Bookshelf People and things Maurice Jacob - the CERN Courier's indefatigable 'man on the spot'. introduction by Marcel Froissart; Jacob's ladder molecular optics, introduced by Alain Aspect; nuclear physics, introduced by Louis Michel; and other areas, Official 'retirement' from CERN is not introduced by Jean Pierre Baton. the end of Maurice Jacob's ladder. The 'public figure' portion covers With a strong phenomenological flair areas in which Perrin played a vital focussing on topical issues, his role, particularly the development of scientific career has centred on major scientific research in general and laboratories, particularly CERN, atomic energy in particular in France, where his association has spanned and the creation and development of 31 years, including a spell as head of CERN. He was a member of the Theory Division from 1982 - 89. small band of French pioneers who in Tireless campaigner in many re­ the late 40s first thought of a search crusades, his energy, commit­ European laboratory, an idea which ment and drive have also thrust him took root when it received UNESCO into key management and advisory blessing in 1950. French delegate to roles, at CERN and elsewhere. initial CERN meetings of CERN He has served as President of the Council, Perrin also served as the French Physical Society in 1985 and Council's vice-president in 1952. His as President of the European signature appears for France on the Physical Society from 1991 - 93. 1953 Convention document which Maurice has also left his mark on created CERN. After the formal scientific publishing, where he worked with leading North Holland/ creation of the organization, he Physics', published by World Scien­ Elsevier journals from 1968 - 85, a remained as French delegate to tific. period during which these European CERN Council from 1955 - 72 and A talented and enthusiastic journals reflected a shift of research was a member of the Scientific Policy presenter, orally and in writing, and in fortunes eastwards across the Committee from 1960 - 74. After the several languages, his culture and Atlantic. His zeal and sense of commissioning of CERN's first communications skills have been purpose in these roles are vividly accelerators, he pushed strongly for widely sought. Here the CERN related in his book In the Wings of an ambitious and continual Courier has been particularly development programme for the fortunate. When CERN Research Laboratory, leading to ambitious new Director General Leon Van Hove set machines and ensuring that it up the CERN Courier Advisory Panel remained in the forefront of the world in 1981, Maurice Jacob was its first scene, and with a strong French Chairman. He showed an deep involvement. understanding of the objectives, and A monumental book on a difficulties, of a journal published by monumental figure. CERN but aimed at a worldwide community. He has continually ensured that the CERN Courier benefits from his wisdom and from intelligence The Jacobfest at CERN was prefaced by a talk by Maurice Jacob's longtime colleague Claude gathered during his ambassadorial Cohen-Tannoudji of the Collège de France travels. Producing his compact and École Normale Supérieure, who shared camera wherever he goes, his lively the 1997 Nobel Prize with Steven Chu of photographs have considerably Stanford and William D. Phillips, of the US National Institute of Standards and Technol­ enriched our coverage of outside ogy, for their development of methods to cool events. and trap atoms with laser light. 30 CERN Courier, May 1998 People and things Enzo larocci of Rome's 'La Sapienza' Colleagues, students and friends of Ryugo S. succeeds CERN Director-General-designate Hayano gathered at the International House of Luciano Maiani as President of the Italian Japan in Tokyo to celebrate his Inoue prize Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN). and to wish him well in his future research. Left to right: John Eades (CERN), Ryugo Hayano (Tokyo), Sumiko Horikoshi-Widmann, Eberhard Widmann (RIKEN), Haruhiko Outa (KEK) and Toshimitsu Yamazaki (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science). experiment (April, page 9) being for the first time in 1999, the 90th prepared for CERN's Antiproton anniversary of Academician Decelerator, Ryu Hayano will Bogoliubov's birth. continue to be a frequent visitor to CERN, as he was during the LEAR era. Major JINR meeting New INFN Director A regular meeeting of the governing Enzo larocci of Rome's 'La Sapienza' ICTP Dirac Medal body of the Joint Institute for has been appointed President of the Nuclear Research (JINR) - the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Peter Goddard, Master of St. John's Committee of Plenipotentiaries (CP) Nucleare (INFN), replacing Luciano College, Cambridge, and David of the Member States - took place in Maiani, soon to become Director Olive, of the University of Wales, Dubna on 12-13 March. Based on General of CERN. Well known for his Swansea, received the prestigious the report presented by JINR Director development of the streamer tube 1997 Dirac Medal of the Abdus Vladimir Kadyshevsky, the detector technique, larocci was was Salam International Centre for Committee considered the results of Director of INFN's Frascati Theoretical Physics, Trieste, for their JINR's activity in 1997, the budget Laboratory from 1990 - 96. He work on strings, monopoles and and research plans for 1998, and the chaired CERN's Detector Research duality in the 1970s and 1980s which scientific programme for the 1998- and Deveopment Committee from helped prepare the ground for the 2000. 