Detectors and Experiments at the Laboratory for Electro-Strong Physics: A Personal View

Abstract

In the first two Sections I recount few episodes that highlight the unique personality of Bruno Touschek, and I propose to call ‘Bruno’s domain’ the electron–positron energy range dominated by the one-photon channel. Section 8.3, devoted to a presentation of the four LEP detectors, is followed by three Sections describing electroweak precision tests, in particular those involving the production of b-quarks, Higgs searches and the most accurate measurements of the strong coupling. In Sects. 8.7 and 8.8, the unification of the forces is discussed from a personal point of view and the legacy of LEP to the LHC experiments is highlighted.