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D-Index
94
Citations
36234
World Ranking
1971
National Ranking
47

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1992 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1984 - Nobel Prize for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction
  • 1984 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1975 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

C. Rubbia is affiliated with the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland. Their research output spans primarily the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Engineering, with a significant focus on specialized subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include Nuclear Physics and Applications, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Nuclear physics research studies, Particle Detector Development and Performance, and Neutrino Physics Research.

Selected recent publications by C. Rubbia and collaborators illustrate the range of their work. These include:

  • Towards a muon collider, 2023, Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano)
  • The SHiP experiment at the proposed CERN SPS Beam Dump Facility, 2022, The European Physical Journal C
  • Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to dark photons decaying to a pair of charged particles, 2021, The European Physical Journal C
  • Design of the third-generation lead-based neutron spallation target for the neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN, 2021, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
  • Imaging neutron capture cross sections: i-TED proof-of-concept and future prospects based on Machine-Learning techniques, 2021, The European Physical Journal A

C. Rubbia has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • E. González-Romero
  • M. Kokkoris
  • D. Cano-Ott
  • D. Bosnar
  • M. A. Cortés-Giraldo

The primary publication venues for their work are:

  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review C
  • The European Physical Journal A
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series

Throughout their career, C. Rubbia has received multiple honors and awards, including membership in various academies such as the European Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, and the National Academy of Sciences. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1984 for decisive contributions to the project leading to the discovery of the W and Z field particles, which mediate weak interactions.

Additional distinctions include fellowships at The World Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, reflecting recognition across multiple scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • Experimental observation of isolated large transverse energy electrons with associated missing energy at $\sqrt s$ = 540 GeV

    G. Arnison;A. Astbury;G. Grayer;W.J. Haynes

  • Experimental observation of lepton pairs of invariant mass around 95 GeV/c2 at the Cern SPS collider

    D. Cline;R. Fruehwirth;M. Mohammadi;J. Strauss

  • Light Sterile Neutrinos: A White Paper

    K. N. Abazajian;M. A. Acero;S. K. Agarwalla;A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo

  • A study of the general characteristics of proton-antiproton collisions at √ s=0.2 to 0.9 TeV

    C. Albajar;M. G. Albrow;O. C. Allkofer;B. Andrieu

  • Design, construction and tests of the ICARUS T600 detector

    S. Amerio;S. Amoruso;M. Antonello;P. Aprili

  • Precision measurement of the neutrino velocity with the ICARUS detector in the CNGS beam

    M. Antonello;B. Baibussinov;P. Benetti

  • Transverse momentum spectra for charged particles at the cern proton-antiproton collider

    G. Arnison;A. Astbury;G. Grayer;W.J. Haynes

  • Further Evidence for Charged Intermediate Vector Bosons at the SPS Collider

    G. Arnison;A. Astbury;B. Aubert;C. Bacci

  • Search for B0−B¯0 oscillations at the CERN proton-antiproton collider

    C. Albajar;M.G. Albrow;O.C. Allkofer;G. Arnison

  • Observation of jets in high transverse energy events at the CERN proton antiproton collider

    G. Arnison;A. Astbury;B. Aubert;C. Bacci

  • Performance of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN

    C. Guerrero;A. Tsinganis;A. Tsinganis;E. Berthoumieux;E. Berthoumieux;M. Barbagallo

  • Intermediate vector boson cross sections at the CERN super proton synchrotron collider and the number of neutrino types

    C. Albajar;M. G. Albrow;O. C. Allkofer;A. Astbury

  • Associated production of an isolated large-transverse-momentum lepton (electron or muon) and two jets at the Cern $par p$ collider

    G. Arnison;A. Astbury;P. Flynn;G. Grayer

  • The Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment: Exploring Fundamental Symmetries of the Universe

    C Adams;D Adams;T Akiri

  • Experimental Observation of Events with Large Missing Transverse Energy Accompanied by a Jet Or a Photon(s) in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2)=540-GeV

    G. Arnison;O. C. Allkofer;A. Astbury;B. Aubert

  • Studies of intermediate vector boson production and decay in UA1 at the CERN proton-antiproton collider

    C. Albajar;M. G. Albrow;M. G. Albrow;O. C. Allkofer;G. Arnison

  • Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE)

    R. Acciarri;S. Bansal;A. Friedland;Z. Djurcic

  • Production of low transverse energy clusters in pp collisions at √s=0.2–0.9 TeV and their interpretation in terms of QCD jets

    C. Albajar;M. G. Albrow;O. C. Allkofer;A. Astbury

  • Hadronic jet production at the CERN proton-antiproton collider

    G. Arnison;A. Astbury;B. Aubert;C. Bacci

  • Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report, Volume 4 The DUNE Detectors at LBNF

    R. Acciarri;M. A. Acero;M. Adamowski;C. Adams

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Rauscher
Thomas Rauscher University of Basel
Andrea C. Ferrari
Andrea C. Ferrari University of Cambridge

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