Abstract
In this document, I recall my own personal memories of the conception, design, construction and operation of particle accelerators and particle colliders over the past 50 years. This is not meant to be a technical report, and this is evidenced by the style of writing (commonly used first person singular), but more to give an insight to the historical beginnings and endings of some of the world’s most technically complex and expensive scientific instruments.
23 More- Received 10 September 2020
- Accepted 10 November 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.124802
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- The author received the IPAC2010 Achievement Prize for Outstanding Work in the Accelerator Field. This paper is an invited contribution inspired by that award.