On 16th September 2022, the Department of Physics, Amity School of Applied Sciences, Amity University Haryana, organised an online international workshop (one day) virtually on Zoom on ‘Accelerators and Plasmas for Research and Mankind’. The workshop was coordinated by Dr. Jyotsna Sharma, Associate Professor Physics, ASAS and Prof. Ambika Devi, HoD Physics, ASAS, AUH. The guest speakers were Dr. Edda Gschwendther, CERN(Scientist), Dr. Richard Scrivens CERN(Scientist), Dr. Alessandra Lombardi, CERN(Scientist) and Dr. Sarvesh Kumar, CERN(Scientist). A total of 217 participants were present in the workshop.
The major objective of organising this workshop was to make the students aware of advancements in research and technology of accelerators and plasmas at CERN lab. It aimed at finding the latest advances and identifying promising trends, in experimental and theoretical aspects of plasma-based accelerators and their applications.
The event started with Saraswati Vandana. The opening remarks were given by Prof. Ambika Devi in which Prof explained the purpose and need of the event for our students. Afterwards, Vice-chancellor of AUH Prof P. B. Sharma bestowed the audience with his blessings and motivated the students to pursue research in applied sciences and join such world-renowned labs after completing their higher studies. Then, the Pro-vice chancellor of AUH, Prof. Vikas Madhukar addressed the audience and welcomed our guest speakers and showed his willingness to collaborate with the CERN lab. After this, the guest speakers were introduced to the audience by Dr. Jyotsna Sharma. She also elaborated on the major discoveries of CERN lab in the last years.
Then, the first speaker Dr. Lombardi gave insights on the new High-Frequency Radio Frequency Quadruple (RFQ), to be used in hospitals for treating cancer and explained the proton activities for societal use in a very lucid manner. Following this, Dr. Scrivens explained the hadron sources in such simple words that everyone listening to the lecture was bestowed with the provided information and knowledge.
Next was Dr. Edda who discussed the CERN’s plasma wakefield acceleration experiment conducted in the lab and the outcomes of the same, as how the executed experiment can be used to give maximum benefits to mankind and nations. Lastly, Dr. Kumar conducted a virtual visit to CERN lab. The visit benefitted the students in knowing and understanding a few of the experiments conducted at CERN. Many queries and appreciation were received from the students and researchers. Afterwards, the vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Ambika Devi and the event was closed.
This workshop must have opened doors of opportunities for UG and PhD students to learn new techniques and experiments which can be further used in healthcare and have motivated them to pursue their careers in plasmas and accelerators-based research.