Emission of Radio Waves in Particle Showers Validation of Microscopic Simulations with the SLAC T-510 Experiment and their Potential in the Future Square Kilometre Array /... by Zilles, Anne

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Carpal Instability The Comprehensive Case-Based Approach / edited by Jeffrey Yao.

Table of Contents: “…-SLAC Wrist: Implant Arthroplasty -- SLAC Wrist: Interposition Arthroplasty -- Special Considerations for Intercarpal Ligament Injuries in the Pediatric Patient.…”
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BEAM-BASED CORRECTION AND OPTIMIZATION FOR ACCELERATORS by Huang, Xiaobiao

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Panofsky on Physics, Politics, and Peace Pief Remembers / edited by Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, Jean Marie Deken. by Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H.

Table of Contents: “…School time in Germany -- Transition to America -- Beginnings in physics as a student – Princeton and Cal Tech -- Early research and beginning of World War II -- War work – Cal Tech and Los Alamos -- UC Berkeley: accelerator building, research, teaching -- The Korean War: the loyalty oath and the Materials Test Accelerator -- Beginnings at Stanford: solidifying the Hansen Laboratories; research and teaching -- Involvement in science advising post-World War II: negotiations and military policy work -- Big science and the start of SLAC -- SLAC management and operation -- The decision to retire and to concentrate on arms control. …”
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Beamtimes and lifetimes : the world of high energy physicists / Sharon Traweek. by Traweek, Sharon

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: An Anthropologist Studies Physicists -- 1 Touring the Site: Powerful Places in the Laboratory -- 2 Inventing Machines That Discover Nature: Detectors at SLAC and KEK -- 3 Pilgrimâ€?s Progress: Male Tales Told During a Life in Physics -- 4 Ground States: Distinctions and the Ties That Bind -- 5 Buying Time and Taking Space: Negotiations, Collaboration, and Change -- Epilogue: Knowledge and Passion -- Notes -- Index…”
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A hands-on course in sensors using the Arduino and Raspberry Pi Volker Ziemann. by Ziemann, Volker (Associate professor of physics)

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Doing social justice education : a practitioner's guide for workshops and structured conversations / D. Scott Tharp with Roger A. Moreano ; foreword by Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington. by Tharp, D. Scott, Moreano, Roger A.

Table of Contents: “…Introductory diversity workshop at large Midwestern university (LMU) -- Racial literacy dialogue for small liberal arts college (SLAC) -- Social inequality workshop for regional teacher nonprofit (RTN) -- Conclusion: Ensuring social justice and advancing education -- Appendix: Annotated list of activities.…”
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Resistive gaseous detectors : designs, performance, and perspectives / Marcello Abbrescia, Vladimir Peskov, and Paulo Fonte. by Abbrescia, Marcello, Peskov, Vladimir, Fonte, Paulo

Table of Contents: “…Glass); Rate characteristics; Gases and gas systems; ; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; Basic principle of multilayer RPCs operation; Time resolution; Space charge effect; Noise pulses; High rate RPCs; Materials; Chinese /; Pestov glass ceramics; High position resolution RPCs; ; RPC OPERATION IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS; L3 experiment; SLAC BaBar RPCs, problems and solutions; LHC: CMS, ATLAS, ALICE experiments; Gain monitoring and stability; HADES-TOF; ; ASTROPHYSICS EXPERIMENTS; OPERA detector; ARGO experiment; Extreme energy and others large-scale experiments; ; UPGRADE DETECTORS; NEW EXPERIMENTS; LHC detectors upgrades; BESIII-ETOF upgrade; BGO-EGG at LEPS2; SBN-TOF; R3B-FAIR; ; NEW DEVELOPMENTS; Hybrid designs: Paulo detectors, high pos. resol.…”
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Resistive gaseous detectors : designs, performance, and perspectives / Marcello Abbrescia, Vladimir Peskov, and Paulo Fonte. by Abbrescia, Marcello, Peskov, Vladimir, Fonte, Paulo

Table of Contents: “…Glass); Rate characteristics; Gases and gas systems; ; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; Basic principle of multilayer RPCs operation; Time resolution; Space charge effect; Noise pulses; High rate RPCs; Materials; Chinese /; Pestov glass ceramics; High position resolution RPCs; ; RPC OPERATION IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS; L3 experiment; SLAC BaBar RPCs, problems and solutions; LHC: CMS, ATLAS, ALICE experiments; Gain monitoring and stability; HADES-TOF; ; ASTROPHYSICS EXPERIMENTS; OPERA detector; ARGO experiment; Extreme energy and others large-scale experiments; ; UPGRADE DETECTORS; NEW EXPERIMENTS; LHC detectors upgrades; BESIII-ETOF upgrade; BGO-EGG at LEPS2; SBN-TOF; R3B-FAIR; ; NEW DEVELOPMENTS; Hybrid designs: Paulo detectors, high pos. resol.…”
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Certifying Central Facility Beamlines for Biological and Chemical Crystallography and Allied Methods by John R. Helliwell. by Helliwell, John R.

