Archives of Electronic Experiments Committee, EEC
Identity Statement | Context | Content and Structure | Conditions of access and use | Description control | Database
Identity Statement [Top]
Reference code(s)
CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-001 to 05-019
Title
Archives of Electronic Experiments Committee, EEC
Date(s)
November 1960 - November 1991
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent of the unit of description
9 linear metres, 76 boxes, 297 items
Context [Top]
Name of creator
Electronic Experiments Committee, EEC
Administrative history
exploitation of the new Proton Synchrotron currently being built at CERN. His plan introduced the first proper system for taking overall decisions on which experiments would run at CERN. Various preliminary measures in 1959 had facilitated discussion between users' representatives, but in Autumn of 1960 Adams decided to reorganise the system by creating three Committees, one for each experimental technique used: emulsions, bubble chambers and electronic.
All experiment proposals, whether coming from within or outside CERN, had to be submitted to one of these Committees. The Chairmen of these three Committees plus certain senior research staff of CERN would together form the Nuclear Physics Research Committee (NRPC) which aimed to define the entire programmes for the Proton Synchrotron and Synchro-Cyclotron machines.
In October 1960, the names of Powell, Gregory and Salvini were accepted as chairmen of the Emulsion Committee (EmC), the Track Chamber Committee (TCC) and the Electronic Experiments Committee (EEC), and the committees came into operation in 1961. In fact, there was some delay in finalising the role of EEC, and in 1962 it was decided (following proposals from Salvini) that it would operate in a different way to the other two Committees. Its functions were largely taken over by the NP Division (which is why Preiswerk and others generally Chaired the meetings rather than the official Chairmen such as Salvini). Furthermore, although the EEC would be expected to pass independent judgement on the proposals it received it would not make the final choice, this becoming the responsability of the NPRC.
In 1964 Nuclear Structure Committee (NSC) was set up. The aim of NSC was to discuss and to decide on experimental proposals in the field of nuclear structure research; and to provide some co-ordination between the groups inside and outside of CERN, that part in the nuclear structure programme at the SC.
In 1966 the EmC and NSC merged and became the Physics III (PH III) Committee.
In 1976 the EEC became the Proton Synchrotron Committee (PSC) while the PH III Committee was renamed the Synchro-Cyclotron Committee (SCC).
In 1978 the PSC and the SCC fused to form the Proton Synchrotron and Synchro-Cyclotron Committee (PSCC).
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Electronic Experiment and Physics I Committee |
Tracks Chamber Committee, TCC |
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Emulsion Experiment Committee, EmC |
Nuclear Structure Committee, NSC |
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Physics III Committee |
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Synchro-Cyclotron Committee, SCC |
Proton Synchrotron Committee, PSC |
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SC and PSC, PSCC |
Intersecting Storange Rings Committee, ISRC |
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Super Proton Synchrotron Committee, SPSC |
Large Electron Positron Committee, LEPC |
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Maria Fidecaro, July 1990
Content & Structure [Top]
Scope and content
The collection contains reports, correspondences and publications studied by the Electronic Experiments Committee
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Nothing was destroyed.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
The original order has been preserved.
| EEC (Electronic Experiments Committee) documents | |
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CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-001 to 01-015 |
| EEC-NPRC (Electronic Experiments Committee-Nuclear Physics Research Committee) documents | |
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CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-016 |
| EEC, P-Experiments Nuclear Physics at PS documents | |
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CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-027 to 01-035 |
| EEC Experiments documents | |
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CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-043 to 01-046 CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-047 CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-048 CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-049 CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-050 to 01-099 CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-100 to 01-157 CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-158 to 01-169 |
| J. Prentki Collection, 1971 to 1973 | |
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CERN-ARCH-EEC-01-170 |
| PSC Documents | |
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CERN-ARCH-EEC-02-001 |
| PSCC documents | |
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CERN-ARCH-EEC-03-001 to 03-011 and 03-049 to 03-050 |
| SC and PS publications | |
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CERN-ARCH-EEC-03-077 to 03-086 |
| SCC documents (Lock W. O. Collection) | |
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CERN-ARCH-EEC-04-001 to 04-014 |
| SCC/PSCC documents | |
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CERN-ARCH-EEC-05-001 to 05-019 |
Conditions of access and use [Top]
Conditions governing access
See file level description and the CERN operational circular No 3: rules applicable to archival material and archiving at CERN. In general, records on any subject that are over 30 years old, and all records of a purely scientific nature, may be consulted.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by CERN, no reproduction without permission.
Language / scripts of material
Most of the material is written in English.
Finding aids
Listed to file level in the CERN Archives Database.
Description control [Top]
Archivist's note
Description prepared by Maryse Moskofian
Date(s) of description
Geneva, February 2003, Revised 2007.