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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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EDP SCIENCES
2021
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430287806719 |
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 Some historical documents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
