Technology Meets Research - 60 Years Of Cern Technology : Selected Highlights.
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| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
World Scientific Publishing Company,
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Advanced Series On Directions In High Energy Physics
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword by Fabiola Gianotti
- Preface by the Editors
- List of Authors
- Acronyms
- Boxes with Supplementary Information
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- 1.1 CERN's First 30 Years: From Fixed Targets to the First Colliders
- 1.2 CERN's Second 30 Years: The LEP and LHC Story
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 2 The 600 MeV Synchrocyclotron (SC): Laying the Foundation
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 The Rotary Capacitor: Tuning Acceleration
- 2.3 Discovery of the π → eν Decay: Rare and Precious
- 2.4 Measuring the Muon (g − 2): Precision with Precession
- References
- Chapter 3 The Proton Synchrotron (PS): At the Core of the CERN Accelerators
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Extraction: Getting the Beam to Leave the Accelerator
- 3.3 Acceleration and Bunch Gymnastics
- 3.4 Boosting PS Beam Intensity
- 3.5 Capacitive Energy Storage Replaces Flywheel
- 3.6 Taking the Neutrinos by the Horns
- 3.7 OMEGA: Towards the Electronic Bubble Chamber
- 3.8 ISOLDE: Targeting a New Era in Nuclear Physics
- 3.9 The CERN n_TOF Facility: Catching Neutrons on the Fly
- References
- Chapter 4 The Intersecting Storage Rings (ISR): The First Hadron Collider
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Vacuum Pumping by Freezing Molecules
- 4.3 How to Measure Almost Nothing
- 4.4 Superconducting Magnets: Squeezing Beams to Extract More Collisions
- 4.5 Cryogenics for the Superconducting High Luminosity Insertion Magnets
- 4.6 Van der Meer Scan: Proton Beam Tomography
- 4.7 Roman Pots: Physics Next to the Accelerator Beam
- 4.8 The Gas Detector (R)evolution
- 4.9 Transition Radiation: Imaging Relativistic Particles
- 4.10 Precision Calorimetry: Honing an Essential Tool
- 4.11 The Open Axial Field Magnet: Barrier-Free Access
- References
- Chapter 5 The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS): A Tale of Two Lives
- 5.1 Introduction.
- 5.2 SPS Distributed Control System: The Emergence of Local Area Networks
- 5.3 SPS Controls: A Part of Touch Screen History
- 5.4 The SPS Muon Beam: Energy, Intensity and Precision
- 5.5 Two Very Special K0 Beams: Discovery of Direct CP Violation
- 5.6 Liquid Krypton Calorimetry: Elucidating Nature's Subtle Asymmetries
- 5.7 Bubble Chambers at the SPS: A Technique at its Apogee
- 5.8 Polarized Targets: Pointing to New Directions
- 5.9 The Silicon Age: Micrometre Precision Millions of Times a Second
- References
- Chapter 6 The CERN Antiproton Programme: Imagination and Audacity Rewarded
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Stochastic Cooling: Technology to Compress the Beams
- 6.3 Radio Frequency Quadrupole: Slowing Down Antimatter
- 6.4 The LEAR Ultra-Slow Beam Extraction: Trickling Antiprotons
- 6.5 The UA1 Tracker: An Electronic Bubble Chamber
- 6.6 A Novel Particle Detector for UA2: The Power of Silicon
- 6.7 Antimatter's Disappearing Act
- References
- Chapter 7 The Large Electron Positron Collider (LEP): Probing the Standard Model
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Concrete Stuffing for the LEP Magnets
- 7.3 Pumping LEP: Sticky Tape for Molecules
- 7.4 Superconducting Skin Boosts Accelerator Cavity Performance
- 7.5 Measuring the (Accelerator) World
- 7.6 Precise Energy Measurement: Heed the Moon
- 7.7 The LEP Silicon Vertex Detectors: Right on Target
- 7.8 DELPHI RICH: The Luminous Footprint of Particles
- 7.9 BGO for the L3 Experiment: Betting on Precision
- 7.10 The Magnetic Cavern of L3
- References
- Chapter 8 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC): The Energy Frontier
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Superconducting Magnets: Powerful, Precise, Plentiful
- 8.3 LHC Cryogenics: Quantum Fluids at Work
- 8.4 Current Leads: High Temperature Superconductors to the Fore
- 8.5 A Pumping Vacuum Chamber: Ultimate Simplicity.
- 8.6 Vertex Detectors at LHC: In Search of Beauty
- 8.7 Large Silicon Trackers: Fast, Precise, Efficient
- 8.8 Two Approaches to High Resolution Electromagnetic Calorimetry
- 8.9 Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber: Chronometry of Particles
- 8.10 The LHCb RICH: Lord of the Cherenkov Rings
- 8.11 Signal Processing: Taming the LHC Data Avalanche
- 8.12 Giant Magnets for Giant Detectors
- References
- Chapter 9 Data Handling and Communication
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Computing Clusters and Data Storage: The New Factory and Warehouse
- 9.3 Local Area Networks: Organizing Interconnection
- 9.4 High-Speed Worldwide Networking: Accelerating Protocols
- 9.5 Detector Simulation: Events Before the Event
- 9.6 Data Analysis and Programming Environment: Distilling Information
- 9.7 World Wide Web: Global Networking
- References
- Chapter 10 Knowledge and Technology: Sharing with Society
- 10.1 A Core Mission of CERN
- 10.2 Medical Accelerators: A Tool for Tumour Therapy
- 10.3 Medipix: The Image is the Message
- 10.4 Crystal Clear: From Higgs to PET
- 10.5 Solar Collectors: When Nothing is Better
- 10.6 The TARC Experiment at CERN: Modern Alchemy
- 10.7 A CLOUD Chamber with a Silvery Lining
- References
- Chapter 11 Managing the Laboratory and Large Projects
- 11.1 The CERN Approach: Change and Continuity
- 11.2 Building Large Accelerators with Industry: Lessons from the LHC
- 11.3 Building LHC Detectors: Collaborations that Span the World
- References
- Chapter 12 R&
- D for the Future
- 12.1 The LHC and Beyond
- 12.2 Accelerator Magnets with Ever-Higher Fields
- 12.3 Teasing Performance from Superconductors Old and New
- 12.4 RF Power for CLIC: Acceleration by Deceleration
- 12.5 The Next Energy Frontier e+e− Collider: Innovation in Detectors
- 12.6 Hadron Collider Detectors: A Bright and Energetic Future
- References.
- Concluding Remarks by the Editorial Team.