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
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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
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