From concrete quarks to QCD: a personal perspective

IF 0.8 4区物理与天体物理 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

The European Physical Journal H Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI:10.1140/epjh/s13129-023-00061-4

Chris Llewellyn Smith

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Abstract

The simple story line that ‘Gell-Mann and Zweig invented quarks in 1964 and the quark model was generally accepted after 1968 when deep inelastic electron scattering experiments at SLAC showed that they are real’ contains elements of the truth, but is not true. This paper describes the origins and development of the quark model until it became generally accepted in the mid-1970s, as witnessed by a spectator and some-time participant who joined the field as a graduate student in October 1964. It aims to ensure that the role of Petermann is not overlooked, and Zweig and Bjorken get the recognition they deserve, and to clarify the role of Serber.

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从具体夸克到QCD:个人视角

“盖尔曼和茨威格在1964年发明了夸克，夸克模型在1968年之后被普遍接受，当时SLAC的深度非弹性电子散射实验表明它们是真实的”这个简单的故事线包含了真理的元素，但并不正确。本文描述了夸克模型的起源和发展，直到它在20世纪70年代中期被普遍接受，正如1964年10月作为研究生加入该领域的旁观者和有时参与者所见证的那样。它的目的是确保彼得曼的作用不被忽视，茨威格和比约肯得到应有的认可，并澄清瑟伯的作用。

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The European Physical Journal H HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE-PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

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1.60

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10.00%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The purpose of this journal is to catalyse, foster, and disseminate an awareness and understanding of the historical development of ideas in contemporary physics, and more generally, ideas about how Nature works. The scope explicitly includes: - Contributions addressing the history of physics and of physical ideas and concepts, the interplay of physics and mathematics as well as the natural sciences, and the history and philosophy of sciences, together with discussions of experimental ideas and designs - inasmuch as they clearly relate, and preferably add, to the understanding of modern physics. - Annotated and/or contextual translations of relevant foreign-language texts. - Careful characterisations of old and/or abandoned ideas including past mistakes and false leads, thereby helping working physicists to assess how compelling contemporary ideas may turn out to be in future, i.e. with hindsight.