Were any 'breakthroughs' in particle physics

[bill nye scienceguy!]

made in the Soviet Union?

 

[arunma]

In Soviet Russia, particles break through you.

 

[tribdog]

I hate people that can't give examples, but I'm one of them. From what I remember from Kip Thorne's book pretty much all of the breakthroughs in particle physics came out of the USSR. the only problem was they were the only ones who knew it. They figured out everything we did independently.

 

[jobyts]

Cherenkov radiation is named after Russian scientist.

 

[waht]

The Russians made a lot of contributions to the field,

Some discoveries made at JINR, Dubna:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JINR

* 1959 – nonradiative transitions in mesoatoms
* 1960 – antisigma-minus hyperon
* 1963 – element 102
* 1972 – postradiative regeneration of cells
* 1973 – quark counting rule
* 1975 – phenomenon of slow neutron confinement
* 1988 – regularity of resonant formation of muonic molecules in deuterium
* 1999-2005 – elements 114, 116, 118, 115 and 113
* 2006 – chemical identification of element 112

Elements discovered at JINR: rutherfordium (1964), seaborgium (1974), bohrium (1976), ununquadium (Island of stability, 1999), ununhexium (2001), ununtrium (2004), ununpentium (2004), ununoctium (2006).

 

[robphy]

possibly interesting reading:
http://www.hssonline.org/teaching/teaching_graham7.html

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

1999-2005 – elements 114, 116, 118, 115 and 113
* 2006 – chemical identification of element 112

Elements discovered at JINR: ununquadium (Island of stability, 1999), ununhexium (2001), ununtrium (2004), ununpentium (2004), ununoctium (2006).

Normally I wouldn't comment in a thread like this except to make fun of it. However, I will take the time to point out that these events did not take place in the Soviet Union which collapsed in 1991.

 

[Blenton]

However, I will take the time to point out that these events did not take place in the Soviet Union which collapsed in 1991.

That is what we wanted you to think!

 

[bill nye scienceguy!]

I was just wondering because when you think of things like 'where were quarks discovered' or likewise for antimatter, w and z bosons etc., it was always in a western lab. Cerenkov radiation is the obvious exception.