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Informationen zum Autor Prof. E.J.N. (Ted) Wilson, Head of CERN Accelerator School, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland Klappentext There are more than ten thousand particle accelerators in the world from the linear accelerators used for cancer therapy in modern hospitals to the giant 'atom-smashers' at international particle physics laboratories used to unlock the secrets of creation. Many scientists and engineers spendtheir lives designing! constructing! and operating these machines - yet few universities include the subject of particle accelerators in their curricula. The few courses that do exist and the summer schools run by the big accelerator laboratories lack a simple introduction which covers theessentials of the subject for the many who need to learn how these machines work. This book fills that gap and takes the reader through each of the aspects of a modern accelerator giving enough information to unlock the door to the subject but does not overload the understanding with mathematics.Anyone with a general interest in modern technology based on a fascinating variety of physics and engineering will find much of interest in this book. Zusammenfassung This book is a very simple introduction for those who would like to learn about the particle accelerators or 'atom-smashers' used in hospitals, industry and large research institutes where physicists probe deep into the nature of matter itself. The reader with a basic knowledge of mathematics and physics will discover a wide spectrum of technologies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: History of Accelerators 2: Transverse Motion 3: Lattices 4: Circulating Beams 5: Longitudinal Dynamics 6: Imperfections and Multipoles 7: Non-linearities and Resonances 8: Electrons 9: Space Charge and Instabilities 10: Radio Frequency Cavities 11: Colliders 12: Cooling 13: Applications of Accelerators 14: The Future Answers to Exercises References ...
