A Certain Scientific Accelerator Vol 9

With the "princess" away, a new girl is hanging around Last Order--she's a marvel in the kitchen, but her motivations aren't on the menu. Who is this girl, really, and what is she after? If she's here to serve up trouble, a recuperating Accelerator might not be around to dig in.

Accelerator, the most powerful psychic in Academy City, is quietly recovering from his injuries when trouble literally lands in his bedroom. A group of anti-evil zealots who call themselves “DA” are causing havoc, and it could threaten the city―not to mention the entire world! Although he hates to be bothered, a world-shaking threat may be enough to get Accelerator out of bed…especially if it involves the adorable Misaka Mikoto clone, “Last Order.”

'" Accelerator Vs. Hishigata''s coffins! But what awaits beyond…? "'

A FULL COURSE OF CRAZY Accelerator raids an insanity-laden banquet thrown by the Dark Side, where all sorts of taboo foods are served! How will he fare against the Full Course espers who use innocent children as ingredients? Darkness meets darkness in this volume as the Nectar Arc charges toward its finale!

Since its invention in the 1920s, particle accelerators have made tremendous progress in accelerator science, technology and applications. However, the fundamental acceleration principle, namely, to apply an external radiofrequency (RF) electric field to accelerate charged particles, remains unchanged. As this method (either room temperature RF or superconducting RF) is approaching its intrinsic limitation in acceleration gradient (measured in MeV/m), it becomes apparent that new methods with much higher acceleration gradient (measured in GeV/m) must be found for future very high energy accelerators as well as future compact (table-top or room-size) accelerators. This volume introduces a number of advanced accelerator concepts (AAC) — their principles, technologies and potential applications. For the time being, none of them stands out as a definitive direction in which to go. But these novel ideas are in hot pursuit and look promising. Furthermore, some AAC requires a high power laser system. This has the implication of bringing two different communities — accelerator and laser — to join forces and work together. It will have profound impact on the future of our field. Also included are two special articles, one on "Particle Accelerators in China' which gives a comprehensive overview of the rapidly growing accelerator community in China. The other features the person-of-the-issue who was well-known nuclear physicist Jerome Lewis Duggan, a pioneer and founder of a huge community of industrial and medical accelerators in the US.

'" Accelerator may be the top psychic in Academy City, but now he''s getting a crash course in magic, t hanks to the Necromancer Estelle. Now one of DA''s victims is Accelerator and Estelle need to bring down her killers! Unfortunately, the fight against this rogue Anti-Skill group is about to get more complicated–as another member of the Sisters Project is caught in DA''s web. "'

The Daihasei Festival--a huge athletics festival attended by every school in Academy City, where the superpowered students attending these institutions gather to compete in a wide variety of competitions. And of course, Touma Kamijou is participating. His terrible luck is still in full effect--he's gnawed on by a famished Index, castigated by a representative of the festival management committee, and zapped mid-competition by none other than Mikoto Misaka. But Academy city's about to have a much bigger problem--and her name is Oriana Thomson.

Touma Kamijou just can't catch a break. He might live in Academy City, a place full of more super powered students than you can shake a stick at, but his only superpower is his supernatural lack of luck. He wants nothing more than to keep a low profile, but when a girl named Index comes into his life, it gets more complicated and dangerous than ever!