Perl M L
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Feb 22;100(7):070001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.070001.
Starting with the 1975 discovery of the tau lepton, I look back on the last three decades of change in the substance and style of experimental and theoretical research in elementary particle physics. I recount the major accomplishments of those decades and predict a bright future for particle physics in the next two decades. Turning to three problems, I lament the change in theoretical style and taste, I discuss the growth in the complexity, size, and cost of particle physics experiments, and I conclude with a pessimistic comment on the size of particle physics collaborations.
从1975年陶轻子被发现开始，我回顾了过去三十年来基本粒子物理学实验和理论研究在内容和风格上的变化。我讲述了那几十年的主要成就，并预测了粒子物理学在未来二十年的光明前景。谈到三个问题时，我对理论风格和品味的变化表示遗憾，讨论了粒子物理学实验在复杂性、规模和成本方面的增长，最后对粒子物理学合作团队的规模发表了一番悲观的评论。
