Description: Inside Cern's Large Hadron Collider: From The Proton To The Higgs Boson by Mario Campanelli The book aims to explain the historical development of particle physics, with special emphasis on CERN and collider physics. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 insiders view on the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider. Table of Contents The LHC in a Snapshot; The Main Design Ideas of the Accelerator; A Matter of Cooling; Small Historical Summary: Before Particle Physics; The Beginning of the Particle Century; Relativity: A Short Encounter with Einstein; The Strange Quantum World: Particles, Waves and Uncertainties; What is Antimatter?; The Particle Zoo; They are Neutral, They are Small: Lets Call Them Neutrinos; Some Order in the Zoo and Force Unification; Lets Break the Symmetry with the Higgs Boson; Searching for New Physics; A Short Story of CERN; Main Principles of Particle Detectors; The LHC Detectors; What are We Searching for in the Worlds Largest Collider?; How Data Collected at the LHC are Analysed; The Higgs Boson Discovery; The Computing Infrastructure and Technological Spinoffs; The Human Aspects of the Big Collider; The Experience of Some LHC Physicists; What About the Next Large Collider?; Details ISBN9814656658 Short Title INSIDE CERNS LARGE HADRON COLL Language English ISBN-10 9814656658 ISBN-13 9789814656658 Media Book Format Paperback Author Mario Campanelli Pages 112 Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Subtitle From the Proton to the Higgs Boson Place of Publication Singapore Country of Publication Singapore DEWEY 539.7216 Affiliation Univ College London, Uk Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-11-04 UK Release Date 2015-11-04 Publisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126585695;
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ISBN-13: 9789814656658
Book Title: Inside Cern's Large Hadron Collider: From The Proton To The Higgs
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Science, Physics
Number of Pages: 112 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Inside Cern's Large Hadron Collider: from the PROTON to the Higgs Boson
Type: Textbook
Author: Mario Campanelli
Format: Paperback
