ATLAS : a 25-year insider story of the LHC experiment / the ATLAS Collaboration.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

The ATLAS Collaboration

ATLAS Collaboration.

Series:

Advanced Series On Directions In High Energy Physics

Advanced series on directions in high energy physics ; v. 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ATLAS Collaboration--History.

ATLAS Collaboration.

Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)--History.

Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd., ©2019.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book is written by the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), to document and reflect on its more than 25 years of history. It covers all aspects of this global science project at the forefront of particle physics. The historical part recalls first the early stages of discussions in the community leading to the formation of the collaboration in 1992. In a unique approach, the second part documents the evolution from early detector concepts to the final instrument, covering the technical, financial and human aspects. This includes the phases of construction of detector components in the various institutes around the world as well as their installation and commissioning in the underground cavern at CERN. An important part is devoted to the operation of the whole experiment. The book highlights the capabilities and physics accomplishments so far, including the Higgs boson discovery (jointly announced with CMS). It features the various aspects of a broad spectrum of activities needed to arrive at the physics results. The book includes also an outlook to the detector upgrade activities preparing the experiment for the high-luminosity LHC phase of the next decades. Last but not least, it reveals the human aspects of the large ATLAS community working together pursuing common physics goals. The book is aimed at a broad readership with interest in large science projects and their history, as well as in the human endeavour of a worldwide collaboration."-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Towards the ATLAS letter of intent

The ATLAS detector today

Building up the collaboration

From the LoI to the detector construction

Detector construction around the world

Installation of the detectors and technical coordination

Trigger, software and computing

From testbeams to first physics

Highlights of physics results (2010-2018)

Towards the high-luminosity LHC

ATLAS Collaboration: life and its place in society.

Notes:

Title from web page (viewed June 17, 2019).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

981-327-180-9

OCLC:

1231606075

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access