Particle accelerators, colliders, and the story of high energy physics [electronic resource] : charming the cosmic snake / by Raghavan Jayakumar.

The Nordic mythological Cosmic Serpent, Ouroboros, is said to be coiled in the depths of the sea, surrounding the Earth with its tail in its mouth. In physics, this snake is a metaphor for the Universe, where the head, symbolizing the largest entity - the Cosmos - is one with the tail, symbolizing t...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Jayakumar, Raghavan
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, ©2012.
Subjects:	Particles (Nuclear physics) Particle accelerators. Collisions (Nuclear physics)