AT THE LEADING EDGE

“This book follows a new concept, which makes it unique and interesting to read … The actual technological choices made by the collaborations to address the physics at the LHC are outlined by subsequent well-written and illustrated contributions from 22 prominent scientists, engineers, experts and leaders responsible for the detector subsystems of ATLAS and CMS. The book contributes in an impressive way towards understanding the motivation behind specific choices, and towards learning about the risks and the courage required to tackle necessary technological developments … this book should be on the shelf of all friends of the LHC. It represents a nicely balanced record of the historical developments, technical challenges and scientific background, and packed with photos of the LHC machine and its two major general-purpose detectors, ATLAS and CMS, taken during construction and assembly.”

“This is a penetrating description and analysis of the major LHC experiments and their implementation, from the point of view of their physical, technical, and other requirements, with specific reference to electronics, ‘digital’ infrastructure of the experiment and microtechnology. It is also a detailed depiction of the architecture and engineering of the detectors. It is aimed at physicists and graduates in particle physics, as well as any engineer who is interested in the LHC. This is a collective work, written by 22 scientists, engineers, and leaders of the experiments in question. Thus, it contains the best possible information on the subject.”