CERN Accelerating science

Article
Title	John Adams and CERN: Personal Recollections
Author(s)	Brianti, Giorgio (CERN (formerly)) ; Plane, D E (CERN)
Publication	2013
In:	Rev. Accel. Sci. Technol. 6 (2013) 291-310
In:	Accelerators for high intensity beams, pp.291-310
DOI	10.1142/S1793626813300144
Subject category	Biography, Geography, History ; Accelerators and Storage Rings
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN PS CERN SPS
Free keywords	Accelerators ; CERN ; PS ; SPS ; John Adams ; international organizations
Abstract	By any standards, John Adams had a most remarkable career. He was involved in three important, emerging technologies, radar, particle accelerators and controlled fusion, and had an outstanding impact on the last two. Without a university education, he attained hierarchical positions of the highest level in prestigious national and international organizations. This article covers the CERN part of his career, by offering some personal insights into the different facets of his contributions to major accelerator projects, from the first strong-focusing synchrotron, the PS, to the SPS and its conversion to a proton–antiproton collider. In particular, it outlines his abilities as a leader of an international collaboration, which has served as an example for international initiatives in other disciplines.
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