Engines of discovery : a century of particle accelerators / Andrew Sessler, Edmund Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)

Contributor:

Wilson, E. J. N. (Edward J. N.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particle accelerators--Design and construction.

Particle accelerators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book for the first time chronicles the development of particle accelerators from the invention of electrostatic accelerators, linear accelerators, and the cyclotron to the colliders of today. It also addresses accelerators employed as sources of x-rays, for medical purposes, and in industrial applications. The book identifies the crucial discoveries in applied physics and engineering that have driven the field and gives the reader insight into the people who made these discoveries as well as the methods they used. Particle accelerators exploit every aspect of today's cutting edge technology

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Introduction; Chapter I. Electrostatic Accelerators; I.1 Scientific Motivation; I.2 Voltage Multiplying Columns; I.3 Silk Belts; I.4 Wisconsin Advances; I.5 Tandems; I.6 Commercial Production of Electrostatic Machines; I.7 Applications of Electrostatic Machines; Chapter II. Cyclotrons; II.1 The Anatomy of a Discovery; II.2 Lawrence and the Early Cyclotrons; II.3 Transverse Focusing; II.4 Relativistic Limitation; II.5 Calutrons; II.6 Cyclotrons for Peace Again; II.7 FFAG; II.8 Spiral Sector Cyclotrons; II.9 Modern Cyclotrons; II.10 Applications

Chapter III. Linear Accelerators III.1 Science Motivation - An Idea in Search of a Technology; III.2 The Early Linear Accelerators at Berkeley; III.3 Proton Linacs; III.4 Electron Linacs; III.5 Heavy Ion Linacs - a Rich Field of Research; III.6 Induction Linacs; III.7 Applications of Induction Linacs; Chapter IV. Betatrons; IV.1 Early History; IV.2 The Kerst Betatron; IV.3 The Wideroe Betatron - Second Attempt; IV.4 The Years After World War II; Chapter V. Synchrotrons; V.1 Science Motivation; V.2 The Early History of the Synchrotron; V.3 First Synchrotron; V.4 Electron Synchrotrons

V.5 Early Proton Synchrotrons V.6 Nimrod and Phasotron; V.7 Strong Focusing; V.8 Brookhaven's AGS and CERN's PS; V.9 Fermilab and SPS; V.10 Superconducting Magnets; Chapter VI. Colliders; VI.1 Science Motivation; VI.2 Principles; VI.3 Electron-Electron Colliders; VI.4 Electron-Positron Colliders; VI.5 Superconducting Cavities; VI.6 Proton-Proton Colliders; VI.7 Proton-Antiproton Colliders; VI.8 Asymmetric Collider Rings; VI.9 Large Hadron Collider (LHC); VI.10 Heavy-Ion Colliders; Chapter VII. Detectors; VII.1 Early Primitive Detectors

VII.2 Scintillators, Photomultipliers and Cerenkov Counters VII.3 Collisions in Three Dimensions; VII.4 A Modern Detector; VII.5 Digital X-ray Imaging; VII.6 Detection Techniques for Synchrotron Radiation Sources; Chapter VIII. Synchrotron Radiation Sources; VIII.1 Scientific Motivation; VIII.2 Principles and Early History; VIII.3 Synchrotron Radiation; VIII.4 First Generation Synchrotron Sources; VIII.5 Second Generation Synchrotron Sources; VIII.6 Third Generation Synchrotron Sources; VIII.7 Angstrom Wavelength Free Electron Laser Facilities

VIII.8 Future Fourth Generation Synchrotron Sources Chapter IX. Cancer Therapy Accelerators; IX.1 Cyclotrons; IX.2 Linacs; IX.3 Synchrotrons; IX.4 Other Therapies; IX.5 Future Facilities; Chapter X. Past, Present and Future; X.1 Future Needs; X.2 Linear Colliders and Their Origins; X.3 The International Linear Collider (ILC); X.4 The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC); X.5 Spallation Neutron Sources; X.6 Rare Isotope Accelerators; X.7 Neutrino Super Beams, Neutrino Factories and Muon Colliders; X.8 Accelerators for Heavy Ion Fusion and for Creating High Energy Density Plasmas

X.9 Proton Drivers for Power Reactors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.

ISBN:

9786611911843

9781281911841

1281911844

9789812771902

9812771905

OCLC:

747539624