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This section discusses developments in the field of elementary particle physics in 1988. The Collider Detector at Fermilab detector was run at the Tevatron collider in June 1988. The Tevatron has exceeded the design luminosity of a factor of ten higher than that achieved during the 1987 run. The standard electroweak model, the theory which incorporates both the electromagnetic force and the weak nuclear force, has been spectacularly successful. Two beam research areas have made significant advances over the past couple of years: pulsed power technology and photoinjector technology for high brightness electron beams.