Day At Cern A Guided Tour Through The Heart Of Particle Physics

Author : Gautier Depambour
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811220661

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Day At Cern, A: Guided Tour Through The Heart Of Particle Physics by Gautier Depambour Pdf

'This brief book offers an interesting, fun, and widely accessible first-person tour of CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. The facilities at CERN include the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27-kilometer particle accelerator that straddles the border between Switzerland and France. The LHC was famously used to discover the Higgs boson, a long-sought fundamental particle. Physics historian Depambour (University of Paris) is enthusiastic about all aspects of CERN, especially its role as an agent for peace and international cooperation. The book focuses mainly on the physical layout of the CERN campus and its experimental facilities, but Depambour also includes an introduction to the standard model of particle physics and a history of the search for the Higgs boson. Supporting illustrations and interviews help convey the atmosphere and culture of CERN. The book can be read and enjoyed by virtually anyone interested in modern science, starting with students currently in high school. It will also be welcome as a useful orientation for undergraduates and graduate students whose research interests might eventually take them to CERN. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.'CHOICEWhat lies within CERN's entrails? What is the path followed by the particles that are accelerated before they collide? What does the ATLAS detector look like? Does research at CERN find applications in everyday life?From the accelerator control room to the huge Computing Centre, via the auditorium where the discovery of the Higgs boson was announced in July 2012, I invite you to experience for one day an immersion in the world of research in particle physics! Discovering emblematic installations at CERN, walking through the places where people spend every working day, meeting with researchers in various fields, descending into the ATLAS cavern ... Our visit, whose path will mimic that of the particles during their journey, will be full of anecdotes and surprises.Follow me for a guided tour of CERN, the largest scientific collaboration in the world!

Author : Gautier Depambour
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9811220654

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Day at CERN by Gautier Depambour Pdf

Author : Louis Marchildon
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811231193

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From Thales To Gravitational Waves: The Scientific Perspective by Louis Marchildon Pdf

Science has its roots in human curiosity. It is the process of exploration and research that has led to a better understanding of our surroundings: Copernicus set the Earth in its right place in our models of the Universe, Charles Darwin elucidated the mechanism of the evolution of living species, and Albert Einstein brought out the intimate connection between energy, space, and time.This book provides a reliable guide to acquaint oneself with the scientific process. It explains in easy terms how scientific investigation has historically developed to reach our present understanding of the world around us. It also discusses the place of science in modern society in relation to culture and to the technological advances that it brings.

Author : Paul H Frampton,Jihn E Kim
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811224676

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History Of Particle Theory: Between Darwin And Shakespeare by Paul H Frampton,Jihn E Kim Pdf

History of Particle Theory fills an important gap existing in the literature by discussing the impressive progress in understanding the elementary particles out of which all everyday objects are made. Most of this progress has happened in the last seventy years after the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) was perfected as an extremely accurate description of electromagnetic interactions. This astonishing sequence of discoveries was made hand in hand between theory and experiment. This book concentrates only on theory where giant steps were made by a series of exceptionally creative physicists, and this is portrayed as an essential part of the broader spectrum of human knowledge and culture, which is constantly being similarly extended by the creative individuals such as the two mentioned in the subtitle, Between Darwin and Shakespeare, who both significantly changed Western Civilization by ideas in Biology and in English Literature respectively.In the last forty years, the standard model has been confirmed again and again as the correct description of elementary particles up to energies of a thousand times the proton mass. In the discussion of particle theory and theoretical physics in general, the book starts from well over two thousand years ago, going back to the ancient Greeks such as Democritus and Archimedes, until the 17th century, when the extraordinary intellect of Newton changed everything by demonstrating that not only objects in the laboratory but also heavenly bodies are governed by mathematical equations. There followed what can be called Darwinian evolution in theoretical physics, survival of the fittest theories, by loose analogy with the origin of biological species.The present standard model of particle theory surely cannot be the final word because it contains far too many free parameters. The book contains a penultimate chapter discussing a number of such open problems which exist in particle theory. There is then a closing chapter, not related to the rest of the book, providing a series of quotations written in the 16th and 17th centuries by Shakespeare and here applied to particle theory. The inclusion of this is based on our premise that particle theory is just one out of several opportunities for exceptional human creativity.

