Neutrons for science : the history of Institut Laue-Langevin, an exceptionally successful international collaboration /

In 1967, France and Germany agreed to cooperate on the construction and commissioning of a nuclear reactor dedicated to research in physics, chemistry and biology. Thus was born the Institut Laue-Langevin, a project whose aim was to provide research scientists with an extremely intense source of neu...

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Autor principal: Jacrot, Bernard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Les Ulis : EDP Sciences, [2021]
Temas:
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Laue-Langevin Institute
neutron beams
matter
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Bernard Jacrot
  • Introduction. Why write a history of the ILL?
  • 1. Pre-history
  • 2. Portraits of three founders of the ILL
  • 3. Why invest so much money in a source of neutrons?
  • 4. The negotiations
  • 5. The construction of the reactor and the scientific groups
  • 6. The start of research activities and the arrival of the British
  • 7. Maturity
  • 8. The dark years
  • 9. Consolidation and the future
  • 10. Conclusion: an appraisal
  • 11. The ILL between 2005 and 2018
  • Chronology of ILL events
  • Key people involved in the history of the ILL
  • Appendixes. Some historical documents
  • Acknowledgements. Past and present
  • Postscript. Translator's note
  • Credits for the illustrations

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