Engines of discovery : a century of particle accelerators /

This book for the first time chronicles the development of particle accelerators from the invention of electrostatic accelerators, linear accelerators, and the cyclotron to the colliders of today. It also addresses accelerators employed as sources of x-rays, for medical purposes, and in industrial a...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)
مؤلف مشترك: World Scientific (Firm)
مؤلفون آخرون: Wilson, E. J. N. (Edward J. N.)
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Singapore ; New Jersey : World Scientific, Ã2007.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=514835
جدول المحتويات:
  • Ch. I. Electrostatic accelerators
  • ch. II. Cyclotrons
  • ch. III. Linear accelerators
  • ch. IV. Betatrons
  • ch. V. Synchrotrons
  • ch. VI. Colliders
  • ch. VII. Detectors
  • ch. VIII. Sychrotron radiation sources
  • ch. IX. Cancer therapy accelerators
  • ch. X. Past, present and future
  • ch. XI. A final word.