[en] Each type of particle, by definition, is special. The special property of neutrinos is that they are penetrating. This has made their discovery and understanding of their properties elusive, but it has also made them a useful tool in the study of particles and their interactions. In astrophysics, on account of this property, neutrinos provide an important means for energy transfer and permit insight into interior of stars hidden to other radiation. The special conditions in space permit, in turn,, the study of neutrino properties not possible in the laboratory. The history of the discovery of the neutrino is presented along with important research findings using the properties of neutrinos. 20 refs., 11 figs

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[en] This paper summarises the historical events and theoretical considerations in high-energy physics research which led to the 1961 experiment of neutrinos interaction held at the Alternated Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) of Brookhaven. In this ''two neutrinos experiment'' the neutrinos are produced jointly with muons during hadronic decay and the neutrinos, once isolated, interact to produce energetic muons. (J.S.)

[en] The author describes the scientific achievements made with SLAC's electron beams and their context in current thinking. This talk covers the realization that the proton, far from being an indivisible particle, has a definite composite structure. (orig./HSI).

[en] The experiment of Conversi, Pancini and Piccioni performed in Rome at the end of World War 2 showed that the “mesotron”, now the muon, is not the “Yukawa particle”. My thesis showed that the electron spectrum in mesotron decay is continuous, leading the way to the “universal” Fermi interaction

[en] Nucleon structure functions determined from neutrino interactions are discussed and their relevance to quark-parton models and quantum chromodynamics considered

[en] Pontecorvo, in 1947, in a Physical Review Letter, pointed out that given the results of the experiment of Conversi, Panciini and Piccioni, the Fermi interaction may very well be universal, but this was too imaginative at the time and universally rejected. I owe to Pontecorvo the suggestion to do the experiment for which I shared a Nobel prize.

[en] An attempt to remember some of the main events which highlight the evolution of our knowledge of the neutrinos and their properties, the “families” of particles, a few of the very interesting persons who contributed to this progress, as well as the contribution of neutrino beam experiments to the validation of the electro-weak and quantum-chromo-dynamic theories, and the structure of the nucleon. - Highlights: ► Early history: continuity of β-spectrum, Pauli letter, universal Fermi interaction. ► Neutrino beams and the discovery of the muon neutrino. ► Gargamelle, the discovery of the neutral current and the verification of the quark–gluon nature of the parton. ► Deep inelastic scattering at higher energies: scaling, quantitative verification of QCD, structure functions.

[en] An attempt to remember some of the main events which highlight the evolution of our knowledge of the neutrinos and their properties, the “families” of particles, a few of the very interesting persons who contributed to this progress, as well as the contribution of neutrino beam experiments to the validation of the electro-weak and quantum-chromo-dynamic theories, and the structure of the nucleon

[en] Each type of particle, by definition, is special. The special property of neutrinos is that they are penetrating. This has made their discovery and the understanding of their properties elusive, but it has also made them a useful tool in the study of particles and their interactions. In astrophysics, on account of this property, neutrinos provide an important means for energy transfer and permit insight into the interior of stars hidden to other radiation. The special conditions in space permit, in turn, the study of neutrino properties not possible in the laboratory. The history of the discovery of the neutrino is presented along with important research findings using the properties of neutrinos. 20 refs., 11 figs