Particle Accelerators: From Big Bang Physics to Hadron Therapy

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Amaldi, Ugo (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Radiology.; Cosmology.; Nuclear physics.; Particle acceleration.; Medicine.; Health.; Physics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Physics.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.

Rather than focusing on the contributions of theoretical physicists to the understanding of the subatomic world and of the beginning of the universe - as most popular science books on particle physics do - this book is different in that, firstly, the main focus is on machine inventors and builders a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• The First Fifty Years
• Small Accelerators Get Bigger
• The Last Fifty Years
• Matter-Particles And Force-Particles
• Searching For The Higgs Field
• An Expected Discovery, Susy And Beyond
• The Beginnings of Accelerators in Medicine
• Accelerators Which Heal
• Epilogue: CERN Reverts The March Of Time.