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Could CERN have detected supersymmetry? Should we be interested in plasma wakefield acceleration? Does the size of protons make them less suitable for medical application than electrons? Suzie Sheehy answers questions from the audience.
Watch her talk here: https://youtu.be/jLmciZdh5j4
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Suzie Sheehy is an Accelerator Physicist at the University of Oxford. Her research interests lie in the areas of particle physics, accelerator physics and their applications including medical and energy applications.
She is also heavily involved in science outreach and often appears in the media to explain the work of particle physicists and how accelerators work.
This event was supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
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That final question was of interest, and answered in a way I did not expect.
I was, however, more interested in several of the earlier questions, and all of them gave me things to think about.
That was quite a brave effort to point out the potential long term demerits of Brexit to particle physics. Also a brilliant and enthusiastic talk overall.
Good questions and very good answers.
That was one of the most interesting talks I've watched
The blip turned out to be a flop. But that's science! A negative results teaches you just as much as a positive one.
I'm with the guy who asked the field containment question around 8:20, I don't understand why a Paul Trap is the preferred method for particle containment, why wouldn't a toroidal field be used instead? Also wish she went into more detail about how the RF cavity and process of how they actually frequency match the particles to achieve the acceleration. Do the particles trigger the field, or is it some mathematically timed system? Great series with her though, would love for RI to continue it and go more in depth.
Jonathan Butterworth! I had recently read his book "Smashing Physics."
I agree with the photons,
cool = Hi! what kind of Butterfly Effect Dose the particle accelerators have on earth magnetic or gravity fields = thank you