Burton Richter: His Vision, Preparation, and Experiments at SPEAR That Led to The November 1974 Revolution in Particle Physics, Charm, and More

The presentation will include Richter’s early experiments at MIT, Stanford, and SLAC, his leadership of the SLAC SPEAR colliding beam project along with formation of the SLAC/LBL detector collaboration, and his leadership/participation in the detector design, implementation, and physics program of the SLAC/LBL “Mark-I” collaboration.