Rubbia

American  

[roo-bee-uh, roo-byah] / ˈru bi ə, ˈru byɑ /

noun

1. Carlo born 1934, Italian physicist: Nobel Prize 1984.

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Rubbia Scientific  

/ ro̅o̅′bē-ə /

1. Italian physicist who discovered the W and Z bosons that carry the weak nuclear force. The existence of these subatomic particles strongly confirmed the validity of the theory of the electroweak force. For this work Rubbia shared with Dutch physicist Simon van der Meer the 1984 Nobel Prize for physics.

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Example Sentences

Italian Nobel laureate Carlo Rubbia dreamed up the liquid argon detector in 1977.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 28, 2022

This was another triumph of particle theory and experimental effort, resulting in the 1984 Nobel Prize to the experiment's group leaders Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

"ASBOLUTE INDEPENDENCE" Friday's nominees were architect Renzo Piano, one of the creators of the futuristic Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Shard skyscraper in London, and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Carlo Rubbia.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2013

Rubbia noted that some Nobels have been granted quickly, but in other cases it has taken as long as 40 years.

From Scientific American • Jul. 4, 2012

As we passed the railway embankment at Rubbia, we saw and spoke to some Italian machine-gunners in position, whose orders were to hold up the enemy till the last possible moment.

From With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Dalton, Hugh Dalton, Baron