TALK CANCELLED: will be shiftet to another day (t.b.d.) [Swapan Chattopadhyay -- 'Accelerators: Challenges, Reach and Scientific Promise']
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Europe/London
Description
Beginning with the “splitting of the atom” by late Sir John Cockcroft in 1932, progressive innovations in charged particle acceleration, storage and manipulation have led to major discoveries in sub-atomic physics throughout the twentieth century. It has been a glorious past. As we enter the twenty-first century, the scientific and technological challenges to science-driven innovations are enormous -- production of luminous and energetic charged particle beams that can probe matter at attometric resolution at the highest energies attainable on earth! But the potential scientific rewards are even greater. We outline these challenges and explore a few sample territories of potential innovations and discoveries. Increasingly complex nonlinear beam-electrodynamic environment posed by these accelerators will demand sophisticated numerical end-to-end computer modelling and simulation tools in order to drive innovation.
