Thanks Jane,
I wish I could be there; it would link up with all the work I learned from another PI about Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and its pplications in industry. Unfortunately I’ve just arranged a meeting in London on that day,
And I’ve also got a note in my diary that it’s the LSO’s premier of some music written by Eugene. But it doesn’t seem to on.
Shall email and see if I can get any sense out of the man.
Love
Steve
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Subject: [PSCI-COM] Talk
invitation - Lasers, Proton Beams and Nuclear Medicine by Ken Ledingham
This
talk may be of interest
best wishes
Jane
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The Glasgow and West Scotland Branch of the BA
together with the Institute of Physics in Scotland presents:
Lasers, Proton Beams and Nuclear Medicine
by
Ken Ledingham,
(Sir William Penney Professor of Laser
Nuclear Physics),
Dept of Physics, University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow, Scotland,
and AWE plc, Reading, UK.
talk to be held at the Glasgow
Science Centre at 7.30 pm on Tuesday, 21st February.
FREE!!! ALL Welcome!!! No tickets
required, however seats in the lecture theatre will be filled on a first come
first served basis.
By firing an ultra-powerful - a million
billion watts - laser beam at a solid target, it is possible to reproduce
conditions which have previously only been found in stars. The lasers can
generate particles including protons, electrons, neutrons and positrons which are
of great interest to plasma, nuclear and astrophysicists but are also exciting
for medical applications. Positrons can be used to find tumours and protons can
be used to treat tumours with greater efficiency than conventional
radiotherapy. In the longer term it may even be possible to use ultra-intense
laser beams to help dispose of radioactive waste.
This talk will be presented at a level that can be understood by
non-specialists and students at both school and university. A number of
laser demonstrations will be given.
The BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) is a
voluntary organisation. The BA is passionate about science.
It works hard to make science more accessible to people of all ages and to
encourage more of them to become involved in scientific debate. Through a
diverse and innovative range of activities and events, it covers the latest
issues in the world of science and brings them to the widest possible audience.
The Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch is one of five throughout Scotland
and is part of the UK-wide network of BA Branches. It organises a wide
variety of events and activities at venues in Glasgow and the West of
Scotland. All are open to the public.
For more information contact:
Dr Carol Trager-Cowan
Senior Lecturer
Department of Physics
University of Strathclyde
John Anderson Building
107 Rottenrow
Glasgow G4 0NG
Scotland, UK
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Tel: +44 (0)141 548 3465
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The Robert Clark Centre for Technological Education
University of Glasgow
St Andrews Building
11 Eldon Street
Glasgow
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