Engines of Discovery - Contents

Chapter I. Electrostatic Accelerators
Scientific Motivation - Voltage Multiplying Columns - Silk Belts - Wisconsin Advances - Tandems - Commercial Production of Electrostatic Machines - Applications of Electrostatic Machines


Chapter II. Cyclotrons
The Anatomy of a Discovery - Lawrence and the Early Cyclotrons - Transverse Focusing - Relativistic Limitation - Calutrons - Cyclotrons for Peace - FFAG - Spiral Sector Cyclotrons - Modern Cyclotrons - Applications


Chapter III. Linear Accelerators
Science Motivation — An Idea in Search of a Technology - The Early Linear Accelerators at Berkeley - Proton Linacs - Electron Linacs - Heavy Ion Linacs — a Rich Field of Research - Induction Linacs - Applications of Induction Linacs


Chapter IV. Betatrons
Early History - The Kerst Betatron - The Wideroe Betatron — Second Attempt - The Years After World War


Chapter V. Synchrotrons
Science Motivation - The Early History of the Synchrotron - First Synchrotron - Electron Synchrotrons - Early Proton Synchrotrons - Nimrod and Phasotron - Strong Focusing - Brookhaven’s AGS and CERN’s PS - Fermilab and SPS - Superconducting Magnets

Chapter VI. Colliders
Science Motivation - Principles - Electron–Electron Colliders - Electron–Positron Colliders - Superconducting Cavities - Proton–Proton Colliders - Proton–Antiproton Colliders - Asymmetric Collider Rings - Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - Heavy-Ion Colliders

Chapter VII. Detectors
Early Primitive Detectors - Scintillators, Photomultipliers and Cerenkov Counters - Collisions in Three Dimensions - A Modern Detector - Digital X-ray Imaging - Detection Techniques for Synchrotron Radiation Sources


Chapter VIII. Synchrotron Radiation Sources
Scientific Motivation - Principles and Early History - Synchrotron Radiation - First Generation Synchrotron Sources - Second Generation Synchrotron Sources - Third Generation Synchrotron Sources - Angstrom Wavelength Free Electron Laser Facilities - Future Fourth Generation Synchrotron Sources


Chapter IX. Cancer Therapy Accelerators
Cyclotrons - Linacs - Synchrotrons - Other Therapies - Future Facilities


Chapter X. Past, Present and Future
Future Needs - Linear Colliders and Their Origins - The International Linear Collider (ILC) - The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) - Spallation Neutron Sources - Rare Isotope Accelerators - Neutrino Super Beams, Neutrino Factories and Muon Colliders - Accelerators for Heavy Ion Fusion and for Creating High Energy Density Plasmas - Proton Drivers for Power Reactors - Lasers and Plasmas


Chapter XI. A Final Word -Understanding of the Universe - Applications - Bringing Nations Together