Innovation was not enough : a history of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA) / Lawrence Jones ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Lawrence W. (Lawrence William), 1925-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particle accelerators--Research--Middle West--History.

Particle accelerators.

Midwestern Universities Research Association.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a history of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA) during its lifetime from the early 1950's to the late 1960's. MURA was responsible for a number of important contributions to the science of particle accelerators, including the invention of fixed field alternating gradient accelerators (FFAG), as well as contributions to accelerator orbit theory, radio frequency acceleration techniques, colliding beams technology, orbit instabilities, computation methods, and designs of accelerator magnets and linear accelerator cavities. A number of students were trained

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Author's Biographies; Chapter 1. Introduction; Donald William Kerst (1911-1993); Chapter 2. Historical Background; 2.1. The Early History of Accelerators; 2.2. Accelerator Physics in the Midwest; 2.3. The Coming of Strong Focusing; 2.4. The Desire for a New Accelerator Laboratory in the Midwest; Chapter 3. The Early MURA Years, 1953-1956; 3.1. The Beginnings of MURA; 3.2. The Invention of FFAG; Relevant Dynamical Parameters and Relationships; 3.3. MURA Studies; The Michigan Working Group, Autumn 1954; The Illinois Working Group, Winter and Spring 1955

The MURA Summer Study at Ann Arbor, 1955 The Illinois Working Group, Academic Year 1955-1956; 3.4. Theory of Radio Frequency Acceleration; 3.5. Nonlinear Dynamics; 3.6. The Radial Sector Model; Michigan Working Group Discussions; Theoretical Design; Work at Michigan: Table, Vacuum Tank, Injector, Betatron Core, etc.; Purdue Magnet Construction; Assembly (During the 1955 Summer Study) and Static Sigma Tests; The First Operation, March 1956; Studies of the Stability Diagram; The Move to Madison, September 1956; The Addition of RF Acceleration; the Demonstration of Phase Displacement, etc.

Final Results 3.7. The Spiral Sector Model; The Illinois Design Group; Component Construction; Operation and Research Program; 3.8. MURA Computing; 3.9. Colliding Beams; 3.10. Collective Instabilities; 3.11. Conferences; Chapter 4. The Madison Years, 1956-1963; 4.1. Formation of the MURA Organization; 4.2. The Move to Madison; 4.3. Space Charge; 4.4. Injection and Extraction; 4.5. The 50 MeV Two-Way Model; Motivation; Lattice Design; Magnets; Magnet Measurements; Vacuum; Betatron Acceleration; RF Cavities; Injection; Operation; 4.6. MURA Proposals; 4.7. The 1959 Workshop

Synchrotrons Catch Up 4.8. The Directorship of Bernard Waldman; 4.9. The Panel and Their Recommendations; 4.10. MURA Responds; Chapter 5. The Last Years of MURA, 1963-1967; 5.1. The End of MURA; 5.2. The ZGS Tuneup and Improvement Program; 5.3. Linacs; 5.4. Magnet Development; 5.5. Cosmic Rays; 5.6. Bubble Chambers; 5.7. The Electron Storage Ring; 5.8. The Physical Sciences Laboratory; the Synchrotron Radiation Center; 5.9. Fermilab; 5.10. Cyclotrons and Nonscaling FFAGs Today and Tomorrow; 5.11. MURA's Last Gasp; NOTE ADDED IN PROOF; Chapter 6. Consequences and Reflections; 6.1. Innovations

6.2. Innovation Was Not Enough 6.3. Personal Note; Bibliography; Appendices; A. Glossary; B. MURA Reports; C. MURA Archives; D. MURA Personnel; SENIORS; SCIENTIFIC STAFF; ENGINEERS; ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF; TECHNICIANS; STUDENTS; PARTICIPANTS; VISITORS; E. List of Illustrations with Acknowledgments; LIST OF SIDEBAR PORTRAITS; F. The Ramsey Panel, Lyndon Johnson, and the End of MURA, as Seen in Washington (Written by David Z. Robinson); THE RAMSEY PANEL; THE JOHNSON DECISION; THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE MURA DECISION; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-169) and index.

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

9786612760389

9781282760387

1282760386

9789812832849

981283284X

OCLC:

729020433