Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Fabiola Gianotti -- Preface by the Editors -- List of Authors -- Acronyms -- Boxes with Supplementary Information -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 CERN's First 30 Years: From Fixed Targets to the First Colliders -- 1.2 CERN's Second 30 Years: The LEP and LHC Story -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 2 The 600 MeV Synchrocyclotron (SC): Laying the Foundation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Rotary Capacitor: Tuning Acceleration -- 2.3 Discovery of the (Ss(B → e(Sp(B Decay: Rare and Precious -- 2.4 Measuring the Muon (g − 2): Precision with Precession -- References -- Chapter 3 The Proton Synchrotron (PS): At the Core of the CERN Accelerators -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Extraction: Getting the Beam to Leave the Accelerator -- 3.3 Acceleration and Bunch Gymnastics -- 3.4 Boosting PS Beam Intensity -- 3.5 Capacitive Energy Storage Replaces Flywheel -- 3.6 Taking the Neutrinos by the Horns -- 3.7 OMEGA: Towards the Electronic Bubble Chamber -- 3.8 ISOLDE: Targeting a New Era in Nuclear Physics -- 3.9 The CERN n_TOF Facility: Catching Neutrons on the Fly -- References -- Chapter 4 The Intersecting Storage Rings (ISR): The First Hadron Collider -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Vacuum Pumping by Freezing Molecules -- 4.3 How to Measure Almost Nothing -- 4.4 Superconducting Magnets: Squeezing Beams to Extract More Collisions -- 4.5 Cryogenics for the Superconducting High Luminosity Insertion Magnets -- 4.6 Van der Meer Scan: Proton Beam Tomography -- 4.7 Roman Pots: Physics Next to the Accelerator Beam -- 4.8 The Gas Detector (R)evolution -- 4.9 Transition Radiation: Imaging Relativistic Particles -- 4.10 Precision Calorimetry: Honing an Essential Tool -- 4.11 The Open Axial Field Magnet: Barrier-Free Access -- References -- Chapter 5 The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS): A Tale of Two Lives -- 5.1 Introduction.

5.2 SPS Distributed Control System: The Emergence of Local Area Networks -- 5.3 SPS Controls: A Part of Touch Screen History -- 5.4 The SPS Muon Beam: Energy, Intensity and Precision -- 5.5 Two Very Special K0 Beams: Discovery of Direct CP Violation -- 5.6 Liquid Krypton Calorimetry: Elucidating Nature's Subtle Asymmetries -- 5.7 Bubble Chambers at the SPS: A Technique at its Apogee -- 5.8 Polarized Targets: Pointing to New Directions -- 5.9 The Silicon Age: Micrometre Precision Millions of Times a Second -- References -- Chapter 6 The CERN Antiproton Programme: Imagination and Audacity Rewarded -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Stochastic Cooling: Technology to Compress the Beams -- 6.3 Radio Frequency Quadrupole: Slowing Down Antimatter -- 6.4 The LEAR Ultra-Slow Beam Extraction: Trickling Antiprotons -- 6.5 The UA1 Tracker: An Electronic Bubble Chamber -- 6.6 A Novel Particle Detector for UA2: The Power of Silicon -- 6.7 Antimatter's Disappearing Act -- References -- Chapter 7 The Large Electron Positron Collider (LEP): Probing the Standard Model -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Concrete Stuffing for the LEP Magnets -- 7.3 Pumping LEP: Sticky Tape for Molecules -- 7.4 Superconducting Skin Boosts Accelerator Cavity Performance -- 7.5 Measuring the (Accelerator) World -- 7.6 Precise Energy Measurement: Heed the Moon -- 7.7 The LEP Silicon Vertex Detectors: Right on Target -- 7.8 DELPHI RICH: The Luminous Footprint of Particles -- 7.9 BGO for the L3 Experiment: Betting on Precision -- 7.10 The Magnetic Cavern of L3 -- References -- Chapter 8 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC): The Energy Frontier -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Superconducting Magnets: Powerful, Precise, Plentiful -- 8.3 LHC Cryogenics: Quantum Fluids at Work -- 8.4 Current Leads: High Temperature Superconductors to the Fore -- 8.5 A Pumping Vacuum Chamber: Ultimate Simplicity.

8.6 Vertex Detectors at LHC: In Search of Beauty -- 8.7 Large Silicon Trackers: Fast, Precise, Efficient -- 8.8 Two Approaches to High Resolution Electromagnetic Calorimetry -- 8.9 Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber: Chronometry of Particles -- 8.10 The LHCb RICH: Lord of the Cherenkov Rings -- 8.11 Signal Processing: Taming the LHC Data Avalanche -- 8.12 Giant Magnets for Giant Detectors -- References -- Chapter 9 Data Handling and Communication -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Computing Clusters and Data Storage: The New Factory and Warehouse -- 9.3 Local Area Networks: Organizing Interconnection -- 9.4 High-Speed Worldwide Networking: Accelerating Protocols -- 9.5 Detector Simulation: Events Before the Event -- 9.6 Data Analysis and Programming Environment: Distilling Information -- 9.7 World Wide Web: Global Networking -- References -- Chapter 10 Knowledge and Technology: Sharing with Society -- 10.1 A Core Mission of CERN -- 10.2 Medical Accelerators: A Tool for Tumour Therapy -- 10.3 Medipix: The Image is the Message -- 10.4 Crystal Clear: From Higgs to PET -- 10.5 Solar Collectors: When Nothing is Better -- 10.6 The TARC Experiment at CERN: Modern Alchemy -- 10.7 A CLOUD Chamber with a Silvery Lining -- References -- Chapter 11 Managing the Laboratory and Large Projects -- 11.1 The CERN Approach: Change and Continuity -- 11.2 Building Large Accelerators with Industry: Lessons from the LHC -- 11.3 Building LHC Detectors: Collaborations that Span the World -- References -- Chapter 12 R& -- D for the Future -- 12.1 The LHC and Beyond -- 12.2 Accelerator Magnets with Ever-Higher Fields -- 12.3 Teasing Performance from Superconductors Old and New -- 12.4 RF Power for CLIC: Acceleration by Deceleration -- 12.5 The Next Energy Frontier e+e− Collider: Innovation in Detectors -- 12.6 Hadron Collider Detectors: A Bright and Energetic Future -- References.

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