Author : Daniel Denegri,Claude Guyot,Andreas Hoecker,Lydia Roos
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813236103

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Adventure Of The Large Hadron Collider, The: From The Big Bang To The Higgs Boson by Daniel Denegri,Claude Guyot,Andreas Hoecker,Lydia Roos Pdf

An introduction to the world of quarks and leptons, and of their interactions governed by fundamental symmetries of nature, as well as an introduction to the connection that exists between worlds of the infinitesimally small and the infinitely large.The book begins with a simple presentation of the theoretical framework, the so-called Standard Model, which evolved gradually since the 1960s. The key experiments establishing it as the theory of elementary particle physics, but also its missing pieces and conceptual weaknesses are introduced. The book proceeds with the extraordinary story of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN — the largest purely scientific project ever realized. Conception, design and construction by worldwide collaborations of the detectors of size and complexity without precedent in scientific history are discussed. The book then offers the reader a state-of-the art (2020) appreciation of the depth and breadth of the physics exploration performed by the LHC experiments: the study of new forms of matter, the understanding of symmetry-breaking phenomena at the fundamental level, the exciting searches for new physics such as dark matter, additional space dimensions, new symmetries, and more. The adventure of the LHC culminated in the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 (Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013). The last chapter of this book describes the plans for the LHC during the next 15 years of exploitation and improvement, and the possible evolution of the field and future collider projects under consideration.The authors are researchers from CERN, CEA and CNRS (France), and deeply engaged in the LHC program: D Denegri in the CMS experiment, C Guyot, A Hoecker and L Roos in the ATLAS experiment. Some of them are involved since the inception of the project. They give a lively and accessible inside view of this amazing scientific and human adventure.

Author : Frank Close,Michael Marten,Christine Sutton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0198609434

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The Particle Odyssey by Frank Close,Michael Marten,Christine Sutton Pdf

1. The world of particle physics 2. Voyage into the atom 3. The structure of the atom 4. The extraterrestrials 5. The cosmic rain 6. The challenge of the big machines 7. The particle explosion 8. Colliders and image chambers 9. From charm to top 10. The 'whys' of particle physics 11. Futureclash 12. Particles at work Table of particles Further reading/acknowledgements Picture credits Index

Author : Richard Z. Zimmermann
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0805960619

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An Amateur's Guide to Particle Physics by Richard Z. Zimmermann Pdf

Author : Pauline Gagnon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198783244

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Who Cares about Particle Physics? by Pauline Gagnon Pdf

'Who Cares About Particle Physics?' explains in clear terms for non-specialists what is happening at CERN, a European laboratory conducting research into particle physics, located near Geneva. It starts from the basics to build a solid understanding of the relevance of current research in the field and its ongoing significance.

Author : Erik Gregersen Associate Editor, Astronomy and Space Exploration
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615303335

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The Britannica Guide to Particle Physics by Erik Gregersen Associate Editor, Astronomy and Space Exploration Pdf

Provides an overview of particle physics, from basic concepts to particle accelerators, and profiles physicists responsible for advancing the field.

Author : Luciano Maiani,Luigi Rolandi
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814733519

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The Standard Theory of Particle Physics by Luciano Maiani,Luigi Rolandi Pdf

The book gives a quite complete and up-to-date picture of the Standard Theory with an historical perspective, with a collection of articles written by some of the protagonists of present particle physics. The theoretical developments are described together with the most up-to-date experimental tests, including the discovery of the Higgs Boson and the measurement of its mass as well as the most precise measurements of the top mass, giving the reader a complete description of our present understanding of particle physics.

