LEP - The Lord of the Collider Rings at CERN 1980-2000 The Making, Operation and Legacy of the World's Largest Scientific Instrument /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Schopper, Herwig (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Nuclear physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Particle acceleration.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; History of Science.

Housed by a 4 m diameter tunnel of 27 km circumference, with huge underground labs and numerous surface facilities, and set up with a precision of 0.1 mm per kilometer, the Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP) was not only the largest but also one of the most sophisticated scientific research inst...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Why LEP and Why at CERN?
• The Difficult Decision of LEP#x2019;s Size and Energy
• The Approval, or How To Persuade Governments
• The Tunnelling Adventure
• The Environment #x2013; People and Nature
• LEP #x2013; The Technical Challenge
• The LEP Experiments #x2013; Institutions in Themselves
• What Have We Learned from LEP? #x2013; Physics Results
• Creating New Technologies
• Unloved but Necessary #x2013; Management and Finances
• How To Invite the Pope? #x2013; VIP Visits
• CERN #x2013; Bringing Nations Together
• The Complicated Transition from LEP to the LHC
• The Dramatic Last Period of LEP.