Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology - Volume 7: Colliders

By Chao Alexander W Et Al

Book Overview

The idea of colliding two particle beams to fully exploit the energy of accelerated particles was first proposed by Rolf Wider e, 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9814651486
• ISBN13: 9789814651486
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 11.2"