Innovation Was Not Enough : A History of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (Mura).
Title:
Innovation Was Not Enough : A History of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (Mura).
Author:
Jones, Lawrence.
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9789812832849
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1 online resource (268 pages)
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CONTENTS -- Preface -- Author's Biographies -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Donald William Kerst (1911-1993) -- Chapter 2. Historical Background -- 2.1. The Early History of Accelerators -- 2.2. Accelerator Physics in the Midwest -- 2.3. The Coming of Strong Focusing -- 2.4. The Desire for a New Accelerator Laboratory in the Midwest -- Chapter 3. The Early MURA Years, 1953-1956 -- 3.1. The Beginnings of MURA -- 3.2. The Invention of FFAG -- Relevant Dynamical Parameters and Relationships -- 3.3. MURA Studies -- The Michigan Working Group, Autumn 1954 -- The Illinois Working Group, Winter and Spring 1955 -- The MURA Summer Study at Ann Arbor, 1955 -- The Illinois Working Group, Academic Year 1955-1956 -- 3.4. Theory of Radio Frequency Acceleration -- 3.5. Nonlinear Dynamics -- 3.6. The Radial Sector Model -- Michigan Working Group Discussions -- Theoretical Design -- Work at Michigan: Table, Vacuum Tank, Injector, Betatron Core, etc. -- Purdue Magnet Construction -- Assembly (During the 1955 Summer Study) and Static Sigma Tests -- The First Operation, March 1956 -- Studies of the Stability Diagram -- The Move to Madison, September 1956 -- The Addition of RF Acceleration -- the Demonstration of Phase Displacement, etc. -- Final Results -- 3.7. The Spiral Sector Model -- The Illinois Design Group -- Component Construction -- Operation and Research Program -- 3.8. MURA Computing -- 3.9. Colliding Beams -- 3.10. Collective Instabilities -- 3.11. Conferences -- Chapter 4. The Madison Years, 1956-1963 -- 4.1. Formation of the MURA Organization -- 4.2. The Move to Madison -- 4.3. Space Charge -- 4.4. Injection and Extraction -- 4.5. The 50 MeV Two-Way Model -- Motivation -- Lattice Design -- Magnets -- Magnet Measurements -- Vacuum -- Betatron Acceleration -- RF Cavities -- Injection -- Operation -- 4.6. MURA Proposals -- 4.7. The 1959 Workshop.
Synchrotrons Catch Up -- 4.8. The Directorship of Bernard Waldman -- 4.9. The Panel and Their Recommendations -- 4.10. MURA Responds -- Chapter 5. The Last Years of MURA, 1963-1967 -- 5.1. The End of MURA -- 5.2. The ZGS Tuneup and Improvement Program -- 5.3. Linacs -- 5.4. Magnet Development -- 5.5. Cosmic Rays -- 5.6. Bubble Chambers -- 5.7. The Electron Storage Ring -- 5.8. The Physical Sciences Laboratory -- the Synchrotron Radiation Center -- 5.9. Fermilab -- 5.10. Cyclotrons and Nonscaling FFAGs Today and Tomorrow -- 5.11. MURA's Last Gasp -- NOTE ADDED IN PROOF -- Chapter 6. Consequences and Reflections -- 6.1. Innovations -- 6.2. Innovation Was Not Enough -- 6.3. Personal Note -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- A. Glossary -- B. MURA Reports -- C. MURA Archives -- D. MURA Personnel -- SENIORS -- SCIENTIFIC STAFF -- ENGINEERS -- ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF -- TECHNICIANS -- STUDENTS -- PARTICIPANTS -- VISITORS -- E. List of Illustrations with Acknowledgments -- LIST OF SIDEBAR PORTRAITS -- F. The Ramsey Panel, Lyndon Johnson, and the End of MURA, as Seen in Washington (Written by David Z. Robinson) -- THE RAMSEY PANEL -- THE JOHNSON DECISION -- THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE MURA DECISION -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
This book presents a history of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA) during its lifetime from the early 1950s to the late 1960s. MURA was responsible for a number of important contributions to the science of particle accelerators, including the invention of fixed field alternating gradient accelerators (FFAG), as well as contributions to accelerator orbit theory, radio frequency acceleration techniques, colliding beams technology, orbit instabilities, computation methods, and designs of accelerator magnets and linear accelerator cavities. A number of students were trained by MURA in accelerator techniques, and went on to important posts where they made further contributions to the field. The authors were all members of the MURA staff and themselves made many contributions to the field. No other such history exists, and there are relatively few publications devoted to the history of particle accelerators. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Introduction (2,667 KB). Contents: Historical Background; The Early MURA Years, 1953-1956; The Madison Years, 1956-1963; The Last Years of MURA, 1963-1967; Consequences and Reflections. Readership: Academic, industrial and laboratory personnel interested in high energy physics, particle accelerators and the history of science.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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