The Development Of Colliders

Author : Claudio M. Pellegrini,Andrew M. Sessler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 1563963493

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The Development of Colliders by Claudio M. Pellegrini,Andrew M. Sessler Pdf

Market: Physicists, especially beam physicists and elementary particle physicists, as well as science historians and students. In the 1950s and 60s a revolution took place in our ability to handle and manipulate particle beams. This revolution cleared a path for major advances and changed forever the way matter is explored at the subnuclear level. This volume gathers together for the first time the seminal papers on the development and expansion of collider physics. Included are groundbreaking writings from Gersh Budker, Donald Kerst, Bruno Touschek, Nobel laureate Simon van der Meer, Gerry O'Neill, Ernest Courant, Keith Symon, and others. The editors, Claudio Pellegrini and Andrew Sessler, were colleagues of many of these notable contributors and witnesses to the development of virtually every machine mentioned in the book.

Author : Lyndon R. Evans
Publisher : EPFL Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Hadron colliders
ISBN : 2940222347

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The Large Hadron Collider by Lyndon R. Evans Pdf

Describes the technology and engineering of the Large Hadron collider (LHC), one of the greatest scientific marvels of this young 21st century. This book traces the feat of its construction, written by the head scientists involved, placed into the context of the scientific goals and principles.

Author : Raghavan Jayakumar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642220647

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Particle Accelerators, Colliders, and the Story of High Energy Physics by Raghavan Jayakumar Pdf

This book takes the readers through the science behind particle accelerators, colliders and detectors: the physics principles that each stage of the development of particle accelerators helped to reveal, and the particles they helped to discover. The book culminates with a description of the Large Hadron Collider, one of the world’s largest and most complex machines operating in a 27-km circumference tunnel near Geneva. The book provides the material honestly without misrepresenting the science for the sake of excitement or glossing over difficult notions. The principles behind each type of accelerator is made accessible to the undergraduate student and even to a lay reader with cartoons, illustrations and metaphors. Simultaneously, the book also caters to different levels of reader’s background and provides additional materials for the more interested or diligent reader.

Author : Alexander W Chao,Weiren Chou
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814651509

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Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology by Alexander W Chao,Weiren Chou Pdf

The idea of colliding two particle beams to fully exploit the energy of accelerated particles was first proposed by Rolf Wideröe, who in 1943 applied for a patent on the collider concept and was awarded the patent in 1953. The first three colliders — AdA in Italy, CBX in the US, and VEP-1 in the then Soviet Union — came to operation about 50 years ago in the mid-1960s. A number of other colliders followed. Over the past decades, colliders defined the energy frontier in particle physics. Different types of colliers — proton–proton, proton–antiproton, electron–positron, electron–proton, electron-ion and ion-ion colliders — have played complementary roles in fully mapping out the constituents and forces in the Standard Model (SM). We are now at a point where all predicted SM constituents of matter and forces have been found, and all the latest ones were found at colliders. Colliders also play a critical role in advancing beam physics, accelerator research and technology development. It is timely that RAST Volume 7 is dedicated to Colliders. Contents:High Energy Colliding Beams: What Is Their Future? (B Richter)Proton–Proton and Proton–Antiproton Colliders (W Scandale)Electron–Positron Circular Colliders (K Oide)Ion Colliders (W Fischer and J M Jowett) Electron–Proton and Electron–Ion Colliders (I Ben-Zvi and V Ptitsyn) Linear Colliders (A Yamamoto and K Yokoya)Muon Colliders (R B Palmer) The Photon Collider (J Gronberg)Collider Beam Physics (F Zimmermann)Collision Technologies for Circular Colliders (E Levichev)Andy Sessler: The Full Life of an Accelerator Physicist (K-J Kim, R J Budnitz and H Winick) Readership: Physicists and engineers in accelerator science and industry. Keywords:Colliders;Accelerator Physics;Andrew Sessder;Accelerator Research

Author : Alessandro Tricoli,Patrizia Azzi,Petra Merkel,Vladimir Shiltsev
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832522028

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Novel ideas for accelerators, particle detection and data challenges at future colliders by Alessandro Tricoli,Patrizia Azzi,Petra Merkel,Vladimir Shiltsev Pdf

Author : Michael John Gorman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780262359207

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Idea Colliders by Michael John Gorman Pdf

A provocative call for the transformation of science museums into "idea colliders" that spark creative collaborations and connections. Today's science museums descend from the Kunst-und Wunderkammern of the Renaissance--collectors' private cabinets of curiosities--through the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851 to today's "interactive" exhibits promising educational fun. In this book, Michael John Gorman issues a provocative call for the transformation of science museums and science centers from institutions dedicated to the transmission of cultural capital to dynamic "idea colliders" that spark creative collaborations and connections. This new kind of science museum would not stage structured tableaux of science facts but would draw scientists into conversation with artists, designers, policymakers, and the public. Rather than insulating visitors from each other with apps and audio guides, the science museum would consider each visitor a resource, bringing questions, ideas, and experiences from a unique perspective.

