History of Cern, III (Hardcover)

Part I. Interactions. CERN from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s (J. Krige). Gargamelle and BEBC. How Europe's last two giant bubble chambers were chosen (D. Pestre). The difficult decision, taken in the 1960s, to construct a 3-400 GeV proton synchrotron in Europe (D. Pestre). The intersecting storage rings. The construction and operation of CERN's second large machine and a survey of its experimental programme (A. Russo). The relationship between CERN and its 'visitors'in the 1970s (J. Krige). The ppbar project. I. The collider (J. Krige). The ppbar project. II. The organization of experimental work (J. Krige). Part II. Physics Results. Physics in the CERN theory division (J. Iliopoulos). The SC: Isolde and nuclear structure (G. Hansen). Experimental studies of weak interactions (K. Winter). Part III. Technologies. The development of accelerator art and expertise at CERN: 1960-1980. Twenty fruitful years (M. Crowley-Milling). The development of electronic position detectors at CERN (1964 - late 1970s) (I. Gambaro). Name index. Subject index.