Abstract
AbstractIn the first two Sections I recount few episodes that highlight the unique personality of Bruno Touschek, and I propose to call ‘Bruno’s domain’ the electron–positron energy range dominated by the one-photon channel. Section 8.3, devoted to a presentation of the four LEP detectors, is followed by three Sections describing electroweak precision tests, in particular those involving the production of b-quarks, Higgs searches and the most accurate measurements of the strong coupling. In Sects. 8.7 and 8.8, the unification of the forces is discussed from a personal point of view and the legacy of LEP to the LHC experiments is highlighted.
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Springer International Publishing
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