Author : Valerie Kelly,Tom Dombeck,George P Yost
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1991-05-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814569569

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Detector Research And Development For The Superconducting Super Collider - Proceedings Of The Symposium by Valerie Kelly,Tom Dombeck,George P Yost Pdf

Over the last three years a significant program of detector technology research and development for high luminosity, high energy hadron-hadron colliders has been underway in the United States, Japan and Europe. In as much as the first formal steps have been undertaken to initiate the experimental program at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), it is appropriate to assess in detail the status of this R&D effort.Results and Plans for Advanced Technology R&D for Particle Physics Detectors Appropriate for SSC Experiments are Presented. Specific Topics include: Calorimetry; Particle Tracking and Identification Techniques; Vertex-Detection; Magnets; Front-End Electronics; Data Acquisition Electronics; Techniques in Triggering; Data Transmission; Data Analysis and Simulation Software; Studies on Radiation Damage to Materials and Electronics.

Author : P Eerola,Markus Nordberg,Risto Orava
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1992-11-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814554596

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Physics And Experiments With Linear Colliders (In 2 Vols) by P Eerola,Markus Nordberg,Risto Orava Pdf

This workshop brought together for the first time accelerator experts as well as experimental and theoretical high energy physicists from all over the world to consider the physics potential of high energy linear electron-positron colliders. A wide variety of physics cases were presented ranging from precision tests of the top quark and electroweak gauge bosons to searches of the intermediate mass Higgs bosons and supersymmetric particles.

Author : John Hauptman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527408252

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Particle Physics Experiments at High Energy Colliders by John Hauptman Pdf

Written by one of the detector developers for the International Linear Collider, this is the first textbook for graduate students dedicated to the complexities and the simplicities of high energy collider detectors. It is intended as a specialized reference for a standard course in particle physics, and as a principal text for a special topics course focused on large collider experiments. Equally useful as a general guide for physicists designing big detectors.

Author : Luisa Cifarelli
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810243197

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Superconducting Materials for High Energy Colliders by Luisa Cifarelli Pdf

The ELOISATRON (ELN) Project aims at a future proton supercollider with 100-500 TeV energy per beam and 1034-1036 cm-2s-1 luminosity. While the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is being implemented at CERN, it is very timely to study the feasibility of the next generation of hadron colliders at the extreme limits of energy and luminosity. In this respect, the achievement of extremely high magnetic fields and the production of accelerating rf cavities with very low losses are a crucial point in the actual construction design of such a collider. The search for superconducting materials with suitable properties to be used in this field has gained a new impulse after the discovery of the so-called high temperature superconducting compounds (HTSCs) with superconducting critical temperatures higher than 100 K. Besides the critical temperatures, the transport performances of this class of compounds are still very far from allowing applications in extremely high energy colliders. On the other hand, in the last few years, the technological and scientific improvements obtained for both the HTSCs and the conventional superconducting materials are very promising.This book reviews the recent status of R&D on the rising generation of superconducting materials for accelerator magnets and cavities, and discusses novel aspects and ideas in this domain.

Author : M. Kramer,F.J.P. Soler
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 1420034081

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Large Hadron Collider Phenomenology by M. Kramer,F.J.P. Soler Pdf

With the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) under construction and due to come online in 2007, it is appropriate to engage in a focused review on LHC phenomenology. At a time when most of the experimental effort is centered on detector construction and software development, it is vitally important to direct the experimental community and, in particular, new researchers on the physics phenomena expected from the LHC. Large Hadron Collider Phenomenology covers the capabilities of LHC, from searches for the Higgs boson and physics beyond the standard model to detailed studies of quantum chromodynamics, the B-physics sectors, and the properties of hadronic matter at high energy density as realized in heavy-ion collisions. Written by experienced researchers and experimentalists, this reference examines the basic properties and potentials of the machine, detectors, and software required for physics analyses. The book starts with a basic introduction to the standard model and its applications to the phenomena observed at high energy collisions. Later chapters describe the key technological challenges facing the construction of the LHC machine, the operating detectors of the LHC, and the vast computing grid needed to analyze the data. In the final sections, the contributors discuss the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), explore questions and predictions for the LHC program, and examine the physics opportunities of the LHC using information from the forward region. By surveying the difficult challenges of the LHC development while also assessing the novel processes that the LHC will perform, Large Hadron Collider Phenomenology aids less seasoned physicists as well as existing researchers in discovering the numerous possibilities of the LHC.

