Physics Laureate Simon van der Meer, born on this day(November 24), developed a technique called stochastic cooling, which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN in the early 1980s.
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Simon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, two of the most fundamental constituents of matter.
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Born: 24 November 1925, The Hague, Netherlands
Died: 4 March 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
Known for: Stochastic cooling
Residence: Switzerland
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics
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