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11th International Conference on High-energy accelarators
Nuclear Instruments and Methods 187 (1981) 655 North-Holland Publishing Company
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BOOK REVIEWS Thermodynamics of nuclear materials 1979, Proceedings of a Symposium, Jiilich, 29 January-2 February 1979) (IAEA, Vienna, 1980). vol. 1,586 pp., A.S. 840 and vol. 2,427 pp., A.S. 620 The proceedings of the 5th IAEA International Symposium on Thermodynamics of nuclear materials have been published in two volumes containing the text of 55 technical papers. The symposium was aimed at "applied theromdynamics and basic studies of direct relevance to nuclear engineering". One field where basic thermodynamic properties are needed is safety analysis. Papers were presented on vaporiza-
11th International Conference on High-energy accelerators, Proceedings edited by W.S. Newman (Birh~user Verlag, Basel, 1980).
This is the proceedings volume of the 11th International Conference on High-energy accelerators held at CERN, Geneva 7 - 1 1 July 1980. This series of conferences come every third year. The (over 900) pages contain contributed and invited papers divided into nine chapters. Chapter 1 on accelerators in general contains status reports on newly built accelerators like the e÷e- colliders PEP in the U.S. and PETRA in West Germany, accelerators being built like the 50 GeV proton synchrotron in Beijing, China. Special application accelerators are also reported on. Chapter 2 is on accelerator techniques, where reports are given on subjects like extraction systems, antiproton sources and polarimeters. Modern highenergy accelerators are very complex and to successfully steer the beams around requires sophisticated control systems. These are discussed in chapter 3. Beam dynamics is the sub-
tion thermodynamics and equation-of-state studies. There were also two papers on melt/concrete interactions. The session on diffusion studies considered interdiffusion of xenon and krypton, hydrogen diffusion in group IV metal hydrides and actinide diffusion in waste glasses. Oxide fuel in particular for fast breeders was studied in several papers, e.g. oxygen distribution and migration. Thermodynamic aspects of the behaviour of fission products were dealt with in five papers, e.g. the reaction of cesium with UO2, PuO2 and (U, Pu)O2. Only two papers were directly related to the field of fusion. Several papers dealt with basic thermodynamic studies of importance in different fields in the nuclear industry, e.g. coolant chemistry control and reprocessing. Karl MALIGN
ject of chapter 4 and beam-beam effects, an important subject for today's colliders, are discussed in chapter 5. It is often these latter effects that limit the available luminosity, i.e. attainable cross-sections, at colliders. Beam cooling is the subject of chapter 6 and superconductive elements like dipoles, quadrupoles and RF cavities are discussed in chapter 7. High-energy laboratories are also hit by the energy crisis, and one chapter, no. 8, is devoted to minimizing energy consumption. The last chapter, no. 9, is devoted to the long range future: accelerators for the n e x t century. Here machines like a 20 to 50 TeV proton/antiproton collider and a 350 GeV e*e- coUider are discussed. Since the preceding conference in 1977 several new machines have come into operation. Accelerator techniques have made great progress. The completeness and good organization of these proceedings make them very valuable up to date information for physicists and accelerator specialists. The very rapid publication of such a large volume is a success. Per CARLSON
655
BOOK REVIEWS Thermodynamics of nuclear materials 1979, Proceedings of a Symposium, Jiilich, 29 January-2 February 1979) (IAEA, Vienna, 1980). vol. 1,586 pp., A.S. 840 and vol. 2,427 pp., A.S. 620 The proceedings of the 5th IAEA International Symposium on Thermodynamics of nuclear materials have been published in two volumes containing the text of 55 technical papers. The symposium was aimed at "applied theromdynamics and basic studies of direct relevance to nuclear engineering". One field where basic thermodynamic properties are needed is safety analysis. Papers were presented on vaporiza-
11th International Conference on High-energy accelerators, Proceedings edited by W.S. Newman (Birh~user Verlag, Basel, 1980).
This is the proceedings volume of the 11th International Conference on High-energy accelerators held at CERN, Geneva 7 - 1 1 July 1980. This series of conferences come every third year. The (over 900) pages contain contributed and invited papers divided into nine chapters. Chapter 1 on accelerators in general contains status reports on newly built accelerators like the e÷e- colliders PEP in the U.S. and PETRA in West Germany, accelerators being built like the 50 GeV proton synchrotron in Beijing, China. Special application accelerators are also reported on. Chapter 2 is on accelerator techniques, where reports are given on subjects like extraction systems, antiproton sources and polarimeters. Modern highenergy accelerators are very complex and to successfully steer the beams around requires sophisticated control systems. These are discussed in chapter 3. Beam dynamics is the sub-
tion thermodynamics and equation-of-state studies. There were also two papers on melt/concrete interactions. The session on diffusion studies considered interdiffusion of xenon and krypton, hydrogen diffusion in group IV metal hydrides and actinide diffusion in waste glasses. Oxide fuel in particular for fast breeders was studied in several papers, e.g. oxygen distribution and migration. Thermodynamic aspects of the behaviour of fission products were dealt with in five papers, e.g. the reaction of cesium with UO2, PuO2 and (U, Pu)O2. Only two papers were directly related to the field of fusion. Several papers dealt with basic thermodynamic studies of importance in different fields in the nuclear industry, e.g. coolant chemistry control and reprocessing. Karl MALIGN
ject of chapter 4 and beam-beam effects, an important subject for today's colliders, are discussed in chapter 5. It is often these latter effects that limit the available luminosity, i.e. attainable cross-sections, at colliders. Beam cooling is the subject of chapter 6 and superconductive elements like dipoles, quadrupoles and RF cavities are discussed in chapter 7. High-energy laboratories are also hit by the energy crisis, and one chapter, no. 8, is devoted to minimizing energy consumption. The last chapter, no. 9, is devoted to the long range future: accelerators for the n e x t century. Here machines like a 20 to 50 TeV proton/antiproton collider and a 350 GeV e*e- coUider are discussed. Since the preceding conference in 1977 several new machines have come into operation. Accelerator techniques have made great progress. The completeness and good organization of these proceedings make them very valuable up to date information for physicists and accelerator specialists. The very rapid publication of such a large volume is a success. Per CARLSON