Author : Alan Astbury,Bruce A Campbell,Faqir C Khanna,James L Pinfold
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996-08-22
Category : Colliders (Nuclear physics)
ISBN : 9789814547680

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Quarks And Colliders - Proceedings Of The Tenth Lake Louise Winter Institute by Alan Astbury,Bruce A Campbell,Faqir C Khanna,James L Pinfold Pdf

The book originated in a series of lectures given at Liverpool in 2013 to a group that included postgraduate and undergraduate students and staff of the Physics Department. They followed from two very successful lectures given to the undergraduate Physical Society. It seemed that there was a very large interest among the students in investigating the foundations of physics in a way that was never done in physics courses, and was not available in books or other outlets. However, the idea was to create a framework in which students (and interested staff) could develop their own thinking relative to the ideas in the lectures. So it was important to create both conceptual and mathematical structures on the issues that are important at this level. The book has the right sort of technical content to allow for this development, but doesn't lose itself in excessive details. The ideal use for this book would be on postgraduate courses where students would be encouraged to think about the foundations in a way that is well beyond the superficial. However, a course on aspects of this material would also be valuable at the undergraduate level, where students could be stimulated into believing that creative thinking could solve the problems that emerge when we confront foundational problems.

Author : Valery Lebedev,Vladimir Shiltsev
Publisher : Springer
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493908851

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Accelerator Physics at the Tevatron Collider by Valery Lebedev,Vladimir Shiltsev Pdf

This book presents the developments in accelerator physics and technology implemented at the Tevatron proton-antiproton collider, the world’s most powerful accelerator for almost twenty years prior to the completion of the Large Hadron Collider. The book covers the history of collider operation and upgrades, novel arrangements of beam optics and methods of orbit control, antiproton production and cooling, beam instabilities and feedback systems, halo collimation, and advanced beam instrumentation. The topics discussed show the complexity and breadth of the issues associated with modern hadron accelerators, while providing a systematic approach needed in the design and construction of next generation colliders. This book is a valuable resource for researchers in high energy physics and can serve as an introduction for students studying the beam physics of colliders.

Author : Ozan Artun
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781839682629

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Accelerators and Colliders by Ozan Artun Pdf

Since the mid-twentieth century, accelerators and colliders have been at the forefront of science and technology in the fields of space, medicine, energy, and others. This book presents sophisticated knowledge about accelerators and colliders and their crucial technological applications. With six chapters, the book presents information about currently available accelerators and colliders as well as novel schemes for future systems. Other topics covered include vacuum systems, elementary particles, and quantum chromodynamics.

Author : Eugenio Nappi,Jacques Seguinot
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814483322

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Innovative Detectors for Supercolliders by Eugenio Nappi,Jacques Seguinot Pdf

The possible upgrade of LHC or a future generation of colliders at the extreme limits of energy and luminosity will require detectors based on very advanced technological solutions to fully exploit the physics opportunities offered. Major steps must be taken to design and realize devices that are able not only to handle very high rates but also to cope with the very harsh radiation environment without suffering any performance degradation. This book reviews the present status, current limits and recent developments in detection techniques and related aspects (simulation, signal acquisition, tracking, particle identification, etc.). Novel ideas in this domain are discussed with emphasis on the directions in which improvements in proven techniques are desired. The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: • Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP® / ISI Proceedings) • Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings) • CC Proceedings — Engineering & Physical Sciences Contents:General AspectsTracking with Solid-State DetectorsTracking with Gaseous DetectorsLepton IdentificationHadron IdentificationCalorimetryTrends in Photon Detection Readership: Graduate students and researchers in accelerator and experimental high energy physics. Keywords:Supercolliders;Tracking Detectors;Particle Identification;Calorimetry;Photon Detectors;Radiation Damage;Cherenkov;Transition Radiation;Simulation;GRID