The Making of ADONE

Abstract

We review the history, physics challenges and final success of the electron–positron 1.5 GeV collider ADONE, from its inception as Bruno Touschek’s brainchild to the beginning of elementary particle physics experiments. Many new problems were met along the road to the successful operation of ADONE, like the collective instability effects. These novel phenomena had to be understood and means to control them had to be found to reach ADONE design goals. Bruno contributed in many critical ways to a successful solution of these issues, leading the effort to make colliding beams the important particle physics instruments of discovery that they are today.