The Cosmotron Meets the Strangeness of Physics

A great idea (synchrotrons) leads to the construction of the Cosmotron and the Bevatron, where the antiproton was discovered. The ability of the new synchrotrons to produce large numbers of V-particles opens up the way for systematic studies that lead to the concept of strangeness. Moreover, it reveals the weird behavior of V-particles in the weak interaction and especially the so-called ’violation of parity.’ The antiproton and many, many more new particles, populating the “zoo” that desperately was in need of an ordering scheme.