A Zeptospace Odyssey

A Journey Into the Physics of the LHC
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-958191-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 643 g

At this very moment the most ambitious scientific experiment of all time is beginning, and yet its precise aims are little understood by the general public. This book aims to provide an everyman's guide for understanding and following the discoveries that will take place within the next few years at the Large Hadron Collider project at CERN. The reader is invited to share an insider's view of the theory of particle physics, and is equipped to appreciate the scale of
the intellectual revolution that is about to take place. The technological innovations required to build the LHC are among the most astonishing aspects of this scientific adventure, and they too are described here as part of the LHC story. The book culminates with an outline of the scientific aims
and expectations at the LHC. Does the mysterious Higgs boson exist? Does space hide supersymmetry or extend into extra dimensions? How can colliding protons at the LHC unlock the secrets of the origin of our universe? These questions are all framed and then addressed by an expert in the field. While making no compromises in accuracy, this highly technical material is presented in a friendly, accessible style. The book's aim is not just to inform, but to give the reader the physicist's sense of
awe and excitement, as we stand on the brink of a new era in understanding the world in which we all live.

Zielgruppe

The general reader with an interest in scientific advances. In particular, students of science as well as teachers from high school to all university levels, professional scientists of any background, journalists and figures in public funding and policy who may be required to write about or discuss the LHC with some knowledge

Autoren/Hrsg.

Giudice, Gian Francesco

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Physik: Sachbuch
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Gian Francesco Giudice
Theoretical Physics Division, CERN

Gian Francesco Giudice is a theoretical particle physicist and has been a member of the
Theoretical Physics Division at CERN since 1993. Born in 1961, he graduated from the
University of Padua and obtained his PhD in theoretical physics from ISAS in Trieste.
His career has always been closely related to collider research: before coming to CERN
he worked at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, near Chicago, as well as at the
University of Texas, in the group of Prof. S. Weinberg, during the construction phase of
the SSC. He has contributed to our present understanding of particle physics and
cosmology with more than a hundred articles published in refereed scientific journals.