the wechsler synchrophasatron was launched in '57, and already in '60, a new elementary particle anti-sigmayper was discovered at this installation , and the processes of the birth of strange particles caused by pimesons were comprehensively studied. in 1958, vladimir veksler was elected a full member of the ussr academy of sciences, and in 1959 he was awarded the lenin prize. in 1963, the international atoms for peace prize. perhaps the talented scientist would have been able to make many more discoveries, but in 1965 he had his first heart attack, and in his second, which wexler never survived. what as for the synchrophasatron, it operated successfully until 2002. the results of the research carried out on it are used to this day, in particular, they are used in the design of nuclear power plants, in the creation of space rockets, and robots. some results are applied in the military sphere. the dubna complex itself is now in service. a living monument to academician vladimir veksler, who managed to create the most powerful synchrophasatron and make many discoveries in nuclear physics with

wechsler's measuring instruments, created by him earlier, are perfectly suitable for experiments on theith them began the epic with accelerators, cyclotrons, synchatrons and... one might ask, what does this have to do with these cosmic rays? it turns out that this is a unique natural a source of high ultra-high energies, making it possible to study the processes of transformation of elementary particles and their structure. many physicists were of the opinion that cosmic rays consist of electrons, either to confirm this or to disprove the hypothesis. the institute sent an expedition to the caucasus. wexler was immediately appointed leader of this group. the results of measurements on elbrus made it possible to expand our understanding of the composition of cosmic radiation. in particular , a large number of secondary particles, slow mesons, were discovered. meson is a compound elementary particle responsible for confining protons and neutrons. in atomic nuclei. during the great patriotic war, the physics institute, like other academic ones.