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From the PS to the LHC - 50 Years of Nobel Memories in High-Energy Physics

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Editors:
  1. Luis Alvarez-Gaumé

    1. Theory Unit, Physics Department, CERN, Geneva 23, Switzerland

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  2. Michelangelo Mangano

    1. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

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  3. Emmanuel Tsesmelis

    1. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

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  • Collects lectures and essays from leading players in the field, among them thirteen Nobel Laureates

  • Provides unique insights into the history of the field for active researchers

  • Constitutes a primary source of information for historians of science

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Memories of the PS and of LEP

    • J. Steinberger
    Pages 1-27

  3. The CERN Proton Synchrotron: 50 Years of Reliable Operation and Continued Development

    • Günther Plass
    Pages 29-47

  4. A Few Memories from the Days at LEP

    • Emilio Picasso
    Pages 49-62

  5. LEP Operation

    • Steve Myers
    Pages 63-78

  6. Proton-Antiproton Colliders

    • Carlo Rubbia
    Pages 79-100

  7. Electron Colliders at CERN

    • Burton Richter
    Pages 101-108

  8. The LHC Adventure

    • Lyn Evans
    Pages 109-117

  9. The Future of the CERN Accelerator Complex

    • Rolf-Dieter Heuer
    Pages 119-127

  10. Memories of the Events That Led to the Discovery of the νμ

    • Leon Lederman
    Pages 129-136

  11. The Discovery of CP Violation

    • J. W. Cronin
    Pages 137-160

  12. Unification: Then and Now

    • Sheldon Glashow
    Pages 161-168

  13. Peering Inside the Proton

    • J. I. Friedman
    Pages 169-187

  14. QCD: An Unfinished Symphony

    • F. Wilczek
    Pages 189-197

  15. The LHC and the Higgs Boson

    • Martinus Veltman
    Pages 199-207

  16. The Unique Beauty of the Subatomic Landscape

    • Gerardus ’t Hooft
    Pages 209-218

  17. QCD: Now and Then

    • David Gross
    Pages 219-225

  18. Test of the Standard Model in Space: The AMS Experiment on the International Space Station

    • Samuel Ting
    Pages 227-231

  19. Changing Views of Symmetry

    • Steven Weinberg
    Pages 233-241
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About this book

This collection of lectures and essays by eminent researchers in the field, many of them nobel laureates, is an outgrow of a special event held at CERN in late 2009, coinciding with the start of LHC operations. Careful transcriptions of the lectures have been worked out, subsequently validated and edited by the lecturers themselves. This unique insight into the history of the field includes also some perspectives on modern developments and will benefit everyone working in the field, as well as historians of science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Theory Unit, Physics Department, CERN, Geneva 23, Switzerland

    Luis Alvarez-Gaumé

  • CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

    Michelangelo Mangano, Emmanuel Tsesmelis

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