FROMRUTHERFORDTOLHCAcenturyofdiscoveriesJohnIliopoulos,ENSGuangzhou,June6,2017WhatistheWorldmadeofTheFathersofthestructureofmatter:Democritus(460-370B.C.)Theatomicconcept.ErnestRutherford,1stBaronNelson(1871-1937,NobelPrizeinChemistry1908)Therstatomicmodel.MurrayGell-Mann(1929-NobelPrize1969)TheQuarksMICROSCOPESThehumaneye10 4 10 5mOpticalmicroscopes10 7mElectronicmicroscopes10 10mXrays10 11mrays10 13mAccelerators100MeV10 14 10 15mAccelerators10GeV10 16 10 17mL.E.P.,Tevatron10 18mLHC10 19mTheresolutionpoweroftheprincipalmicroscopesWhydoweneedacceleratorsWeknowthatinordertoseesomethingwemustilluminateit.Theresolutionpowerofourapparatusdependsonthewavelengthofthelightweareusing,itincreaseswithenergy.Itfollowsthatinordertostudythestructureofmatteratsmallerandsmallerdistancesweneedhigherandhigherenergies.Inpractice,wecannotaccelerateelectricallyneutralparticles,likephotons.So,wegoforchargedones,likeelectronsorprotons.Forthelast100yearswerepeatRutherford'spioneeringexperiment(1909-1911)incomingbeamoutgoingbeamfoilscatteredparticleTheRutherford-Geiger-Marsdenexperiment.ThenameofthegameisHIGHENERGIESICosmicraysTheyreachveryhighenergiesTheyarecheapTheyarerareYouhavenocontrolovertheenergyandtheuxIAcceleratorsYoudon'tneedtogoupthemountainsYoucontrolenergyanduxYouhavetobuildthemIwasthelastparticlediscoveredincosmicraysin1947C.F.PowellintheBagneres-de-BigorreConference(1953):Gentlemen,wehavebeeninvaded...Theacceleratorsarehere.AfterthisConferencethetwocommunities,cosmicrayandacceleratorphysicists,split.TheycameagaintogetherinrecentyearsforastroparticlephysicsandneutrinophysicsThenameofthegameisHIGHENERGIESICosmicraysTheyreachveryhighenergiesTheyarecheapTheyarerareYouhavenocontrolovertheenergyandtheuxIAcceleratorsYoudon'tneedtogoupthemountainsYoucontrolenergyanduxYouhavetobuildthemIwasthelastparticlediscoveredincosmicraysin1947C.F.PowellintheBagneres-de-BigorreConference(1953):Gentlemen,wehavebeeninvaded...Theacceleratorsarehere.AfterthisConferencethetwocommunities,cosmicrayandacceleratorphysicists,split.TheycameagaintogetherinrecentyearsforastroparticlephysicsandneutrinophysicsThenameofthegameisHIGHENERGIESICosmicraysTheyreachveryhighenergiesTheyarecheapTheyarerareYouhavenocontrolovertheenergyandtheuxIAcceleratorsYoudon'tneedtogoupthemountainsYoucontrolenergyanduxYouhavetobuildthemIwasthelastparticlediscoveredincosmicraysin1947C.F.PowellintheBagneres-de-BigorreConference(1953):Gentlemen,wehavebeeninvaded...Theacceleratorsarehere.AfterthisConferencethetwocommunities,cosmicrayandacceleratorphysicists,split.TheycameagaintogetherinrecentyearsforastroparticlephysicsandneutrinophysicsThenameofthegameisHIGHENERGIESICosmicraysTheyreachveryhighenergiesTheyarecheapTheyarerareYouhavenocontrolovertheenergyandtheuxIAcceleratorsYoudon'tneedtogoupthemountainsYoucontrolenergyanduxYouhavetobuildthemIwasthelastparticlediscoveredincosmicraysin1947C.F.PowellintheBagneres-de-BigorreConference(1953):Gentlemen,wehavebeeninvaded...Theacceleratorsarehere.AfterthisConferencethetwocommunities,cosmicrayandacceleratorphysicists,split.TheycameagaintogetherinrecentyearsforastroparticlephysicsandneutrinophysicsAccelerators:EnginesofDiscoveryAllacceleratorsarebasedon:F=qE)OnlychargedparticlescanbeacceleratedIElectrostaticacceleratorsILinearAccelerators(Linacs)ICircularaccelerators(Cyclotrons)ICollidersAccelerators:EnginesofDiscoveryAllacceleratorsarebasedon:F=qE)OnlychargedparticlescanbeacceleratedIElectrostaticacceleratorsILinearAccelerators(Linacs)ICircularaccelerators(Cyclotrons)ICollidersAccelerators:EnginesofDiscoveryAllacceleratorsarebasedon:F=qE)OnlychargedparticlescanbeacceleratedIElectrostaticacceleratorsILinearAccelerators(Linacs)ICircularaccelerators(Cyclotrons)ICollidersAccelerators:EnginesofDiscoveryAllacceleratorsarebasedon:F=qE)OnlychargedparticlescanbeacceleratedIElectrostaticacceleratorsILinearAccelerators(Linacs)ICircularaccelerators(Cyclotrons)ICollidersAccelerators:EnginesofDiscoveryAllacceleratorsarebasedon:F=qE)OnlychargedparticlescanbeacceleratedIElectrostaticacceleratorsILinearAccelerators(Linacs)ICircularaccelerators(Cyclotrons)ICollidersIElectrostaticacceleratorsVandeGraa,Cockroft-Walton,tandem,...Need:Verystrongelds,Largedimensions(EnergyFL)sparkandcoronaeects)LimitedtolowenergiesINewidea:ApplyarelativelyweakelectrostaticeldrepeatedlymanytimesIElectrostaticacceleratorsVandeGraa,Cockroft-Walton,tandem,...Need:Verystrongelds,Largedimensions(EnergyFL)sparkandcoronaeects)LimitedtolowenergiesINewidea:ApplyarelativelyweakelectrostaticeldrepeatedlymanytimesLinearacceleratorsIsing,WidereAsintheelectrostaticaccelerators,theacceleratedparticlesmoveonastraighttrajectoryFigure:FromIsing'soriginalarticleof1924En=mv2n2=nQVsin)!=2;vnj(non rel:)pn)ThelengthoftheshieldedtubesincreasesThedevelopmentofveryhighfrequencypowersupplies(klystrons,...)playedacrucialroleintheentireeldofacceleratortechnologyProton(orion)linearaccelerators(10-100MeV/nucleon)(Alvarezstructure)ElectronlinearacceleratorswaveguidesSLAC20