Lagarrigue, Andr,̌ 1924-1975
Andre Lagarrique papers, circa 1930-1980.
Materials include: personal reports on particle physics; publications; courses (including manuscripts); minutes from the Executive Committees of the IN2P3; minutes from various Commissions; personal courses given at Orsay; diverse correspondence; photographs; theses from physicists on heavy liquid Bubble Chambers; film on the construction of GARGAMELLE. The principal subjects covered are: Lagarrique's service as director, Linear Accelerator of Orsay, 1969-1975; the construction of GARGAMELLE, and the discovery of neutral currents (1964-1970 and 1975); the Commission to renovate the teaching of physics in secondary schools (Commission Lagarrigue), 1971-1975; and Lagarrigue's teaching and various honors. Correspondents include: directors of CERN; physicists; LAL personnel; students; and others.
Polytechnical School (L'Ecole Polytechnique)[E. P.], 1945-1947; Advanced School of Armament (L'Ecole Supřieure de l'Armament), 1947-1949; on-loan researcher, Laboratoire Leprince Ringuet [E. P.], 1949; doctoral thesis, 1952; experiments on cosmic rays, 1951-1954; research trip to United States (Berkeley), 1954-1955; construction at the E. P. of Bubble Chambers (B1 2, B1 3) and experiment at Saclay, 1955-1960; Bubble Chamber experiments at CERN, 1960-1968; named physics professor at Orsay, 1964 (promotes the construction of GARGAMELLE), 1964; director, Linear Accelerator Laboratory at Orsay (Laboratoire de l'Accľřateur Linǎire ̉Orsay) [LAL] (succeeding M. Blanc Lapierre), 1969; president of the Commission in charge of renovating the teaching of physics ["Commission Lagarrigue"], 1971-1975; discovery of neutral currents at the CERN with GARGAMELLE, 1973; death in Paris, 1975.
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Institut national de physique nuclỉre et de physique des particules.
Paris. €cole normale supřieure. Laboratoire de l'accľřateur linǎire, Orsay -- Administration.
Paris. €cole normale supřieure. Laboratoire de l'accľřateur linǎire, Orsay -- Employees.
Universit ̌Paris-Sud -- Faculty.
Universit ̌Paris-Sud -- Study and teaching.
Bubble chambers -- Experiments.
Governmental investigations -- France.
Neutral currents (Physics). phys-t.
Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Research. aip
Physics -- Curricula -- France.
Physics -- Government policy -- France.
Physics -- Students -- France.
Physics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- France.
Motion pictures (visual work) ftaat
Minutes. aat
Photographs. aat
Publications. aat
Technical reports. aat
Theses. aat aat
Physicists -- France. lcsh
Lagarrigue, Andr ̌-- Awards.
France. Commission for Renovating the Teaching of Physics.
Gargamelle (Accelerator).
Orsay linac (Linear accelerator). phys-t
AIP-ICOS
Laboratoire de l'Accľřateur Linǎire. Centre D'Orsay. B t́iment 200. Universit ̌de Paris-Sud. 91405 Orsay CEDEX