Technology Meets Research:60 Years of CERN Technology: Selected Highlights

• Main Author: Thomas Taylor (auth)
• Other Authors: Daniel Treille (auth), Horst Wenninger (auth), Christian Fabjan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: World Scientific Publishing Co. 2017
• Series: Advanced Series on Directions in High Energy Physics
• Subjects: Vacuum; Accelerators; Detectors; Electronics; Applied Superconductivity; International Collaboration; Computing; Management of Large Scientific Projects; Particle Physics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

"Big" science and advanced technology are known to cross-fertilize. This book emphasizes the interplay between particle physics and technology at CERN that has led to breakthroughs in both research and technology over the laboratory's first 60 years. The innovations, often the work of...