Author : James Gillies
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781785783937

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CERN and the Higgs Boson by James Gillies Pdf

The Higgs boson is the rock star of fundamental particles, catapulting CERN, the laboratory where it was found, into the global spotlight. But what is it, why does it matter, and what exactly is CERN? In the late 1940s, a handful of visionaries were working to steer Europe towards a more peaceful future through science, and CERN, the European particle physics laboratory, was duly born. James Gillies tells the gripping story of particle physics, from the original atomists of ancient Greece, through the people who made the crucial breakthroughs, to CERN itself, one of the most ambitious scientific undertakings of our time, and its eventual confirmation of the Higgs boson. Weaving together the scientific and political stories of CERN's development, the book reveals how particle physics has evolved from being the realm of solitary genius to a global field of human endeavour, with CERN's Large Hadron Collider as its frontier research tool.

Author : Christian W Fabjan,Thomas Taylor,Daniel Treille,Horst Wenninger
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814749152

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Technology Meets Research - 60 Years Of Cern Technology: Selected Highlights by Christian W Fabjan,Thomas Taylor,Daniel Treille,Horst Wenninger Pdf

'The contributions from leading scientists of the day collected in this relatively slim book document CERN's 60-year voyage of innovation and discovery, the repercussions of which vindicate the vision of those who drove the foundation of the laboratory — European in constitution, but global in impact. The spirit of inclusive collaboration, which was a key element of the original vision for the laboratory, together with the aim of technical innovation and scientific excellence, are reflected in each of the articles in this unique volume.'CERN Courier'Big' science and advanced technology are known to cross-fertilize. This book emphasizes the interplay between particle physics and technology at CERN that has led to breakthroughs in both research and technology over the laboratory's first 60 years. The innovations, often the work of individuals or by small teams, are illustrated with highlights describing selected technologies from the domains of accelerators and detectors. The book also presents the framework and conditions prevailing at CERN that enabled spectacular advances in technology and contributed to propel the European organization into the league of leading research laboratories in the world.While the book is specifically aimed at providing information for the technically interested general public, more expert readers may also appreciate the broad variety of subjects presented. Ample references are given for those who wish to further explore a given topic.

Author : Cindy Schwarz
Publisher : Iop Concise Physics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Particles (Nuclear physics)
ISBN : 1681744228

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A Tour of the Subatomic Zoo by Cindy Schwarz Pdf

The reader is taken on a tour of the world of particle physics. The text describes the atom and continues down to the basic particles and forces that have been detected using sophisticated equipment and accelerators.

Author : Campanelli Mario
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814656672

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Inside Cern's Large Hadron Collider: From The Proton To The Higgs Boson by Campanelli Mario Pdf

The book aims to explain the historical development of particle physics, with special emphasis on CERN and collider physics. It describes in detail the LHC accelerator and its detectors, describing the science involved as well as the sociology of big collaborations, culminating with the discovery of the Higgs boson. Readers are led step-by-step to understanding why we do particle physics, as well as the tools and problems involved in the field. It provides an insider's view on the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.

Author : G. L. Kane,Aaron Pierce
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789812779762

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Perspectives on Lhc Physics by G. L. Kane,Aaron Pierce Pdf

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, is the world's largest and highest energy and highest intensity particle accelerator. Here is a timely book with several perspectives on the hoped-for discoveries from the LHC.This book provides an overview on the techniques that will be crucial for finding new physics at the LHC, as well as perspectives on the importance and implications of the discoveries. Among the accomplished contributors to this book are leaders and visionaries in the field of particle physics beyond the Standard Model, including two Nobel Laureates (Steven Weinberg and Frank Wilczek), and presumably some future Nobel Laureates, plus top younger theorists and experimenters. With its blend of popular and technical contents, the book will have wide appeal, not only to physical scientists but also to those in related fields.