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SUMMARY
Dedication .....................................................................................................v Interview with the author.....................................................................vi Biography................................................................................................... vii
Introduction: Why write a history of the ILL? ..........................1
1. Pre-history ...............................................................................................5 1.1 The situation in Europe...........................................................................10 1.2 A new idea ................................................................................................19
2. Portraits of three founders of the ILL .....................................29 2.1 Jules Horowitz (1921-1995) .................................................................30 2.2 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (1911-2000).......................................................35 2.3 Louis Néel (1904-2000) .........................................................................45
3. Why invest so much money in a source of neutrons?.......51 3.1 The interaction of neutrons with matter...............................................53 3.2 Neutrons and Condensed Matter...........................................................56 3.3 Nuclear and Fundamental Physics........................................................66 3.4 Neutrons are indeed indispensable!......................................................67
4. The negotiations ..................................................................................69 4.1 The Neutron Source ................................................................................71 4.2 The Future Users .....................................................................................79 4.3 The Contract.............................................................................................80
5. The construction of the reactor and
the scientific groups ...........................................................................89
5.1 The first instruments................................................................................97 5.2 The construction of the reactor............................................................107
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