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Elementary Particle Physics and the Superconducting Super Collider

Science
28 Mar 1986
Vol 231, Issue 4745
pp. 1522-1527

Abstract

The present status and future prospects of elementary particle physics are reviewed, and some of the scientific questions that motivate the construction of a major new accelerator complex in the United States are summarized.

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LEP Design Report, CERN LEP REPORT 84-01 2 (1984).
Reprt of the High Enregy Physic Advisor Panel Subpanel on Advanced Accelerator R&D and the SSC, U.S. Department of Energy Report DOE/ER-0255 (1985).
Report of the Reference Design Study Group on the Superconducting Super Collider (1984).
ARNISON, G, EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF ISOLATED LARGE TRANSVERSE ENERGY ELECTRONS WITH ASSOCIATED MISSING ENERGY AT SQUARE-ROOT-S=540 GEV, PHYSICS LETTERS B 122: 103 (1983).
ARNISON, G, EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF LEPTON PAIRS OF INVARIANT MASS AROUND 95 GEV/C2 AT THE CERN SPS COLLIDER, PHYSICS LETTERS B 126: 398 (1983).
ARNISON, G, FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR CHARGED INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS AT THE SPS COLLIDER, PHYSICS LETTERS B 129: 273 (1983).
BAGNAIA, P, EVIDENCE FOR Z0-]E+E- AT THE CERN P-P COLLIDER, PHYSICS LETTERS B 129: 130 (1983).
BANNER, M, OBSERVATION OF SINGLE ISOLATED ELECTRONS OF HIGH TRANSVERSE-MOMENTUM IN EVENTS WITH MISSING TRANSVERSE ENERGY AT THE CERN PBARP COLLIDER, PHYSICS LETTERS B 122: 476 (1983).
BRANDENBERGER, R.H., QUANTUM-FIELD THEORY METHODS AND INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE MODELS, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 57: 1 (1985).
COLEMAN, S, 1979 NOBEL-PRIZE IN PHYSICS, SCIENCE 206: 1290 (1979).
DOLGOV, A.D., COSMOLOGY AND ELEMENTARY-PARTICLES, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 53: 1 (1981).
Donaldson, R., Proceedings of the 1982 Division of Particles and Fields Summer Study on Elementary Particle Physics and Future Facilities (1982).
Donaldson, R., Proceedings of the 1984 Summer Study on the Design and Utilization of the Superconducting Super Collider (1984).
EDWARDS, H.T., THE TEVATRON ENERGY DOUBLER - A SUPERCONDUCTING ACCELERATOR, ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE 35: 605 (1985).
EICHTEN, E, SUPERCOLLIDER PHYSICS, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 56: 579 (1984).
GLASHOW, S.L., TOWARDS A UNIFIED THEORY - THREADS IN A TAPESTRY, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 52: 539 (1980).
GREEN, M.B., SURVEYS HIGH ENERGY 3: 127 (1983).
GREENE, A.F., BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY REPORT SSC TECHNICAL NOTES 39 (1985).
GUTH, A.H., INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE - A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE HORIZON AND FLATNESS PROBLEMS, PHYSICAL REVIEW D 23: 347 (1981).
HUNG, P.Q., INTERMEDIATE BOSONS - WEAK INTERACTION COURIERS, SCIENCE 210: 1205 (1980).
JACOB, M, P EUROPEAN COMMITTEE (1984).
LINDE, A.D., THE INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE, REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS 47: 925 (1984).
LIVINGSTON, M.S., PARTICLE ACCELERATOR (1969).
MULVEY, J.H., NATURE MATTER (1981).
PALMER, R, SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGY FOR ACCELERATORS, ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE 34: 247 (1984).
PEEBLES, PJE, PHYSICAL COSMOLOGY (1971).
Physics in the 1980's: Elementary Particle Physics (1986).
Quigg, C., Scientific American 252:84 (1985).
RUBBIA, C, EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF THE INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS W+, W-, AND Z0, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 57: 699 (1985).
SALAM, A, GAUGE UNIFICATION OF FUNDAMENTAL-FORCES, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 52: 525 (1980).
SCHWARZ, J.H., PHYS REP 89: 223 (1982).
STEIGMAN, G, COSMOLOGY CONFRONTS PARTICLE PHYSICS, ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE 29: 313 (1979).
VANDERMEER, S, STOCHASTIC COOLING AND THE ACCUMULATION OF ANTIPROTONS, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 57: 689 (1985).
WEINBERG, S, DISCOVERY SUBATOMIC (1983).
WEINBERG, S, GRAVITATION COSMOLOG (1972).
WEINBERG, S, CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNIFIED THEORY OF WEAK AND ELECTROMAGNETIC-INTERACTIONS, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 52: 515 (1980).

