LEADER 03854nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910812580903321 005 20240313121707.0 010 $a1-283-90004-1 010 $a981-4405-01-9 035 $a(CKB)3280000000002158 035 $a(EBL)1109707 035 $a(OCoLC)826853975 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000782542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11440292 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000782542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10746212 035 $a(PQKB)11406538 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1109707 035 $a(WSP)00002841 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1109707 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10640586 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421254 035 $a(EXLCZ)993280000000002158 100 $a20121119d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbuu|||uu||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReminiscences $ea journey through particle physics /$fAdrian Melissinos, University of Rochester, USA 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4405-00-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; 1. Level Crossing; References; 2. Strange Particles; The Rochester Emulsion Group; The Low Energy - p Interaction; Analysis of Bubble Chamber Film at Rochester; The Ratio of K+/K- Lifetime; a Test of CPT Invariance; K+/K- Backward Scattering and pp Annihilations; References; 3. Deep Inelastic Scattering; Muon-Proton Scattering; The Sequel: ? - p 2; References; 4. The Rising pp Total Cross Section; The US-USSR Gas Jet Experiment; The Flying Wire; References; 5. Dimuons and Trimuons; The Landscape; The Rochester-Brookhaven Collaboration; The European Muon Collaboration 327 $aReferences 6. The Cornell B-Factory; References; 7. Fourteen Orders of Magnitude; References; 8. Axions; What are Axions; Microwave Search for Cosmic Axions; Birefringence of the Vacuum; Shining Light Through Walls; References; 9. Lasers; The Laboratory for Laser Energetics; Radial Compression of Electromagnetic Fields; Visitor at LEP; References; 10. Matter From Light; Nonlinear QED; The Experiment and its Logistics; Results of the Experiment; Breakdown of the Vacuumby Laser Fields; References; 11. Photoinjectors; How it All Started; The A0 Photoinjector and the Drive Laser; The Big Blunder 327 $aElectro-optic Sampling References; 12. The Earth Tides; Gravitational Wave Laser Interferometers; The Free-spectral-range (fsr) Channel; Tidal Frequency Shift; The Isotropy of Space; References; List of Figures; Attribution of Figures; Name Index; Subject Index 330 $aA personal recount in areas of particle physics and related fields as a research physicist for over 50 years, Adrian Melissinos' insights into the ways that general research was carried out, as well as the evolution of particle physics from 1958 to 2008 will prove valuable to science history enthusiasts, as well as particle physicists.Be it conventional accelerator experiments, the use of microwave techniques in search of cosmic axions, or taking advantage of high power lasers to observe light-by-light scattering, the excitement of searching for something new in the face of failures and then 606 $aNuclear physicists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aParticles (Nuclear physics)$xResearch$xHistory 615 0$aNuclear physicists 615 0$aParticles (Nuclear physics)$xResearch$xHistory. 676 $a530.092 676 $a539.72 700 $aMelissinos$b Adrian C$g(Adrian Constantin),$f1929-$01228 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812580903321 996 $aReminiscences$93938368 997 $aUNINA