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David B. Cline

David Bruce Cline (December 7, 1933 – June 27, 2015) was an American particle physicist known for his contributions to the discovery of the Higgs boson and the W and Z intermediate bosons. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he went on to join the university's physics faculty and founded the "Pheno Group". Shorthand for phenomenology, the group consisted of particle physicists designing and running experiments alongside developing theoretical models that went beyond the current standard model of particle physics. He later moved to UCLA where he became a Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy for his contributions to the growth of the UCLA Physics & Astronomy Department.

Rather than working in a U.S. based particle accelerator, the Superconducting Supercollider, Cline chose to work on CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. While there, he and others founded the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, which is still active today in investigating the Standard Model and is one of the largest international scientific collaborations in history. Cline was also involved in the development of the ICARUS neutrino detector. When assembled, it would be the largest detector of its time, built with the purpose of detecting neutrinos from the sun and the beams from CERN.

In the later part of his career, Cline shifted his interests towards astroparticle physics. He pioneered the use of liquified noble gases in particle detectors to enhance the detection through the use of a Time Projection Chamber. Not only did this facilitate work in investigating neutrino oscillations, the introduction of noble gases into detectors could be exploited to detect dark matter. Dark matter’s elusive nature inspired Cline to organize a biannual international conference for dark matter research, which will go on to have its 14th meeting in March 2020. Provided by Wikipedia