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LEP Design Report, CERN LEP REPORT 84-01 2 (1984).
Reprt of the High Enregy Physic Advisor Panel Subpanel on Advanced Accelerator R&D and the SSC, U.S. Department of Energy Report DOE/ER-0255 (1985).
Report of the Reference Design Study Group on the Superconducting Super Collider (1984).
ARNISON, G, EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF ISOLATED LARGE TRANSVERSE ENERGY ELECTRONS WITH ASSOCIATED MISSING ENERGY AT SQUARE-ROOT-S=540 GEV, PHYSICS LETTERS B 122: 103 (1983).
ARNISON, G, EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF LEPTON PAIRS OF INVARIANT MASS AROUND 95 GEV/C2 AT THE CERN SPS COLLIDER, PHYSICS LETTERS B 126: 398 (1983).
ARNISON, G, FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR CHARGED INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS AT THE SPS COLLIDER, PHYSICS LETTERS B 129: 273 (1983).
BAGNAIA, P, EVIDENCE FOR Z0-]E+E- AT THE CERN P-P COLLIDER, PHYSICS LETTERS B 129: 130 (1983).
BANNER, M, OBSERVATION OF SINGLE ISOLATED ELECTRONS OF HIGH TRANSVERSE-MOMENTUM IN EVENTS WITH MISSING TRANSVERSE ENERGY AT THE CERN PBARP COLLIDER, PHYSICS LETTERS B 122: 476 (1983).
BRANDENBERGER, R.H., QUANTUM-FIELD THEORY METHODS AND INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE MODELS, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 57: 1 (1985).
COLEMAN, S, 1979 NOBEL-PRIZE IN PHYSICS, SCIENCE 206: 1290 (1979).
DOLGOV, A.D., COSMOLOGY AND ELEMENTARY-PARTICLES, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 53: 1 (1981).
Donaldson, R., Proceedings of the 1982 Division of Particles and Fields Summer Study on Elementary Particle Physics and Future Facilities (1982).
Donaldson, R., Proceedings of the 1984 Summer Study on the Design and Utilization of the Superconducting Super Collider (1984).
EDWARDS, H.T., THE TEVATRON ENERGY DOUBLER - A SUPERCONDUCTING ACCELERATOR, ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE 35: 605 (1985).
EICHTEN, E, SUPERCOLLIDER PHYSICS, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 56: 579 (1984).
GLASHOW, S.L., TOWARDS A UNIFIED THEORY - THREADS IN A TAPESTRY, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 52: 539 (1980).
GREEN, M.B., SURVEYS HIGH ENERGY 3: 127 (1983).
GREENE, A.F., BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY REPORT SSC TECHNICAL NOTES 39 (1985).
GUTH, A.H., INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE - A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE HORIZON AND FLATNESS PROBLEMS, PHYSICAL REVIEW D 23: 347 (1981).
HUNG, P.Q., INTERMEDIATE BOSONS - WEAK INTERACTION COURIERS, SCIENCE 210: 1205 (1980).
JACOB, M, P EUROPEAN COMMITTEE (1984).
LINDE, A.D., THE INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE, REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS 47: 925 (1984).
LIVINGSTON, M.S., PARTICLE ACCELERATOR (1969).
MULVEY, J.H., NATURE MATTER (1981).
PALMER, R, SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET TECHNOLOGY FOR ACCELERATORS, ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE 34: 247 (1984).
PEEBLES, PJE, PHYSICAL COSMOLOGY (1971).
Physics in the 1980's: Elementary Particle Physics (1986).
Quigg, C., Scientific American 252:84 (1985).
RUBBIA, C, EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF THE INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS W+, W-, AND Z0, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 57: 699 (1985).
SALAM, A, GAUGE UNIFICATION OF FUNDAMENTAL-FORCES, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 52: 525 (1980).
SCHWARZ, J.H., PHYS REP 89: 223 (1982).
STEIGMAN, G, COSMOLOGY CONFRONTS PARTICLE PHYSICS, ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE 29: 313 (1979).
VANDERMEER, S, STOCHASTIC COOLING AND THE ACCUMULATION OF ANTIPROTONS, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 57: 689 (1985).
WEINBERG, S, DISCOVERY SUBATOMIC (1983).
WEINBERG, S, GRAVITATION COSMOLOG (1972).
WEINBERG, S, CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNIFIED THEORY OF WEAK AND ELECTROMAGNETIC-INTERACTIONS, REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 52: 515 (1980).
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