Accelerator physics, technology, and applications [[electronic resource] ] : selected lectures of OCPA International Accelerator School 2002, Singapore / / editors, Alexander Wu Chao, Herbert O. Moser, Zhentang Zhao

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451304703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2004
• ISBN: 1-281-89883-X; 9786611898830; 981-270-280-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (639 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ChaoAlex; MoserHerbert O; ZhaoZhentang
• Disciplina: 539.73
• Soggetti: Particle accelerators; Beam dynamics; Synchrotron radiation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: 3rd International Accelerator School held under the auspices of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association (OCPA).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; CONTENTS; Particle Accelerators: An Introduction Zhang Chuang; A Guided Survey of Synchrotron Radiation Sources H. O. Moser; Transverse Beam Dynamics: Linear Optics Q. Qin; Transverse Beam Dynamics: Closed Orbit Correction and Injection Chin-Cheng Kuo; Transverse Beam Dynamics: Dynamic Aperture Q. Qin; Longitudinal Beam Dynamics - Energy Oscillation In An Electron Storage Rmg Y Jin; Photoinjectors Ilan Ben-Zvi; Synchrotron Radiation Lee C. Teng; Lattice Design for Synchrotron Radiation Source Storage Rings Y. Jin; Spallation Neutron Source and Other High Intensity Proton Sources Weiren ChouRF Electron Linac and Microtron Shu-Hong Wang; Collective Beam Effects in Storage Rings Guo Zhiyuan; Designing Superconducting Cavities for Accelerators Hasan Padamsee; Accelerator ; Magnets: Dipole, Quadrupole and Sextupole C. S. Hwang; Emittance and Cooling Lee C. Teng; RF Systems for Light Source Storage Rings Z. T. Zhao; Vacuum System J. R. Chen; RFQ Design and Performance Jiaxun Fang; Insertion Devices: Wigglers and Undulators C. S. Hwang; Medical and Industrial Applications of Electron Accelerators Yuzheng Lin; High Gain Free Electron Lasers Li Hua Yu Proton Therapy: Accelerator Aspects and Procedures Hans- Udo Klein, Detlef Krischel; Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation Applications H. O. Mosel, O. Wilhelmi, P. Yang
• Sommario/riassunto: Originally invented for generating the first artificial nuclear reactions, particle accelerators have undergone, during the past 80 years, a fascinating development that is an impressive example of the inventiveness and perseverance of scientists and engineers. Since the early 1980's, accelerator science and technology has been booming. Today, accelerators are the prime tool for high energy physics to probe the structure of matter to an unknown depth. They are also, as synchrotron radiation sources, the most versatile tool for characterizing materials and processes and for producing micro- and

Keepers of the Flame : Understanding Amnesty International / / Stephen Hopgood

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792004503321
• Autore: Hopgood Stephen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013]; ©2006
• ISBN: 0-8014-6983-X; 0-8014-6984-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.0601
• Soggetti: Human rights workers; POLITICAL SCIENCE; NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Between Two World -- 2. Shadows and Doors -- 3. Lighting the Candle -- 4. Telling the Truth About Suffering -- 5. Politics and Democratic Authority -- 6. Being and Doing -- 7. The Inheritors -- 8. Amnesty in Practice -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "If one organization is synonymous with keeping hope alive, even as a faint glimmer in the darkness of a prison, it is Amnesty International. Amnesty has been the light, and that light was truth-bearing witness to suffering hidden from the eyes of the world."-from Keepers of the FlameThe first in-depth look at working life inside a major human rights organization, Keepers of the Flame charts the history of Amnesty International and the development of its nerve center, the International Secretariat, over forty-five years. Through interviews with staff members, archival research, and unprecedented access to Amnesty International's internal meetings, Stephen Hopgood provides an engrossing and enlightening account of day-to-day operations within the organization, larger decisions about the nature of its mission, and struggles over the implementation of that mission.An enduring feature of Amnesty's inner life, Hopgood finds, has been a recurrent struggle between the "keepers of the flame" who seek to preserve Amnesty's accumulated store of moral authority and reformers who hope to change, modernize, and use that moral authority in ways that its protectors fear may erode the organization's uniqueness. He also explores how this concept of moral authority affects the working lives of the servants of such an ideal and the ways in which it can undermine an institution's political authority over time. Hopgood argues that human-rights activism is a social practice best understood as a secular religion where internal conflict between sacred and profane-the mission and the practicalities of everyday operations-are both unavoidable and necessary.Keepers of the Flame is vital reading for anyone interested in Amnesty International, its accomplishments, agonies, obligations, fears, opportunities, and challenges-or, more broadly, in how humanitarian organizations accommodate the moral passions that energize volunteers and professional staff alike.