Engines Of Discovery: A Century Of Particle Accelerators (Revised And Expanded Edition)
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Engines Of Discovery: A Century Of Particle Accelerators (Revised And Expanded Edition)

A Century of Particle Accelerators

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  2. English
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Engines Of Discovery: A Century Of Particle Accelerators (Revised And Expanded Edition)

A Century of Particle Accelerators

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Publisher
World Scientific
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9789814417181
9789814417181
eBook ISBN
9789814417204
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Science General
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter I. Electrostatic Accelerators
  5. Chapter II. Cyclotrons
  6. Chapter III. Linear Accelerators
  7. Chapter IV. Betatrons
  8. Chapter V. Synchrotrons
  9. Chapter VI. Colliders
  10. Chapter VII. Neutrino Super Beams, Neutrino Factories and Muon Colliders
  11. Chapter VIII. Detectors
  12. Chapter IX. High-Energy and Nuclear Physics
  13. Chapter X. Synchrotron Radiation Sources
  14. Chapter XI. Isotope Production and Cancer Therapy Accelerators
  15. Chapter XII. Spallation Neutron Sources
  16. Chapter XIII. Accelerators in Industry and Elsewhere
  17. Chapter XIV. National Security
  18. Chapter XV. Energy and the Environment
  19. Chapter XVI. A Final Word — Mainly to the Young
  20. Appendices
  21. Appendix A. Bibliography and References
  22. Appendix B. The Accelerator Community
  23. Appendix C. Glossary
  24. Appendix D. List of Illustrations with Acknowledgments
  25. Index

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