Luis Alvarez - a personal approach to physics

Published 1988 | Version v1

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In 1939 at the Berkeley 60-inch cyclotron, Luis Alvarez showed that helium-3 was a stable constituent of ordinary helium. This 1944 picture of the cyclotron shows, left to right, Alvarez with Edwin McMillan above, with Donald Cooksey, D. Corson, Ernest Lawrence, Robert Thornton, John Backus and Win field Salisbury below. md5:63da7e0af19d86c8e754407a0822809b	542.0 kB	Preview Download
The 40-foot radiofrequency cavity of the Alvarez proton linac, built in less than two years after Alvarez returned to Berkeley in 1945. md5:c2be3e79030d797015cbca461135918c	570.7 kB	Preview Download
Alvarez (second from right) and colleagues with bubble chambers built over the years. md5:c0a504f8a80b58bacf089a9ecb007d1f	337.6 kB	Preview Download
March 24, 1959, first operation of the Berkeley 72-inch hydrogen bubble chamber at Berkeley. With Alvarez (left) are Bob Gow, Bob Watt and Paul Hernandez. (Photos LBL) md5:d5caa0614d483d838db079ca667b74fb	479.1 kB	Preview Download