Evidence for Anomalous Lepton Production in e+-e- Annihilation, pp. 1489-92 in Physical Review Letters, Vol. 35, No. 22, 1 December 1975. DISCOVERY OF THE TAU LEPTON: NOBEL PRIZE 1995

PERL, M. L. et al.

Published by Lancaster, PA: American Physical Society, 1975

About this Item

First edition, journal issue in original printed wrappers, of the discovery of the tau lepton. "When Martin Perl began his studies in the 1960s of the elementary particles called leptons there were two known members of that class: the electron and the muon, each with their associated neutrinos. He was looking for the possible existence of another heavier lepton. It was not until the availability of electron-positron colliding beam storage rings that the ideal instrument for those studies became available . . . In the last paragraph of this Letter a claim was made by the authors for the discovery of something new, but they held back from stating that it was a new lepton. It was a long path involving many additional studies by Perl's group and by many others until other explanations of the results could be eliminated and a clear case made for the discovery of what was named the tau lepton and its associated neutrino . . . The 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for pioneering experimental contributions to lepton physics to Martin Perl ('for the discovery of the tau lepton') and to Frederick Reines ('for the detection of the Neutrino')" (APS website). Large 8vo, pp. 1483-1550, ix. Original printed wrappers (address label on rear cover).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1609591043816

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evidence for Anomalous Lepton Production in e+-e- Annihilation, pp. 1489-92 in Physical Review Letters, Vol. 35, No. 22, 1 December 1975. DISCOVERY OF THE TAU LEPTON: NOBEL PRIZE 1995
• Publisher: Lancaster, PA: American Physical Society
• Publication Date: 1975
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine