Archives of Emulsion Experiments Committee, EmC
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Identity Statement [Top]
Reference code(s)
CERN-ARCH-EMC-01 and 02
Title
Archives of Emulsion Experiments Committee, EmC
Date(s)
1961 - 1966
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent of the unit of description
0.20 linear metre
Context [Top]
Name of creator
Emulsion Experiments Committee, EmC
Administrative history
In 1960 the Director-General John Adams proposed a number of measures to define a global policy for the exploitation of the Synchro-Cyclotron and the new Proton Synchrotron. He decided to reorganise the system by creating three Committees, one for each experimental technique used :
- Emulsions : Emulsion Committee (EmC)
- Electronic : Electronic Experiments Commitee (EEC)
- Bubble chambers : Tracks Chambers Committee (TCC)
These three new committees were proposed to replace the SC Advisory Committee, PS Advisory Committee, Emulsion Advisory Committee and Bubble Chamber Committee. The EmC functions were to propose to the Nuclear Physics Research Committee emulsion experiments to be carried out at CERN, and also to form a link between the European emulsion groups and the CERN Laboratory. EmC came into operation in 1961 and met about once a month. At the first meeting it was decided that the committee should comprise a chairman who shoud be a senior physicist working on emulsion experiments, not on the staff of CERN, and members, representatives of CERN and other European emulsion groups wanting to use CERN facilities.
In 1966 the importance of the emulsion technique was decreasing rapidly, and following a proposal by Gregory, Ekspong and van Hove, it was decided to merge EmC with the Nuclear Structure Committee (NSC). It was renamed Physics III-Committee (PHIII-COM).
Year | Committee | Chairman |
---|---|---|
1961 - 1963 | EmC | Powell, CF |
1964 - 1965 | EmC | Erspong, AG |
1966 | PHIII-COM | Erspong, AG |
1967 | PHIII-COM | Puppi, G |
1968 - 1970 | PHIII-COM | Paul, W |
1971 - 1974 | PHIII-COM | Falk-Vairant, P |
1975 - 1976 | PHIII-COM | Mannelli, I |
* Source : CERN-344-Rev.4 ; CERN Courier 1967, Vol.7, N°3
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Emulsion Experiments Committee, EmC
Content & Structure [Top]
Scope and content
This collection contains various documents, reports, proposals, decisions and minutes of the meetings
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Nothing was destroyed.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
The original order has been preserved.
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 and French.
Finding aids
Listed to file level in the CERN Archives Database.
Description control [Top]
Archivist's note
Description prepared by Sandrine Reyes
Date(s) of description
Geneva, the 24th June 2008.