Describes the technology and engineering of the Large Hadron collider (LHC), one of the greatest scientific marvels of this young 21st century. This book traces

This book takes the readers through the science behind particle accelerators, colliders and detectors: the physics principles that each stage of the development

This third open access volume of the handbook series deals with accelerator physics, design, technology and operations, as well as with beam optics, dynamics an

After a historical consideration of the types and evolution of accelerators the physics of particle beams is provided in detail. Topics dealt with comprise line

This second open access volume of the handbook series deals with detectors, large experimental facilities and data handling, both for accelerator and non-accele