Jack van der Velde papers, 1979-1994 (majority within 1985-1990)

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Jack van der Velde papers, 1979-1994 (majority within 1985-1990)

3.5 linear feet

Professor Jack van der Velde is Professor Emeritus in the Physics Department of the University of Michigan. His papers focus on the IMB collaboration, which conducted underground experiments to detect proton decay from 1982-1991 in an effort to find experimental proof of the Grand Unified Theory of physics. They also observed neutrinos from a supernova for the first time. The papers mainly consist of meeting notes, research notes, the development of papers, and publications derived from the data.

The papers all pertain to the IMB Experiments. They are divided into seven subseries: Collaborative Meeting Notes, Student Theses, Talks, Publications, Proposals, Research Notes and Memos, and Scholarly Community.

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Collaborative Meeting Notes

Collaborative Meeting Notes (1.25 linear ft.) is arranged chronologically and includes agendas, data and data analysis, and making decisions. Meetings were held 3-4 times a year, from 1983 to 1990. Meetings to organize the IMB collaboration and experiments are recorded from 1979 to 1982. Also included is Professor van der Velde's notebook from PDK meetings, 1981-1984, with his notes and calculations.