(2006-2026)
The Rise of Matter-Antimatter Colliders in Europe
- Luisa Bonolis
- Other Scholars Involved:
- Giulia Pancheri
Publications
Bonolis, Luisa (2005). “Bruno Touschek vs. Machine Builders: AdA, the First Matter-antimatter Collider.” La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento 28 (11): 1–60. https://doi.org/10.1393/ncr/i2005-10006-x.
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Bonolis, Luisa (2011). “Bruno Touschek: Particle Physicist and Father of the e(+)e(-) Collider.” European Physical Journal H 36 (1): 1–61. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/e2011-10044-1.
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Pancheri, Giulia, and Luisa Bonolis (2018). “The Path to High-Energy Electron-Positron Colliders: From Wideroe‘s Betatron to Touschek‘s ADA and to Lep.” arXiv [physics.hist-ph], September. https://doi.org/https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.09003.
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Bonolis, Luisa, and Giulia Pancheri (2018). “Bruno Touschek and AdA: From Frascati to Orsay. In Memory of Bruno Touschek, Who Passed Away 40 Years Ago, on May 25th, 1978.” arxiv [physics.hist-ph], May. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1805.09434.
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