The development of heavy-ion nuclear physics

This paper presents a brief historical overview of heavy-ion science. Topics considered include the early work at Berkeley, developments at Los Alamos and Yale, nuclear chemistry at Berkeley, European heavy-ion studies, 14N+14N studies at Oak Ridge, heavy-ion studies in the USSR, heavy-ion linear accelerator projects at Yale and Berkeley, research at the HILAC and HIA, the first tandem accelerator, heavy-ion research at Dubna, large electrostatic accelerators, the Brookhaven Double MP accelerator, the SUPERHILAC at Berkeley, the UNILAC complex at Darmstadt, the 1975 renaissance in precision heavy-ion nuclear physics, postaccelerator systems for heavy ions, the Berkeley Bevalac, ultrarelativistic interactions, heavy-ion nuclear theory, and applications of heavy-ion nuclear physics