1990 - 93 and has been Chairman of current theoretical physics The CP approved the concept and the LHC Experiments Committee superstring revolution. The Dirac plans of reforms for JINR submitted since 1995. Medal, first presented in 1985, by the Director. Following the recognizes outstanding contributions expiration of the mandate of the to the fields of theoretical physics previous membership of the JINR On people and mathematics. Scientific Council, the CP approved a new list of Council members, Ryugo S. Hayano of Tokyo receives composed of 44 persons, for a term the coveted Inoue prize for his role in New Russian medal of five years. The newly appointed studies of sigma hypernuclei at the Scientific Council includes delegates Japanese KEK Laboratory and On 17 March, the Russian Academy from JINR's 18 Member States and metastable antiprotonic helium atoms of Sciences initiated a Gold Medal to representatives of leading research at CERN's LEAR low energy commemorate the celebrated centres in Brazil, France, Germany, antiproton ring. The Inoue foundation Russian physicist and mathematician Italy, and the USA. The new Council awards five such prizes each year for Nikolai N. Bogoliubov, who from includes three CERN scientists: outstanding contributions to basic 1965-89 was Director of the Joint CMS spokesperson Michel Delia research in natural science by Institute for Nuclear Research Negra; senior research physicist researchers under 50 years of age. (JINR), Dubna. The Academy's Friedrich Dydak; and former CERN As spokesman for the ASACUSA prestigious award will be presented Director General Herwig Schopper. CERN Courier, May 1998 31 Bookshelf Swiss Secretary of State Charles Kleiber (second from left) at CERN with (left to right) Hans Hofer and Félicitas Pauss of ETH Zurich and Maurice Bourquin of Geneva. Meetings The Fifth International WEIN'98 Symposium will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA from 14-19 June. WEIN'98 will focus on searches for physics beyond the Standard Model at low and intermediate energies, including theoretical studies in these areas. In addition, selected topics in the physics of the Standard Model will be included. Searches for new physics at high energy facilities, and Mordechai Bishari, Director General, Israel topics in nuclear and particle Ministry of Science (second from left) at CERN with (left to right) Giora Mikenberg of the astrophysics and in cosmology will Weizmann Institute, Scientific Attache Michael also be discussed. WEIN'98 is an Wolff and ATLAS spokesman Peter Jenni. open conference. Further information at http://hana-mana.lanl.gov/wein/or from [email protected]. Under an agreement between CERN and the Spanish Centre for Industrial and Technological Development (CDTI), each year several young engineering graduates come to CERN for training in accelerator-based high technology. Left to right: CERN's Member State Affairs Coordinator Maurice Jacob, Isabel Bejar Alonso, Dolores Escalera Rodriguez, CERN's Fellows and Associates coordinator Jose Sali cio Diez, Diego Camacho, Juan Ejea Marti, Maria Montserrat Pol Fraga, Maria del Pilar Lozano Bernai. 32 CERN Courier, May 1998 Bookshelf And so I'm searching for the boson Love Boson that mediates the force of Love! But you can't measure it! You can only feel it! External The Standard Model of Physics correspondents has four forces in it: Pulling on the superstrings of your the Strong, the Weak, Gravity heart! Argonne National Laboratory, (USA) and the Electromagnetic. We should add it to the Standard D. Ayres But I've discovered a new force Model Chart Brookhaven, National Laboratory, (USA) that rules from high above. the force that rules from high above P. Yamin Let me propose to you in a Unified Field Theory of Love! CEBAF Laboratory, (USA) a Unified Theory of Love! S. Corneliussen Cornell University, (USA) Lynda Williams D. G. Cassel Gluons are Strong! 'The Physics Chanteuse' They make a quantum-chromo glue DESY Laboratory, (Germany) San Francisco State University Ilka Flegel, P. Waloschek binding quarks into atoms http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/ like I am bound to you. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, -Iwilliam (USA) Judy Jackson Zs and W's are Weak! GSI Darmstadt, (Germany) They make particles decay G. Siegert and atoms radioactive INFN, (Italy) that's how I feel when you're away. A. Pascolini IHEP, Beijing, (China) Qi Nading Photons mediate E&M - both particle and wave - they're so JINR Dubna, (Russia) yin-yang! B.