7 March 2025
Lecture hall-1 NISER
Asia/Kolkata timezone

Introduction to particle accelerators and its medical applications

7 Mar 2025, 10:05
1h
Lecture hall-1 NISER

Lecture hall-1 NISER

Lecture hall-1, Near Central library, NISER

Speaker

Dr Rajesh Kumar (BARC, Mumbai)

Description

Particle accelerator is a machine used to generate particle (e-, photon, proton, carbon, He etc.) beams which are used to kill cancer cells. This lecture will give introduction to how the beam of particles are generated and how they are used to perform Radiation Therapy (killing cancel cells).

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