Luigi Di Lella

Luigi Di Lella
Luigi Di Lella
Born (1937-12-07) 7 December 1937 (age 86)
Naples, Italy
NationalityItalian, Swiss
Alma materUniversity of Pisa
Known forFormer Spokesperson of the UA2 Collaboration
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics (Particle physics)
InstitutionsCERN, University of Pisa

Luigi Di Lella (born in Naples, 7 December 1937) is an Italian experimental particle physicist. He has been a staff member at CERN for over 40 years, and has played an important role in major experiments at CERN such as CAST and UA2. From 1986 to 1990 he acted as spokesperson for the UA2 Collaboration, which, together with the UA1 Collaboration, discovered the W and Z bosons in 1983.[1]

  1. ^ O'Luanaigh, Cian (12 March 2015). "Carrying the weak force: Thirty years of the W boson". cern.ch. CERN. Retrieved 24 July 2017.