CERN Courier – July-August 2019

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IN THIS ISSUE

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Nature

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684

R Strom

On the cover: Hadron

multiplets arising from

Gell-Mann’s quark model. 28

FeAtures

ANALYSIS

European strategy update

• Nb 3 Sn cavities • Break-^
  through tech funded


• High performance
  in Lebanon and Nepal


•  The  kilogram redefined^


• White dwarfs merge.^7

NeWs

oPINIoN

PeoPle

CAREERS

High-energy

networking

The CERN Alumni

Network is proving

a valuable careers

resource. 47

DePArtmeNts

FROM THE EDITOR 5

NEWS DIGEST 13

LETTERS TO 43

THE EDITOR

APPOINTMENTS 48

& AWARDS

RECRUITMENT 49

BACKGROUND 58

ρ+

ω^0 φ^0

ρ– p–

K*–

K*^0

K*^0

K*+

ρ^0

ω^0 φ^0

ENERGY FRONTIERS

Three-body B+ decays

violate CP • Neutron

stars in ALICE • CMS

constrains charm–quark

hadronisation • LUCID

luminosities. 15

FIELD NOTES

Topological avatars

• IPAC goes down
  under • FuSuMaTech


• HEP in Latin America


• Heavy ions and hidden
  sectors • Mexico hosts
  LHCP • 3D printing. 19

OBITUARIES

Olga Borisovna Igonkina

1973–2019 • Dieter

Renker 1944–

• Anton Oed 1933–

(^2018) •  Jacques Soffer 
1940–2019. 55
Gell-Mann’s multi-
dimensional genius
A stand-out among
other Nobel laureates. 25
GELL-MANN TRIBUTES
Memories from
Caltech
Gell-Mann’s complex
character and his rivalry
with Feynman. 34
Strong interactions
The steps that led to a
full understanding of the
strong force. 28
VIEWPOINT
Reflections on
Granada
Eckhard Elsen on the
symposium of the
European strategy for
particle physics. 37
INTERVIEW
Lessons from LEP
Herwig Schopper on
what can be learned for
future colliders. 39
REVIEWS
Radio-euphoria
rebooted?

• Radiation • Guido
  Altarelli’s legacy


• Signatures of the
  artist. 45

European strategy CLIC project leader Steinar Stapnes

discusses linear colliders. 7

Infrared discovery New nebula spotted

in Cassiopeia. 11

A life in colour Murray Gell-Mann,

1929–2019. 25

CERN COURIER AT 60

We’ve been here

before...

What six decades of

stories tell us about the

strategic choices facing

the field today.  30

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