Bibliographic guide to refrigeration 1953–1960: (Pergamon Press, 1962) 1,112 pages. 140s
✍ Scribed by A.J. Croft
- Book ID
- 103050714
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1964
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 115 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-2275
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✦ Synopsis
into two parts, the generation of high magnetic fields and the research to be carried out with them. These two aspects are not always separated in the.individual contributions since quite a number of them do not deal with work carried out, but rather with work contemplated. This means that a good deal of the material of the report consists of programme outlines which elaborate the proposed magnet facilities and the kind of research which might be carried out with them. This in itself is a useful thing in a field where, as is obvious, much money is going to be spent.
The report opens with a few basic papers on field analysis which are followed by contributions on steady fields and power supplies for them. Then comes a similar section on pulsed fields and one on superconductive magnets. The next part is entirely devoted to research programmes, and this is followed by one dealing with research problems involving high magnet fields in solid state and low temperature physics. Here one of the sections is devoted to superconducting materials, but it is clear that the main interest is in alloys and compounds suitable for superconductive magnets, and should be read in conjunction with the earlier section dealing with these. Finally, there are three sections on plasma, fusion, and particle physics in high magnetic fields.
Reading through the report, one is a bit doubtful whether it would be wise for the organizers of future high magnetic field conferences to attempt again this very wide coverage. Surely nobody would think of arranging a meeting to deal with both the construction and application of very sensitive galvanometers. The large attendance at the present Conference shows only too clearly what is likely to happen in five years' time if all aspects included in this report are to be discussed together with an unspecified number of new ones.
In spite of being a bit diffuse, the present report will be a useful guide for all those working with high magnetic fields, or intending to do so, because it provides a fair assessment of the state of development. It is, however, surprising and to be regretted that the report does not contain a contribution on magnet construction or programme by the U.S. Navy Research Laboratory which, during the past decade, has been in the forefront of magnet design, and whose pioneering work in high magnetic field has been outstandingly successful.
K. MENDELSSOHN