Engines of Discovery: A Century of Particle Accelerators

ISBN-13: 9789812700704 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 212 str.

Andrew Sessler; Edmund Wilson

Opis

Particle accelerators exploit every aspect of technology. This book chronicles the development of particle accelerators from the invention of electrostatic accelerators, linear accelerators, and the cyclotron to the colliders. It also addresses accelerators employed as sources of x-rays, for medical purposes, and in industrial applications.