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Opportunities in particle physics

Nature volume 312, pages 588–592 (1984)Cite this article

While a British committee is considering the question whether the United Kingdom can afford to remain a member of the European high-energy physics consortium CERN, particle physics itself is at an exciting stage. Here a British theorist describes the prospects for the coming decade.

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