Giorgio Salvini (24 April 1920 – 8 April 2015) was an Italian physicist and politician.
Life
Born in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, in 1953 Salvini was responsible for the construction of the first Italian circular
particle accelerator
A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies, and to contain them in well-defined beams.
Large accelerators are used for fundamental research in particle ...
, the electron synchrotron of Frascati ("elettrosincrotrone di Frascati").
Between 1966 and 1970 he was president of the
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN; "National Institute for Nuclear Physics") is the coordinating institution for nuclear, particle, theoretical and astroparticle physics in Italy.
History
INFN was founded on 8 August 1951, to furth ...
(INFN).
Salvini took part in the
CERN experiment that led to the discovery of the
W and Z bosons
In particle physics, the W and Z bosons are vector bosons that are together known as the weak bosons or more generally as the intermediate vector bosons. These elementary particles mediate the weak interaction; the respective symbols are , , an ...
.
He served as president of the
Accademia dei Lincei from 1990 to 1994.
He was Minister of University, Scientific Research and Technology in the
Dini 1995-1996 cabinet.
Notes
References
*. The "''Yearbook''" of the renowned Italian scientific institution, including an historical sketch of its history, the list of all past and present members as well as a wealth of information about its academic and scientific activities.
*.
*. The biographical and bibliographical entry, including a list of publications and updated up to 1976, on Giorgio Salvini, published under the auspices of the Accademia dei Lincei in a book collecting many profiles of its living members up to 1976.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salvini, Giorgio
1920 births
2015 deaths
Scientists from Milan
Members of the Lincean Academy
20th-century Italian physicists
People associated with CERN
Politicians from Milan