Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology: Volume 7: Colliders - Hardcover

THE IDEA OF COLLIDING TWO PARTICLE BEAMS TO FULLY EXPLOIT THE ENERGY OF ACCELERATED PARTICLES WAS FIRST PROPOSED BY ROLF WIDERÖE, WHO IN 1943 APPLIED FOR A PATENT ON THE COLLIDER CONCEPT AND WAS AWARDED THE PATENT IN 1953. THE FIRST THREE COLLIDERS — ADA IN ITALY, CBX IN THE US, AND VEP-1 IN THE THEN SOVIET UNION — CAME TO OPERATION ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO IN THE MID-1960S. A NUMBER OF OTHER COLLIDERS FOLLOWED. OVER THE PAST DECADES, COLLIDERS DEFINED THE ENERGY FRONTIER IN PARTICLE PHYSICS. DIFFERENT TYPES OF COLLIERS — PROTON–PROTON, PROTON–ANTIPROTON, ELECTRON–POSITRON, ELECTRON–PROTON, ELECTRON-ION AND ION-ION COLLIDERS — HAVE PLAYED COMPLEMENTARY ROLES IN FULLY MAPPING OUT THE CONSTITUENTS AND FORCES IN THE STANDARD MODEL (SM). WE ARE NOW AT A POINT WHERE ALL PREDICTED SM CONSTITUENTS OF MATTER AND FORCES HAVE BEEN FOUND, AND ALL THE LATEST ONES WERE FOUND AT COLLIDERS. COLLIDERS ALSO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN ADVANCING BEAM PHYSICS, ACCELERATOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. IT IS TIMELY THAT RAST VOLUME 7 IS DEDICATED TO COLLIDERS.