Greetings, I am happy to present a yet untranslated book from the Eureka series of books.

About the Book

The world of elementary particles is currently in a state similar to that of chemical elements before D. Mendeleev’s discovery of the periodic system. It is a troubling and mysterious situation because it is unclear where elementary particles come from and why there are so many of them. This book by V. Chernogorova explores these questions, discussing what elementary particles have in common and how they differ from one another.

About the Author

After graduating from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Vera Alexandrovna pursued postgraduate studies and later became a researcher at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna.
For nearly twelve years, she participated in experiments at a particle accelerator, the synchrocyclotron, and co-authored numerous scientific papers on muon research.

In recent years, she has published over ten articles in journals such as Knowledge is Power, Science and Life, and Technology for Youth. Her writings cover topics in nuclear physics, high-energy physics, astrophysics, controlled thermonuclear fusion, scientific advancements in everyday life, and the future of science. Many of these articles have been reprinted in international journals.

Her first book, Mysteries of the Microworld, introduces readers to key issues in particle physics. In 1975, it was awarded a diploma in the All-Union Competition for the Best Popular Science Works.

Mysteries of the Microworld (2nd edition) Moscow, Molodaya Gvardiya, 1978.
224 pages, illustrated (Eureka series).
Editor: V. Fedchenko
Original Cover Design: Yu. Aratovsky
Illustrations: K. Moshkin
Artistic Editor: B. Fedotov
Technical Editor: N. Nosova
Proofreader: A. Dolidze

Translated from the Russian and typeset in LaTeX by Damitr Mazanav.
This electronic version released on the web by The Mir Titles Project

Released under Creative Commons by ShareAlike 4.0 License

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Contents

Translator’s Note vii

1 The World That Cannot Be Seen 1
The New Leader 1
A Familiar Stranger 8
Two Contenders 11
The Third, But Not The Last 19
A New Role 22
Under The Invisible Cloak 29
Extraordinary Bricks 34
The Era Of Hyperons 39
A Restless Domain 43
The Realm Of Energy 46

2 The Last Matryoshka? 53
The Phoenix 53
Playing By The Rules 57
Point Or Not A Point? 60
The Language Of Scattering 63
Electronic Assault 67

3 The New Linnaeus 77
Who Is Who? 77
Strange Exhibits 80
The Jury’s Verdict 87
Hunting For Quarks 91
The “Quark Chorus” 98
Instant Photograph 101

4 Lost Illusions 105
The Theta-Tau Puzzle 105
Journey Into The Looking Glass 112
The First “Victims” 117
Kaon Cocktails 124
A One-Actor Theatre 129
Paradise Lost 133

5 Great Expectations 143
Conflict Or Mutual Understanding? 143
Simpleton Or Genius? 148
Serpukhov Speaks 152
The Calm Before The Storm 158
Let’s Not Be Detectives 162
A “Macro View” Of The Microworld 167
The Ghost Particle 175

6 Big Science 189
Then And Now 189
Bathing In Liquid Hydrogen 192
Lightning In A Box 195
From Monologue To Dialogue 200
Target – A Jet Of Hydrogen 204
“Industrial” Science 208
“Magic Wand” 213
Physics At A Distance 220

7 Fruits And Roots 231
From Cobblestones To Antimatter 231
Universal Machines 237
The Accelerator As An Energy Generator 243
Man-Made Atoms 252
Dubna – The “Mecca” Of Mesochemistry 259

8 A Small Universe 265
A Laboratory For All 265
A “Spoon” For The Sun 271
Neutrino Tsunami 276
Peers Of The Universe 280
Antiworlds? 285
The Small Universe 299

Translator’s Postface 305

Some glimpses