Topic
Particle discovery
3 questions tagged Particle discovery — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
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When was the first successful detection of a meson announced?
In 1947, Cecil Powell and colleagues announced the discovery of the pion, confirming Yukawa’s meson idea.
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When were the W and Z bosons first discovered?
In 1983, CERN experiments UA1 and UA2 announced the discovery of the W and Z bosons. These particles confirmed the electroweak theory.
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When was the muon discovered?
In 1936, Carl Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer reported the muon from cosmic-ray observations. It was first mistaken for Yukawa’s predicted meson.
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