LEP - The Lord of the Collider Rings at CERN 1980-2000: The making, operation and legacy of the world's largest scientific instrument
Written by the main protagonist responsible for making LEP a reality, this is the definitive inside story of a remarkable machine & the many thousands of scientists & engineers from around the world, whose efforts contributed to the new knowledge it produced.
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| Zusammenfassung: | Written by the main protagonist responsible for making LEP a reality, this is the definitive inside story of a remarkable machine & the many thousands of scientists & engineers from around the world, whose efforts contributed to the new knowledge it produced. |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 211 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9783540893004 9783540893011 |
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Contents
1
Why
LEP
and Why at
CERN? . 1
1.1
Is Curiosity-Driven Research Justified?
. 1
1.2
Colliders Surpass Accelerators
. 3
1.3
The Stage for a World Facility
. 6
1.4
The Birth of
LEP
. 8
References
. 10
2
The Difficult Decision of LEP's Size and Energy
. 11
2.1
The Optimization of Construction Cost
. 11
2.2
The
LEP
Studies
. 14
References
. 17
3
The Approval, or How To Persuade Governments
. 19
3.1
The Unification of
CERN. 19
3.2
Adapting to the Austere Conditions
. 22
3.3
The Final Proposal
-
with the LHC in Mind
. 23
3.4
The Painful Approval Procedure
. 26
3.5
The Thorny Consequences of a Limited Budget
. 28
References
. 30
4
The Tunnelling Adventure
. 31
4.1
The Different Elements of Civil Engineering
. 31
4.2
The Geology and Hydrology
. 34
4.3
The Choice of the Final Position
. 35
4.4
The Tunnelling Strategy
. 38
4.5
The Civil Engineering
-
Expectations and Reality
. 42
4.6
Geodesy
. 49
4.7
The Arbitration
. 50
4.8
What Else?
. 51
References
. 52
Contents
к
5
The Environment
-
People and Nature
. 53
5.1
Dialogue with the Population
. 53
5.2
Radiation Safety
-
Hazards for the Population?
. 54
5.3
Legal Problems
.·. 55
5.4
The Environmental Study
-
Étude d'Impact.
57
5.5
Energy Consumption
. 58
5.6
Additional Measures
. 59
References
.
60
6
LEP
-
The Technical Challenge
. 61
6.1
How Does a Collider Work?
. 62
6.2
The 'Concrete' Magnets
. 65
6.3
The Vacuum System
. 69
6.4
The Radio-Frequency Accelerating System
. 71
6.4.1
Copper Cavities
. 71
6.4.2
Superconducting Cavities
. 75
6.5
Other Components
. 78
6.5.1
Transport in Tunnel
. 78
6.5.2
Control System
. 80
6.5.3
Conventional Equipment and Safety
. 81
6.6
Injection System
. 82
6.7
The Final Steps
. 84
6.7.1
Installation and Dismantling
. 84
6.7.2
Dismantling
. 85
6.8
The First Collisions
. 86
References
. 89
7
The
LEP
Experiments
-
Institutions in Themselves
. 91
7.1
The Approval of the
LEP
Detectors
. 91
7.1.1
A Meeting in the Swiss Alps and Letters of Intent
. 92
7.1.2
The
LEP
Experiments Committee
. 94
7.1.3
The Conditional Approval
. 95
7.1.4
A Typical Detector and Detection Methods
. 98
7.2
The Four
LEP
Detectors
. 102
7.3
Data Acquisition and Evaluation
. 108
7.4
Organization and Management of the Collaborations
. 110
References
.
IP
8
What Have We Learned from
LEP?
-
Physics Results
.113
8.1
What Is the Standard Model?
.
і
15
8.2
Building Blocks of Matter
.115
8.3
The Forces of Nature
.
ι
)
g
8.4
Symmetries
-
the New Paradigms
.121
8.5
The Symmetries of the Standard Model
.122
Contents xi
8.6 The
Z
Factory
-
Results from
LEP
1.124
8.6.1
Results for the Weak Interaction
.127
8.6.2
Results for the Strong Nuclear Force
.130
8.7
Results from
LEP
2.132
8.7.1
W
Particle Production
.132
8.7.2
Looking for the Invisible
-
the Top Quark
.135
8.7.3
The Higgs Particle
-
Disappointment but!
.137
8.7.4
Hints Beyond the Standard Model
.138
8.8
Summary of
LEP
Results
.140
References
.141
9
Creating New Technologies
.143
9.1
Basic Research Leads to Quantum Jumps in New Technologies
. 143
9.2
The Technological 'Spin-Off'
.145
9.2.1
Transfer Through Patents and the World Wide Web
.145
9.2.2
Joint-Development Contracts
.146
9.2.3
Technology Transfer by Procurement
.148
9.2.4
Technology Transfer by People
.150
References
.152
10
Unloved but Necessary
-
Management and Finances
.153
10.1
The Kendrew Committee
.153
10.2
The Abragam Committee
.155
10.3
Personnel Policy
.158
10.4
The
LEP
Management and Budget
.161
10.5
The Total
CERN
Budget
.163
References
.166
11
How To Invite the Pope?
-
VIP
Visits
.167
References
.178
12 CERN -
Bringing Nations Together
.179
References
.183
13
The Complicated Transition from
LEP
to the LHC
.185
References
.191
14
The Dramatic Last Period of
LEP
.193
References
.197
Acknowledgments
.199
Appendix:
CERN
Organigram
1984 .201
xii Contents
Appendix: Leading
CERN
Staff During the
LEP
Project
.203
Glossary
.205
Index
.209 |
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