From the PS to the LHC - 50 Years of Nobel Memories in High-Energy Physics
From the PS to the LHC - 50 Years of Nobel Memories in High-Energy Physics

Author: Luis Alvarez-Gaumé

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-20

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 3642308449

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This collection of lectures and essays by eminent researchers in the field, many of them nobel laureates, is an outgrow of a special event held at CERN in late 2009, coinciding with the start of LHC operations. Careful transcriptions of the lectures have been worked out, subsequently validated and edited by the lecturers themselves. This unique insight into the history of the field includes also some perspectives on modern developments and will benefit everyone working in the field, as well as historians of science.

60 Years Of Cern Experiments And Discoveries
60 Years Of Cern Experiments And Discoveries

Author: Herwig Schopper

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9814644161

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The book is a compilation of the most important experimental results achieved during the past 60 years at CERN - from the mid-1950s to the latest discovery of the Higgs particle. Covering the results from the early accelerators at CERN to those most recent at the LHC, the contents provide an excellent review of the achievements of this outstanding laboratory. Not only presented is the impressive scientific progress achieved during the past six decades, but also demonstrated is the special way in which successful international collaboration exists at CERN.

Elementary Particles - Accelerators and Colliders
Elementary Particles - Accelerators and Colliders

Author: Ugo Amaldi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-03-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783642230523

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After a historical consideration of the types and evolution of accelerators the physics of particle beams is provided in detail. Topics dealt with comprise linear and nonlinear beam dynamics, collective phenomena in beams, and interactions of beams with the surroundings. The design and principles of synchrotrons, circular and linear colliders, and of linear accelerators are discussed next. Also technological aspects of accelerators (magnets, RF cavities, cryogenics, power supply, vacuum, beam instrumentation, injection and extraction) are reviewed, as well as accelerator operation (parameter control, beam feedback system, orbit correction, luminosity optimization). After introducing the largest accelerators and colliders of their times the application of accelerators and storage rings in industry, medicine, basic science, and energy research is discussed, including also synchrotron radiation sources and spallation sources. Finally, cosmic accelerators and an outlook for the future are given.

The Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider

Author: Lyndon R. Evans

Publisher: EPFL Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9782940222346

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Describes the technology and engineering of the Large Hadron collider (LHC), one of the greatest scientific marvels of this young 21st century. This book traces the feat of its construction, written by the head scientists involved, placed into the context of the scientific goals and principles.

Facts And Mysteries In Elementary Particle Physics (Revised Edition)
Facts And Mysteries In Elementary Particle Physics (Revised Edition)

Author: Martinus J G Veltman

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2018-03-21

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 9813237074

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle physics accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to know how the universe works. We are introduced to the known particles of the world we live in. An elegant explanation of quantum mechanics and relativity paves the way for an understanding of the laws that govern particle physics. These laws are put into action in the world of accelerators, colliders and detectors found at institutions such as CERN and Fermilab that are in the forefront of technical innovation. Real world and theory meet using Feynman diagrams to solve the problems of infinities and deduce the need for the Higgs boson.Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics offers an incredible insight from an eyewitness and participant in some of the greatest discoveries in 20th century science. From Einstein's theory of relativity to the spectacular discovery of the Higgs particle, this book will fascinate and educate anyone interested in the world of quarks, leptons and gauge theories.This book also contains many thumbnail sketches of particle physics personalities, including contemporaries as seen through the eyes of the author. Illustrated with pictures, these candid sketches present rare, perceptive views of the characters that populate the field.The Chapter on Particle Theory, in a pre-publication, was termed 'superbly lucid' by David Miller in Nature (Vol. 396, 17 Dec. 1998, p. 642).

Frontiers in High Energy Density Physics
Frontiers in High Energy Density Physics

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2003-05-11

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 030908637X

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Recent scientific and technical advances have made it possible to create matter in the laboratory under conditions relevant to astrophysical systems such as supernovae and black holes. These advances will also benefit inertial confinement fusion research and the nation's nuclear weapon's program. The report describes the major research facilities on which such high energy density conditions can be achieved and lists a number of key scientific questions about high energy density physics that can be addressed by this research. Several recommendations are presented that would facilitate the development of a comprehensive strategy for realizing these research opportunities.

High Energy Cosmic Rays
High Energy Cosmic Rays

Author: Todor Stanev

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-03-10

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 3540851488

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Offers an accessible text and reference (a cosmic-ray manual) for graduate students entering the field and high-energy astrophysicists will find this an accessible cosmic-ray manual Easy to read for the general astronomer, the first part describes the standard model of cosmic rays based on our understanding of modern particle physics. Presents the acceleration scenario in some detail in supernovae explosions as well as in the passage of cosmic rays through the Galaxy. Compares experimental data in the atmosphere as well as underground are compared with theoretical models

Massive
Massive

Author: Ian Sample

Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)

Published: 2010-11-02

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0465019471

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A prize-winning science writer provides a history of the 40-year search for the Higgs boson, also known as the "God" particle, and the intense rivalries, clashing egos and grand ambition that led to a world-changing discovery.