Carlo Rubbia ( Italian: Carlo Rubbia ; born March 31, 1934 , Gorizia , Italy ) - Italian physicist , Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984, with Simon van der Mer , for his decisive contribution to a large project, the implementation of which led to the discovery of quanta of the field W and Z - carriers of the weak interaction ".
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| Place of Birth | Gorizia , Italy |
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| Scientific field | physics |
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| Awards and prizes |  Nobel Prize in Physics ( 1984 ) Baker's Lecture (1985) Weizmann Memorial Lectures (1985)  |
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Biography
Rubbia was born in the small Italian town of Gorizia . After graduation, he entered the Physics Department of the University of Pisa , where he later defended a diploma in the subject of experiments with cosmic rays .
In 1958 he became a researcher at Columbia University ( USA ) in order to gain experience and get acquainted with elementary particle accelerators .
Around 1960 , he returned to Europe, attracted by work at the then newly created CERN , where he worked on experiments on the structure of weak interactions. In 1970 he became a professor of physics at Harvard University , but continues to work at CERN . In 1976, he proposed to remake the SPS accelerator (super- proton synchrotron ) for collisions of protons and antiprotons in the same ring. After this, the world's first antiproton factory was built. The collider began work in 1981, after which in January 1983 it was reported that W-bosons were registered. A few months later, more elusive Z-bosons were also recorded.
In 1984, Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Mer were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. It is noteworthy that in this case, an interval of time passed between the discovery and the award, which is one of the shortest in the history of the Nobel Prize.
Rubbia continued to work on the UA1 experiment and as a Harvard professor until 1989, when he moved to the position of CERN Director General, where he remained until 1993.
Rubbia owns the innovative concept of a nuclear reactor device called an energy multiplier . This fundamentally safe concept combines an accelerator and a subcritical nuclear reactor, in which the common element thorium is used as a fuel and in which an uncontrolled chain reaction cannot occur in principle. In addition, nuclear waste arising from the operation of such a reactor remains hazardous for a much shorter period of time than in the case of conventional reactors. Also in this reactor it is possible to dispose of nuclear waste from conventional nuclear reactors and turn them into less hazardous substances.
In 1992 he signed the “ Warning to Humanity ” [4] .
Until July 15, 2005, Rubbia was president of ENEA , the Italian Institute for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment.
As of 2007, Rubbia is a professor at the University of Pavia and is working on a project for the construction of solar thermal energy installations in Spain.
On August 30, 2013, he was appointed Senate of Italy for life . [five]
Family
Wife - Marisa, a teacher of physics at school.
Daughter - Laura, a doctor.
Son Andre - a physicist [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Carlo Rubbia - Facts
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 134039866 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ World Scientists' Warning To Humanity (English) . The appeal date is May 17, 2019.
- ↑ Carlo Rubbia appointed senator for life (English) . CERN Courier . CERN. The appeal date is September 1, 2015.
- ↑ The Nobel Prize in Physics 1984 (English) . NobelPrize.org. - Carlo Rubbia Biographical. The appeal date is May 17, 2019.
Links
- K. Rubbia. "Experimental observation of intermediate vector bosons W +, W- and Z0". Nobel Lecture , Physical Sciences Advances , Volume 147, Issue 2, October 1985
- Article about Carlo Rubbia in Britannicus
- Information from the website of the Nobel Committee (English)