A Day at CERN: Guided Tour Through the Heart of Particle Physics - Hardcover

Gautier Depambour

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811221103 ISBN 13: 9789811221101

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co, 2020

Synopsis

What lies within CERN's entrails? What is the path followed by the particles that are accelerated before they collide? What does the ATLAS detector look like? Does research at CERN find applications in everyday life? From the accelerator control room to the huge Computing Centre, via the auditorium where the discovery of the Higgs boson was announced in July 2012, I invite you to experience for one day an immersion in the world of research in particle physics! Discovering emblematic installations at CERN, walking through the places where people spend every working day, meeting with researchers in various fields, descending into the ATLAS cavern ... Our visit, whose path will mimic that of the particles during their journey, will be full of anecdotes and surprises.

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About the Author

Gautier Depambour worked for five months at CERN for the ATLAS detector communication group, and at the same time carried out a Machine Learning project applied to particle physics. A former student of the French engineering school CentraleSupélec, he is passionate about the history and philosophy of science, and heads various projects for the popularisation of science. He is now doing a PhD thesis about the birth and development of the research field called ""quantum optics"", from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811221103
• ISBN 13: 9789811221101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 180