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le: September 25 - Luncheon with Stephen Myers (CERN)\nStart Date / Time:
Sep 25, 2015 11:45 AM UTC\nLocation: Hotel InterContinental\nSpeaker: Dr.
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\nThe Higgs&rsquo\; Boson and Cancer Therapy\n \nProfessor Steve Myers wil
l talk about our relationship as a civilisation with particle accelerators
. Perhaps most often we think of the use of these sophisticated and often
enormous machines to provide us with insight as to the dawn of the univer
se, and indeed this is a very important application for which they are use
d throughout the world. However, they are also in widespread use for the
treatment of cancer, scientific research into the properties of materials
and in security.\nToday&rsquo\;s particle accelerators and detectors are a
mong the most complicated and expensive scientific instruments ever built
by mankind, and they exploit almost every aspect of today&rsquo\;s cutting
edge engineering technologies. In many cases accelerator needs have been
the driving force behind these new technologies\; necessity being the moth
er of invention. The CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the most recent a
nd most powerful of these devices.\nIn this lecture an overview is given o
f some of the engineering requirements for construction of modern day acce
lerators with particular reference to the LHC. The initial commissioning o
f the Large Hadron Collider which was immediately followed by a serious te
chnical accident is described as are the steps needed for recovery after t
he accident. Operation from 2010 until 2012 is briefly documented. This pe
riod allowed the increase in performance of the collider to provide suffic
ient data for the discovery of the Higgs&rsquo\; boson.\nFinally, followin
g a recent initiative, CERN&rsquo\;s technologies, developed for particle
physics, are now being applied to medicine. This includes medical imaging
and the use of the particle beams for cancer therapy. A description of the
se technologies and their application to medicine is given.\nLuncheon kind
ly sponsored by La Tour\n \nPODCAST - INTERVIEW OF DR. STEVE MYERS\n\n---
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SUMMARY:September 25 - Luncheon with Stephen Myers (CERN)
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Event Title: Sept
ember 25 - Luncheon with Stephen Myers (CERN)
https://www.amclub.
ch/events/32/
When: Sep 25, 2015 11:45 AM UTC
Sp
eaker: Dr. Steve Myers
Hotel InterContinental
9 chemin du
Petit Saconnex
1209
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9+chemin
+du+Petit+Saconnex,Geneva,1209
Forecast: http://www.weathe
r.com/weather/monthly/1209
The Higgs&rsquo\; Bos
on and Cancer Therapy
\;
Professor Steve Myers will ta
lk about our relationship as a civilisation with particle accelerators.&nb
sp\; Perhaps most often we think of the use of these sophisticated and oft
en enormous machines to provide us with insight as to the dawn of the univ
erse, and indeed this is a very important application for which they are u
sed throughout the world. \; However, they are also in widespread use
for the treatment of cancer, scientific research into the properties of ma
terials and in security.
Today&rsquo\;s particle accelerators and d
etectors are among the most complicated and expensive scientific instrumen
ts ever built by mankind, and they exploit almost every aspect of today&rs
quo\;s cutting edge engineering technologies. In many cases accelerator ne
eds have been the driving force behind these new technologies\; necessity
being the mother of invention. The CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the
most recent and most powerful of these devices.
In this lecture an
overview is given of some of the engineering requirements for constructio
n of modern day accelerators with particular reference to the LHC. The ini
tial commissioning of the Large Hadron Collider which was immediately foll
owed by a serious technical accident is described as are the steps needed
for recovery after the accident. Operation from 2010 until 2012 is briefly
documented. This period allowed the increase in performance of the collid
er to provide sufficient data for the discovery of the Higgs&rsquo\; boson
.
Finally, following a recent initiative, CERN&rsquo\;s technologie
s, developed for particle physics, are now being applied to medicine. This
includes medical imaging and the use of the particle beams for cancer the
rapy. A description of these technologies and their application to medicin
e is given.
Luncheon kindly sponsored by La Tour
\;
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