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Simon van der Meer

1925–2011

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Simon van der Meer (1925–2011) was a Dutch physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 for his contributions to the discovery of the W and Z bosons at CERN. He was a master of experimental innovation, known for developing stochastic cooling, a technique that made high-energy particle collisions possible. His work was characterized by a blend of deep theoretical insight and hands-on engineering pragmatism.

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Stochastic Cooling and the Accumulation of Antiprotons (Nobel Lecture, 1984)
The CERN Antiproton Accumulator: A Progress Report (1980)
On the Design of a Stochastic Cooling System (1972)
Interviews with CERN Courier (1984, 2005)

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