Ebook: Prestigious Discoveries at CERN: 1973 Neutral Currents 1983 W & Z Bosons
- Tags: Particle and Nuclear Physics, Quantum Physics, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Elementary Particles Quantum Field Theory, Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The discoveries of neutral currents and of the W and Z bosons marked a watershed in the history of CERN. They established the validity of the electroweak theory and convinced physicists of the importance of renormalizable non-Abelian gauge theories of fundamental interactions. The articles collected in this book have been written by distinguished physicists who contributed in a crucial way to these developments. The book provides a historical account of those discoveries and of the construction and testing of the Standard Model. It also contains a discussion of the future of particle physics and gives an updated status of the LHC and its detectors currently being built at CERN. The book addresses those readers interested in particle physics including the educated public.
The discoveries of neutral currents and of the W and Z bosons marked a watershed in the history of CERN. They established the validity of the electroweak theory and convinced physicists of the importance of renormalizable non-Abelian gauge theories of fundamental interactions. The articles collected in this book have been written by distinguished physicists who contributed in a crucial way to these developments. The book provides a historical account of those discoveries and of the construction and testing of the Standard Model. It also contains a discussion of the future of particle physics and gives an updated status of the LHC and its detectors currently being built at CERN. The book addresses those readers interested in particle physics including the educated public.
The discoveries of neutral currents and of the W and Z bosons marked a watershed in the history of CERN. They established the validity of the electroweak theory and convinced physicists of the importance of renormalizable non-Abelian gauge theories of fundamental interactions. The articles collected in this book have been written by distinguished physicists who contributed in a crucial way to these developments. The book provides a historical account of those discoveries and of the construction and testing of the Standard Model. It also contains a discussion of the future of particle physics and gives an updated status of the LHC and its detectors currently being built at CERN. The book addresses those readers interested in particle physics including the educated public.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-7
The making of the Standard Model....Pages 9-23
CERN’s contribution to accelerators and beams....Pages 25-40
The discovery of neutral currents....Pages 41-54
The discovery of the W & Z, a personal recollection....Pages 55-72
W & Z physics at LEP....Pages 73-88
Physics at the LHC....Pages 89-100
Challenges of the LHC: the accelerator challenge....Pages 101-107
Challenges of the LHC: the detector challenge....Pages 109-116
Challenges of the LHC: the computing challenge....Pages 117-133
Particle detectors and society....Pages 135-145
The future for CERN....Pages 147-155
Panel discussion on the future of particle physics chaired by Carlo Rubbia....Pages 157-180
Additional contributions by Sheldon Lee Glashow, Donald H. Perkins, and Antonino Pullia....Pages 181-186
Back Matter....Pages 187-190
The discoveries of neutral currents and of the W and Z bosons marked a watershed in the history of CERN. They established the validity of the electroweak theory and convinced physicists of the importance of renormalizable non-Abelian gauge theories of fundamental interactions. The articles collected in this book have been written by distinguished physicists who contributed in a crucial way to these developments. The book provides a historical account of those discoveries and of the construction and testing of the Standard Model. It also contains a discussion of the future of particle physics and gives an updated status of the LHC and its detectors currently being built at CERN. The book addresses those readers interested in particle physics including the educated public.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-7
The making of the Standard Model....Pages 9-23
CERN’s contribution to accelerators and beams....Pages 25-40
The discovery of neutral currents....Pages 41-54
The discovery of the W & Z, a personal recollection....Pages 55-72
W & Z physics at LEP....Pages 73-88
Physics at the LHC....Pages 89-100
Challenges of the LHC: the accelerator challenge....Pages 101-107
Challenges of the LHC: the detector challenge....Pages 109-116
Challenges of the LHC: the computing challenge....Pages 117-133
Particle detectors and society....Pages 135-145
The future for CERN....Pages 147-155
Panel discussion on the future of particle physics chaired by Carlo Rubbia....Pages 157-180
Additional contributions by Sheldon Lee Glashow, Donald H. Perkins, and Antonino Pullia....Pages 181-186
Back Matter....Pages 187-190
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