Carlo Rubbia

Senator for Life
Carlo Rubbia
OMRI OMCA
Rubbia at the 2012 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Born (1934-03-31) 31 March 1934 (age 90)
Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Alma materScuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Known forDiscovery of W and Z bosons
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
Institutions
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Incumbent
Life tenure
30 August 2013
Appointed byGiorgio Napolitano
WebsiteWebsite

Carlo Rubbia OMRI OMCA (born 31 March 1934)[1] is an Italian particle physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN.[2][3][4][1][5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b Carlo Rubbia on Nobelprize.org Edit this at Wikidata, accessed 27 April 2020
  2. ^ Darriulat, Pierre (9 March 2024). "The W and Z particles: a personal recollection". CERN Courier. 44 (3): 13–16.
  3. ^ "CERN honours Carlo Rubbia as he turns 75". CERN Courier. 49 (5): 27. June 2009.
  4. ^ Catapano, Paola (September 2014). "Carlo Rubbia: a passion for physics and a craving for new ideas". CERN Courier.
  5. ^ "Nobel prize press release about Rubbia".
  6. ^ "Article on Carlo Rubbia from Encyclopædia Britannica".
  7. ^ Carlo Rubbia's biography and lectures on the website of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  8. ^ Scientific publications of Carlo Rubbia on INSPIRE-HEP