Table of Contents: “…1.A beginner’s guide to synchrotron radiation and X-ray lasers -- 2.A beginner’s guide to neutron reactor and spallation sources and detectors -- 3.A beginner’s guide to detectors in use at X-ray beamlines and their calibration -- 4.Introduction to X-ray beamlines for crystallography -- 5.Guidance in preparing the experiment at your home facility including sample preparation -- 6.Beamline scientist perspective -- 7.Beamline user perspective -- 8.Fixed wavelength high intensity beamline -- 9.Tuneable wavelength beamline -- 10.Laue diffraction beamline -- 11.Microfocus beamline -- 12.Serial crystallography beamline: synchrotron -- 13.Serial crystallography beamline: X-ray laser -- 14.Time-resolved crystallography -- 15.Electron crystallography facility -- 16.Neutron crystallography instruments -- 17.Facility data archiving policy considerations -- 18.Facility publication authorship policies -- 19.Sample environment, cryostats and or containment, light sources for photo-initiation or mixing devices for reactions in a crystal -- 20.Electron biological imaging centres at the SR facilities: Diamond, ESRF, Soleil and SSRL/SLAC as examples -- 21.NMR crystallography -- 22.Small and Wide-Angle Scattering beamlines -- 23.X-ray absorption spectroscopy beamlines -- 24.Mass spectroscopy -- 25.UV/Vis and Infra-red spectroscopy -- 26.Data analysis and software -- 27.Safety Matters -- 28.Theoretical and Computational Sciences -- 29.Summary -- 30.So, to the Measuring Team briefing before the Experiment.…”
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Unifying the universe : the physics of heaven and earth / Hasan S. Padamsee, Cornell University. by Padamsee, Hasan, 1945-

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Advanced materials characterization : basic principles, novel applications, and future directions / Ch Sateesh Kumar, M. Muralidhar Singh, and Ram Krishna. by Kumar, Ch Sateesh, Singh, M. Muralidhar, Krishna, Ram

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Gauge theories in particle physics : a practical introduction. Ian J.R. Aitchison, Anthony J.G. Hey. by Aitchison, Ian Johnston Rhind, 1936-, Hey, Anthony J. G.

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Hands-on accelerator physics using MATLAB® / Volker Ziemann. by Ziemann, Volker (Associate professor of physics)

Table of Contents: “…13.1.3 Timing system -- 13.1.4 An example: EPICS -- 13.2 PARTICLE SOURCES -- 13.2.1 Electrons -- 13.2.2 Protons and other ions -- 13.2.3 Highly charged ions -- 13.2.4 Negatively charged ions -- 13.2.5 Radio-frequency quadrupole -- 13.3 INJECTION AND EXTRACTION -- 13.4 BEAM COOLING -- 13.5 VACUUM -- 13.5.1 Vacuum basics -- 13.5.2 Pumps and gauges -- 13.5.3 Vacuum calculations -- 13.6 CRYOGENICS -- 13.7 RADIATION PROTECTION AND SAFETY -- 13.7.1 Units -- 13.7.2 Range of radiation in matter -- 13.7.3 Dose measurements -- 13.7.4 Personnel and machine protection -- 13.8 CONVENTIONAL FACILITIES -- 13.8.1 Electricity -- 13.8.2 Water and cooling -- 13.8.3 Buildings and shielding -- CHAPTER 14: Examples of Accelerators -- 14.1 CERN AND THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER -- 14.2 EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE -- 14.3 SLAC AND THE LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE -- 14.4 MAX-IV -- 14.5 TANDEM ACCELERATOR IN UPPSALA -- 14.6 ACCELERATORS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS -- 14.7 INDUSTRIAL ACCELERATORS -- APPENDIX A: The Student Labs -- A.1 BEAM PROFILE OF LASER POINTER -- A.2 EMITTANCE MEASUREMENT WITH A LASER POINTER -- A.3 HALBACH MULTIPOLES AND UNDULATORS -- A.4 MAGNET MEASUREMENTS -- A.5 COOKIE-JAR CAVITY ON A NETWORK ANALYZER -- APPENDIX B: Appendices Available Online -- B.1 LINEAR ALGEBRA -- B.2 MATLAB PRIMER -- B.3 OPENSCAD PRIMER -- B.4 LIGHT OPTICS, RAYS, AND GAUSSIAN -- B.5 MATLAB FUNCTIONS -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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