Engines of discovery
Subtitle: a century of particle accelerators
By: Andrew Sessler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, Edmund Wilson, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Contributors: Wilson, E. J. N. (Edward J. N.), author
Edition: Revised and expanded edition.
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9789814417198; 9789814417181
Subjects: Particle accelerators; Design and construction
Description: Chronicling the development of particle accelerators from the invention of electrostatic accelerators, linear accelerators, and the cyclotron to the colliders of today, this book identifies the crucial discoveries that have driven the field of applied physics and engineering.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Electrostatic accelerators; title: Cyclotrons; title: Linear accelerators; title: Betatrons; title: Synchrotrons; title: Colliders; title: Neutrino super beams, neutrino factories and muon colliders; title: Detectors; title: High-energy and nuclear physics; title: Sychrotron radiation sources; title: Isotope production and cancer therapy accelerators; title: Spallation neutron sources; title: Accelerators in industry and elsewhere; title: National security; title: Energy and the environment; title: A final word, mainly to the young; title: Appendices.