Crystal Channeling and Its Application at High-Energy Accelerators

by Valery M. Biryukov, Vladilen I. Kotov, Yuri A. Chesnokov, et al.

Book Overview

"Nature performs not hing vainly, and makes nothing unnecessary" Aristotle Interest in the passage of charged particles through crystals first appeared at the beginning of this century following experiments on x-ray diffraction in crystallattices, which provided the proof of an ordered distribution of atoms in a crystal. Stark [1] put forward the hypothesis that certain directions in a crystal should be relatively transparent to charged particles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540607692
• ISBN13: 9783540607694
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"