Quantum Theory and Particle Physics Timeline

Theories, Predictions and Discoveries

• (1803) Atom John Dalton Prediction
• (1873) Electromagnetism James Clerk Maxwell Theory
• (1897) Electron J.J. Thomson Discovery
• (1898) Proton Wilhelm Wein Discovery
• (1899) Alpha and Beta Rays Ernest Rutherford, Frederick Soddy Discovery
• (1900) Energy Quanta Max Planck Discovery Theory
• (1905) Photon Albert Einstein Prediction
• (1909) Double-Slit Experiment and the Wave Nature of Matter Geoffrey I Taylor Prediction
• (1910) Cosmic Radiation Theodor Wulf Discovery
• (1910) Charge on Electron Robert Millikan Discovery
• (1911) Structure of the Atom Ernest Rutherford, Hans Geiger. Ernest Marsden Discovery
• (1912) Cloud Chamber Charles T R Wilson Invention
• (1913) Model of the Atom Neils Bohr Theory
• (1915) Symmetery - Nöther's Theorem Emmy Nöther Theory
• (1916) Planck's Constant Robert A. Millikan Discovery
• (1918) Gauge Theory Herman Weyl Theory
• (1922) Quantum Spin Otto Stern, Walther Gerlach Discovery
• (1923) Photon Arthur H Compton Discovery
• (1924) Wave-Particle Duality Louis de Broglie Theory
• (1924) Boson Satyendra Nath Bose Prediction
• (1925) Particle Spin and Quantum States Wolfgang Pauli Prediction
• (1925) Intrinsic Spin George Uhlenbeck, Sam Goudsmit Prediction
• (1925) Pauli's Exclusion Principle Wolfgang Pauli Theory
• (1925) Matrix Mechanics Werner Heisenberg Theory
• (1926) Wave Function and Wave Mechanics Erwin Schrödinger Theory
• (1926) Fermion and Fermi-Dirac Statistics Enrico Fermi and Paul Dirac Theory Prediction
• (1926) Quantum Probabilities, Superposition of States, Collapse of the Wave Function Max Born Theory
• (1927) Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Werner Heisenberg Theory
• (1927) Copenhagen Interpretation Neils Bohr, Werner Heisenberg and Max Born Theory
• (1928) Quantum Wave Theory Paul Dirac Theory
• (1928) Antiparticles Paul Dirac Prediction
• (1930) Neutrinos and Beta Decay Wolfgang Pauli, Enrico Fermi Prediction
• (1931) Positron Carl D. Anderson Discovery
• (1932) Neutron James Chadwick Discovery
• (1932) Linear Accelerator John D. Cockcroft Ernest T. S. Walton Invention
• (1932) Cyclotron Ernest O. Lawrence Invention
• (1932) Counter Controlled Cloud Chamber Patrick M.S. Blackett, Giuseppe Occhialini Invention
• (1932) Isospin Werner Heisenberg Prediction
• (1933) Weak Force and Neutrino Enrico Fermi Prediction
• (1933) Strong Force Eugene Wigner Prediction
• (1933) Entanglement and the EPR Paradox Albert Einstein, Boris Podolski, Nathan Rosen Theory
• (1935) Meson Hideki Yukawa Prediction
• (1936) Meson S Neddermeyer, Carl D. Anderson Discovery
• (1937) Muon Jabez C. Street, Edward C. Stevenson Discovery
• (1939) Weak Force and Solar Fusion Hans Bethe Theory
• (1940) Spin-Statistics Theorem Wolgang Pauli Theory
• (1945) Synchrotron Edwin M McMillan Invention
• (1947) Pion - Yukawa's Meson Cecil Powell, Cesar Lattes, Giuseppe Occhialini Discovery
• (1947) Kaon George Rochester and Clifford Charles Butler Discovery
• (1947) Lepton Fredrick Reines and Clyde Cowan Prediction
• (1947) Infinities and Renormalisation, a Mathematical Trick Hendrik Kramers, Hans Bethe Theory
• (1948) Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) Richard P. Feynman, Julian Schwinger, Sin-Itiro Tomonaga Theory
• (1948) Feynman Diagrams Richard P. Feynman Invention
• (1952) Bubble Chamber Doald A. Glaser Invention
• (1953) Strangeness Murray Gell-Mann Theory
• (1956) Electron Neutrino Fredrick Reines and Clyde Cowan Discovery
• (1957) W and Z bosons Julian Schwinger Prediction
• (1958) Electroweak Force Sheldon Lee Glashow Prediction
• (1961) The Eightfold Way Murray Gell-Mann Theory
• (1962) Muon Neutrino Leon M. Lederman, Melvin Schwartz, Jack Steinberger Discovery
• (1964) Quarks Murray Gell-Mann, George Zweig Theory Prediction
• (1964) Quark Degrees of Freedom Oscar W Greenberg Prediction
• (1964) Higgs Boson Peter Higgs Prediction
• (1964) Charm Quark James Bjorken, Sheldon Glashow Prediction
• (1964) Bell's Inequality and the EPR Paradox John Stuart Bell Theory
• (1965) Quark Colour Force Nambu and Han Theory
• (1967) Electroweak Force and Symmetry Breaking Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg, Abdus Salam Prediction
• (1968) Multi-Wire Particle Detector - Drift Tracker Georges Charpak Invention
• (1968) Quarks SLAC Team Discovery
• (1970) Charm Quark Sheldon Glashow, John Iliopoulus and Luciano Maiani Prediction
• (1972) Gluon and Colour Charge Murray Gell-Man, Harald Fritzsch and Heinrich Leutwyler Prediction
• (1973) Neutral Currents Paul Musset Discovery
• (1973) Asymptotic Freedom David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek Discovery
• (1973) Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) Murray Gell-Mann, Harald Fritzsch and Heinrich Leutwyler Theory
• (1974) J/PSI Meson and the Charm Quark Burton Richter, Samuel Ting Discovery
• (1975) Tau Lepton Martin L. Perl Discovery
• (1977) Bottom Quark Leon M. Lederman Discovery
• (1979) Gluon John Ellis, Graham Ross with Mary Gaillard and TASSO team at DESY Discovery
• (1983) W and Z Bosons Electroweak Force Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer Discovery
• (1995) Top quark DZero and CDF Teams at Fermilab Discovery
• (2000) Tau Neutrino DoNuT Team at Fermilab Discovery
• (2012) Higgs Boson CERN Discovery

See also the Standard Model of Particle Physics and Timeline of the Elements