Abstract
It is noted that there is a relatively recent real Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded in 1984 to the Dutchman Simon van der Meer, holder of an engineering degree in technical physics, for the design and realization of a spectacular, very complex feedback control system essential to the discovery of the W and Z particles. His corecipient, the experimental physicist Carlo Rubbia, was the leader of the entire team. Unfortunately, for recognition by engineers and the general public, and following established physics jargon, van der Meer's work goes under the name of "stochastic cooling." In his Nobel lecture, van der Meer explains the terminology (including the amusing observation that "stochastic" is not appropriate as used in this context) and provides a description of the multivariable feedback control system.
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