Nobel Prize Winner Ting Honored for "November Revolution"
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Nobel laureates in physics, Samuel Ting, Sheldon Glashow, David Gross, and hundreds of scientists gathered in Beijing this month to discuss the history and future of particle physics.
Ting's team discovered the J particle, composed of a pair of previously unobserved quarks — the charm quark, 50 years ago.
"In the history of scientific development, discoveries that can be termed as 'revolution' are rare. The discovery of the charm quark is one of them," the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences stated.
This discovery was corroborated by results from other experiments. Ting and Burton Richter were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1976 for this groundbreaking discovery.
This scientific breakthrough, which occurred in November, was later referred to in the particle physics community as the "November Revolution".
Hou Jianguo, president of the CAS, expressed respect for Ting's significant contributions to the initiation and development of high-energy physics research in China, as well as for his substantial guidance and assistance in integrating the CAS into the international science and technology cooperation network and nurturing outstanding scientific and technological talents.
He hopes that scientists from all over the world will join hands to collectively tackle global scientific challenges, continuously expand the frontiers of scientific knowledge, strengthen cooperation based on major scientific and technological infrastructure, continually produce new achievements and enhance the exchange and cultivation of young talents.
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