Who isolated quarks?

Answer 1

Short Answer:

The history of quantum theory is somewhat complex, but Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901 - 1976) was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the creation of quantum mechanics". It would be unrealistic to describe the work of Heisenberg as encompassing the whole process of discovery, but it was, unquestionably, his ideas which seeded the beginnings of the correct mathematical formulations of quantum theory that has evolved to the form that we use today.

Additional Answer:

Quantum theory, or quantum mechanics, originated evolved from the the work of Albert Einstein and Max Planck in the early 1900's which introduced Planck's constant and the work on the photon, as a quantum of light. Later, Niels Bohr came along and applied the quanta to matter, giving rise to theories on the constituents of atoms known as electrons, protons, and neutrons.

The odd behavior of the mechanics in quantum theory, like that of the double slit experiment, came later on during the mid 20's, which were then resolved by physicists Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, Wolfgang Pauli, and Erwin Schrodinger.

Answer 2

Quarks were first proposed as fundamental particles in 1964 by Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig. The first experimental evidence for quarks came from deep inelastic scattering experiments in the 1960s, which provided indirect evidence for their existence. Experimental scientists were able to provide evidence that quarks existed by studying the scattering patterns of electrons off protons and neutrons.

Answer 3

Benjamin kuol discovered the quarks in 1996.

Answer 4

The quark was first observed by investigators at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in 1968. This quark, the up quark, was the first of the six to be found.

Answer 5

Quarks can't be isolated - at least, not at the energies available so far in research labs on Earth.