Inside CERN's Large Hadron Collider: from the proton to the Higgs boson

"The book aims to explain the historical development of particle physics, with special emphasis on CERN and collider physics. It describes in detail the LHC accelerator and its detectors, describing the science involved as well as the sociology of big collaborations, culminating with the discov...

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Main Author: Campanelli, M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. c2016
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Online Access:FHN01
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Summary:"The book aims to explain the historical development of particle physics, with special emphasis on CERN and collider physics. It describes in detail the LHC accelerator and its detectors, describing the science involved as well as the sociology of big collaborations, culminating with the discovery of the Higgs boson. Readers are led step-by-step to understanding why we do particle physics, as well as the tools and problems involved in the field. It provides an insider's view on the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider."--
Item Description:Title from PDF file title page (viewed December 8, 2015). - Includes index
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 106 p.) col. ill
ISBN:9789814656665
9814656666

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