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This book provides a broad introduction to the physics and technology of the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). This new configuration of the LHC is one of the major accelerator projects for the next 20 years and will give new life to the LHC after its first 15-year operation. Not only will it allow more precise measurements of the Higgs boson and of any new particles that might be discovered in the next LHC run, but also extend the mass limit reach for detecting new particles. The HL-LHC is based on the innovative accelerator magnet technologies capable of generating 11–13 Tesla fields, with effectiveness enhanced by use of the new Achromatic Telescopic Squeezing scheme, and other state-of-the-art accelerator technologies, such as superconducting compact RF crab cavities, advanced collimation concepts, and novel power technology based on high temperature superconducting links.The book consists of a series of chapters touching on all issues of technology and design, and each chapter can be read independently. The first few chapters give a summary of the whole project, of the physics motivation and of the accelerator challenges. The subsequent chapters cover the novel technologies, the new configurations of LHC and of its injectors as well as the expected operational implications. Altogether, the book brings the reader to the heart of technologies for the leading edge accelerator and gives insights into next generation hadron colliders.

Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland) --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Nuclear Physics --- Large Hadron Collider --- Hadron colliders --- Supercolliders --- High Field Superconducting Magnets --- High Energy Colliders --- Superconducting Accelerators --- Advanced Collimators --- High Luminosity Colliders --- LHC Upgrades --- Crab Cavities --- Superconducting Links

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Gliese 581 is a red dwarf star some 20.3 light years from Earth. Red dwarfs are among the most numerous stars in the galaxy, and they sport diverse planetary systems. At magnitude 10, Gliese 581 is visible to amateur observers but does not stand out. So what makes this star so important? It is that professional observers have confirmed that it has at least four planets orbiting it, and in 2009, Planet d was described in the letters of The Astrophysical Journal as “the first confirmed exoplanet that could support Earth-like life.”   Under a Crimson Sun looks at the nature of red dwarf systems such as Gliese as potential homes for life.   Realistically, what are prospects for life on these distant worlds? Could life evolve and survive there? How do these planetary surfaces and geology evolve? How would life on a red dwarf planet differ from life on Earth? And what are the implications for finding further habitable worlds in our galaxy?   Stevenson provides readers with insight into the habitability of planets and how this changes as time progresses and the central star evolves. Explore with him in this engaging, fascinating book the possibilities for finding life, from bacteria to more complex and even intelligent organisms, on red dwarf system planets.

Exobiology --- Habitable planets --- Red dwarf stars --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biology - General --- Red dwarf stars. --- Dwarf stars. --- Low-luminosity stars --- Red dwarfs --- Physics. --- Planetology. --- Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Cosmology. --- Astrobiology. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Dwarf stars --- Stars --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Astrobiology --- Life --- Origin --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics