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Physics Colloquium

April 11, 2019

John S. Custer, from Sandia National Laboratories, will present "A Brief History of Accelerators in Physics". Free pizza and everyone welcome to attend!

The discovery of the nucleus, using naturally occurring alpha particles, stimulated a desire to controllably generate high energy particles to probe this exciting new entity. Within a few years of each other, all the basic particle accelerator types were invented and applied to problems in nuclear physics. Beyond their impact on physics, these new technologies were rapidly applied to a range of other problems. By combining history and physics, the role of fundamental physics research in spawning new ideas is illustrated.

Further information

  • Location: Tome 115
  • Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Calendar Icon
  • Cost: Free