Technology Meets Research - 60 Years Of Cern Technology : : Selected Highlights.

• Superior document: Advanced Series On Directions In High Energy Physics ; v.27
• Author: Fabjan, Christian W.
• TeilnehmendeR: Taylor, Thomas.; Treille, Daniel.; Wenninger, Horst.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : World Scientific Publishing Company,, 2017.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Advanced Series On Directions In High Energy Physics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (485 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Foreword by Fabiola Gianotti
• Preface by the Editors
• List of Authors
• Acronyms
• Boxes with Supplementary Information
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 CERN's First 30 Years: From Fixed Targets to the First Colliders
• 1.2 CERN's Second 30 Years: The LEP and LHC Story
• Acknowledgements
• References
• Chapter 2 The 600 MeV Synchrocyclotron (SC): Laying the Foundation
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 The Rotary Capacitor: Tuning Acceleration
• 2.3 Discovery of the π → eν Decay: Rare and Precious
• 2.4 Measuring the Muon (g − 2): Precision with Precession
• References
• Chapter 3 The Proton Synchrotron (PS): At the Core of the CERN Accelerators
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Extraction: Getting the Beam to Leave the Accelerator
• 3.3 Acceleration and Bunch Gymnastics
• 3.4 Boosting PS Beam Intensity
• 3.5 Capacitive Energy Storage Replaces Flywheel
• 3.6 Taking the Neutrinos by the Horns
• 3.7 OMEGA: Towards the Electronic Bubble Chamber
• 3.8 ISOLDE: Targeting a New Era in Nuclear Physics
• 3.9 The CERN n_TOF Facility: Catching Neutrons on the Fly
• References
• Chapter 4 The Intersecting Storage Rings (ISR): The First Hadron Collider
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Vacuum Pumping by Freezing Molecules
• 4.3 How to Measure Almost Nothing
• 4.4 Superconducting Magnets: Squeezing Beams to Extract More Collisions
• 4.5 Cryogenics for the Superconducting High Luminosity Insertion Magnets
• 4.6 Van der Meer Scan: Proton Beam Tomography
• 4.7 Roman Pots: Physics Next to the Accelerator Beam
• 4.8 The Gas Detector (R)evolution
• 4.9 Transition Radiation: Imaging Relativistic Particles
• 4.10 Precision Calorimetry: Honing an Essential Tool
• 4.11 The Open Axial Field Magnet: Barrier-Free Access
• References
• Chapter 5 The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS): A Tale of Two Lives
• 5.1 Introduction.
• 5.2 SPS Distributed Control System: The Emergence of Local Area Networks
• 5.3 SPS Controls: A Part of Touch Screen History
• 5.4 The SPS Muon Beam: Energy, Intensity and Precision
• 5.5 Two Very Special K0 Beams: Discovery of Direct CP Violation
• 5.6 Liquid Krypton Calorimetry: Elucidating Nature's Subtle Asymmetries
• 5.7 Bubble Chambers at the SPS: A Technique at its Apogee
• 5.8 Polarized Targets: Pointing to New Directions
• 5.9 The Silicon Age: Micrometre Precision Millions of Times a Second
• References
• Chapter 6 The CERN Antiproton Programme: Imagination and Audacity Rewarded
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Stochastic Cooling: Technology to Compress the Beams
• 6.3 Radio Frequency Quadrupole: Slowing Down Antimatter
• 6.4 The LEAR Ultra-Slow Beam Extraction: Trickling Antiprotons
• 6.5 The UA1 Tracker: An Electronic Bubble Chamber
• 6.6 A Novel Particle Detector for UA2: The Power of Silicon
• 6.7 Antimatter's Disappearing Act
• References
• Chapter 7 The Large Electron Positron Collider (LEP): Probing the Standard Model
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Concrete Stuffing for the LEP Magnets
• 7.3 Pumping LEP: Sticky Tape for Molecules
• 7.4 Superconducting Skin Boosts Accelerator Cavity Performance
• 7.5 Measuring the (Accelerator) World
• 7.6 Precise Energy Measurement: Heed the Moon
• 7.7 The LEP Silicon Vertex Detectors: Right on Target
• 7.8 DELPHI RICH: The Luminous Footprint of Particles
• 7.9 BGO for the L3 Experiment: Betting on Precision
• 7.10 The Magnetic Cavern of L3
• References
• Chapter 8 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC): The Energy Frontier
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Superconducting Magnets: Powerful, Precise, Plentiful
• 8.3 LHC Cryogenics: Quantum Fluids at Work
• 8.4 Current Leads: High Temperature Superconductors to the Fore
• 8.5 A Pumping Vacuum Chamber: Ultimate Simplicity.
• 8.6 Vertex Detectors at LHC: In Search of Beauty
• 8.7 Large Silicon Trackers: Fast, Precise, Efficient
• 8.8 Two Approaches to High Resolution Electromagnetic Calorimetry
• 8.9 Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber: Chronometry of Particles
• 8.10 The LHCb RICH: Lord of the Cherenkov Rings
• 8.11 Signal Processing: Taming the LHC Data Avalanche
• 8.12 Giant Magnets for Giant Detectors
• References
• Chapter 9 Data Handling and Communication
• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Computing Clusters and Data Storage: The New Factory and Warehouse
• 9.3 Local Area Networks: Organizing Interconnection
• 9.4 High-Speed Worldwide Networking: Accelerating Protocols
• 9.5 Detector Simulation: Events Before the Event
• 9.6 Data Analysis and Programming Environment: Distilling Information
• 9.7 World Wide Web: Global Networking
• References
• Chapter 10 Knowledge and Technology: Sharing with Society
• 10.1 A Core Mission of CERN
• 10.2 Medical Accelerators: A Tool for Tumour Therapy
• 10.3 Medipix: The Image is the Message
• 10.4 Crystal Clear: From Higgs to PET
• 10.5 Solar Collectors: When Nothing is Better
• 10.6 The TARC Experiment at CERN: Modern Alchemy
• 10.7 A CLOUD Chamber with a Silvery Lining
• References
• Chapter 11 Managing the Laboratory and Large Projects
• 11.1 The CERN Approach: Change and Continuity
• 11.2 Building Large Accelerators with Industry: Lessons from the LHC
• 11.3 Building LHC Detectors: Collaborations that Span the World
• References
• Chapter 12 R&amp
• D for the Future
• 12.1 The LHC and Beyond
• 12.2 Accelerator Magnets with Ever-Higher Fields
• 12.3 Teasing Performance from Superconductors Old and New
• 12.4 RF Power for CLIC: Acceleration by Deceleration
• 12.5 The Next Energy Frontier e+e− Collider: Innovation in Detectors
• 12.6 Hadron Collider Detectors: A Bright and Energetic Future
• References.
• Concluding Remarks by the Editorial Team.