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Electron-Positron J-Psi Discovery

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1974

Burton Richter1974

Stanford · Science / Physics

Leads the SPEAR electron-positron collider team that discovers the J-psi particle, demonstrating the power of lepton colliders for particle physics.

Names involved

Burton Richter

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