Physics papers

I had the occasion to read a few historical papers, and wanted to list them here. Small remark though: it might be a bit particle physics oriented.

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1860 - 1879

• A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field
  submitted in 1865 by J. C. Maxwell (10.1098/rstl.1865.0008 )

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1880 - 1899

• On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether
  submitted in 1887 by A. A. Michelson and E. W. Morley (10.2475/ajs.s3-34.203.333 )

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1900 - 1909

• On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light
  submitted in 1905 by A. Einstein (10.1002/andp.19053220607 )
• On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid, as Required by the Molecular Kinetic Theory of Heat
  submitted in 1905 by A. Einstein (10.1002/andp.19053220806 )
• On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
  submitted in 1905 by A. Einstein (10.1002/andp.19053221004 )
• Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?
  submitted in 1905 by A. Einstein (10.1002/andp.19053231314 )

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1910 - 1919

• On the Elementary Electrical Charge and the Avogadro Constant
  submitted in 1913 by R. A. Millikan (10.1103/PhysRev.2.109 )

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1920 - 1929

• A Quantum Theory of the Scattering of X-rays by Light Elements
  submitted in 1923 by A. H. Compton (10.1103/PhysRev.21.483 )
• The Effect of Compton Scattering by Free Electrons in a Stellar Atmosphere
  submitted in 1925 by P. Dirac (10.1093/mnras/85.8.825 )
• Diffraction of Electrons by a Crystal of Nickel
  submitted in 1927 by C. Davisson and L. H. Germer (10.1103/PhysRev.30.705 )
• The quantum theory of the electron
  submitted in 1928 by P. Dirac (10.1098/rspa.1928.0023 )
• On the Redshift of Spectral Lines through Interstellar Space
  submitted in 1929 by F. Zwicky (10.1073/pnas.15.10.773 )

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1930 - 1939

• The existence of a neutron
  submitted in 1932 by J. Chadwick (10.1098/rspa.1932.0112 )
• The Positive Electron
  submitted in 1933 by C. D. Anderson (10.1103/PhysRev.43.491 )
• Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?
  submitted in 1935 by N. Bohr (10.1103/PhysRev.48.696 )
• Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?
  submitted in 1935 by A. Einstein, B. Podolsky and N. Rosen (10.1103/PhysRev.47.777 )
• Note on the Nature of Cosmic-Ray Particles
  submitted in 1937 by S. H. Neddermeyer and C. D. Anderson (10.1103/PhysRev.51.884 )
• On Unitary Representations of the Inhomogeneous Lorentz Group
  submitted in 1937 by E. Wigner (10.2307/1968551 )
• The Absorption of Mesotrons in Air and in Condensed Materials
  submitted in 1939 by E. Fermi (10.1103/PhysRev.56.1242 )
• Energy Production in Stars
  submitted in 1939 by H. A. Bethe (10.1103/PhysRev.55.434 )
• The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission
  submitted in 1939 by N. Bohr and J. A. Wheeler (10.1103/PhysRev.56.426 )
• On Continued Gravitational Contraction
  submitted in 1939 by J. R. Oppenheimer and H. Snyder (10.1103/PhysRev.56.455 )

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1940 - 1949

• Existence of Electromagnetic-Hydrodynamic Waves
  submitted in 1942 by H. Alfén (10.1038/150405d0 )
• The Penetration of Atomic Particles Through Matter
  submitted in 1948 by N. Bohr (10.1016/S1876-0503(08)70172-5 )
• A mathematical theory of communication
  submitted in 1948 by C. E. Shannon (10.1002/j.1538-7305.1948.tb01338.x )

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1950 - 1959

• Behavior of Neutral Particles under Charge Conjugation
  submitted in 1955 by M. Gell-Mann and A. Pais (10.1103/PhysRev.97.1387 )
• Mesonium and anti-mesonium
  submitted in 1957 by B. Pontecorvo (Sov.Phys.JETP 6 (1957) 429 )

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1960 - 1969

• Remarks on the unified model of elementary particles
  submitted in 1962 by Z. Maki, M. Nakagawa and S. Sakata (10.1143/PTP.28.870 )
• Unitary Symmetry and Leptonic Decays
  submitted in 1963 by N. Cabibbo (10.1103/PhysRevLett.10.531 )
• A Model of Leptons
  submitted in 1967 by S. Weinberg (10.1103/PhysRevLett.19.1264 )

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1970 - 1979

• Rotation of the Andromeda Nebula from a Spectroscopic Survey of Emission Regions
  submitted in 1970 by V. C. Rubin and W. K. Jr. Ford (10.1086/150317 )
• Weak Interactions with Lepton-Hadron Symmetry
  submitted in 1970 by S. L. Glashow, J. Iliopoulos and L. Maiani (10.1103/PhysRevD.2.1285 )
• CP-Violation in the Renormalizable Theory of Weak Interaction
  submitted in 1973 by M. Kobayashi and T. Maskawa (10.1143/PTP.49.652 )

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1990 - 1999

• Observation of Top Quark Production in ppbar Collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab
  submitted in 1995 by F. Abe et al. (CDF Collaboration) (10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2626 )
• Evidence for oscillation of atmospheric neutrinos
  submitted in 1998 by Y. Fukuda et al. (The Super-Kamiokande Collaboration) (10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1562 )

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2000 - 2004

• Observation of Large CP Violation in the Neutral B Meson System
  submitted in 2001 by K. Abe et al. (Belle Collaboration) (10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.091802 )

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2010 - 2014

• Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
  submitted in 2012 by G. Aad et al. (The ATLAS Collaboration) (10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020 )
• Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
  submitted in 2012 by S. Chatrchyan et al. (CMS Collaboration) (10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.021 )

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2015 - 2019

• Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
  submitted in 2016 by B. P. Abbott et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration) (10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102 )
• First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole
  submitted in 2019 by K. Akiyama et al. (The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration) (10.3847/2041-8213/ab0ec7 )

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