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Noteworthy Experiments in Physics
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Measurement of the speed of light using rotating mirrors
1849, Armand Fizeau
Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation
1965, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson
Confirmation of the Higgs boson particle
2012, ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN
Detection of neutrinos
1956, Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines
Confirmation of the existence of the ozone hole
1985, British Antarctic Survey
Measurement of the deflection of starlight by gravity during a solar eclipse
1919, Arthur Eddington
Discovery of the positron (antielectron)
1932, Carl Anderson
Experiment to determine the existence of the atomic nucleus
1911, Ernest Rutherford
Demonstration of superconductivity at room temperature
2020, Ranga Dias and colleagues
Verification of time dilation using atomic clocks and aircraft
1971, Joseph Hafele and Richard Keating
Discovery of the top quark
1995, CDF and D0 Collaborations at Fermilab
First direct measurements of the Earth's rotation
1851, Léon Foucault
Discovery of the photoelectric effect
1905, Albert Einstein (explanation), 1887, Heinrich Hertz (observation)
Observation of X-ray diffraction by crystals
1912, Max von Laue
Direct detection of gravitational waves
2015, LIGO Scientific Collaboration
Discovery of pulsars
1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish
Demonstration of wave-particle duality of matter through electron diffraction
1927, Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer
Oil Drop Experiment to measure the electron charge
1909, Robert Millikan
Detection of the W and Z bosons
1983, Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer
First demonstration of quantum teleportation
1997, Dik Bouwmeester, Jian-Wei Pan, Klaus Mattle, Manfred Eibl, Harald Weinfurter and Anton Zeilinger
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