Mankind has moved way ahead from the technological shackles and scientific impedances that

earlier 18th century posed in front of us and since then man has tried to look for way more
unconventional fields of research which are in no way novice in front of the technological
advancements mankind has made in the last 200 years or so.

Particle accelerators are among the most versatile instruments designed by physicists who have
used it to discover the electrons as J.J.Thomson did it . Since its inception , it has turned many
heads towards it due to the simple fact that it is a very robust machine capable of giving us
breakthroughs in major problems of nuclear and particle physics. Today it is widely used in nearly
field f physics from elementary particle physics to advanced nuclear physics. While discussing its
societal applications it is imperative that we also do some background research regarding it.
Accelerators and lasers can play a major role in power engineering, radiology and medical sciences
for the broader service to the society. Accelerators and laser beams van be used and are being used
for preserving food, sterilize toxic waste and ionic implantations that can save human lives and also
elevate their standard of living tot he next level if properly implemented. It is perhaps, in medical
sciences that accelerators have found their true worth and potential to develop themselves as a
pioneer in modern medical services capable of saving a good amount of human lives.
India is a large country with humongous infrastructural demands and the past record of India when
it comes to water treatment and toxic waste management is highly alarming and not very
encouraging going strictly by the numbers various government agencies have been putting out in
the public domain. This is where accelerators can come to our aid to help us manage and dispose off
our solid waste which includes toxic components too , to be able to sustain our environment for our
future generations. The basic premise of an accelerator is to generate a radiating wave or simply
radiation which when passed through our objective target can sort out the unwanted portions and
leave us with the desirable output . Many major Indian cities grapple with the daily menace of
disposing off solid waste and this can be a game changing technology if implemented well to full
fervour. Although creating such humongous infrastructure in every major Indian city is n uphill task
but it can at least be brought out into our major cities to help them cope with this growing menace.
Lasers can also be used for combating rising crime incidences pin- pointing our security agencies or
law enforcing agencies to the required destination so that they might save some time and restore
public peace and tranquillity. Many countries like Sweden have an active space mapping algorithm
which is managed by their national security agencies . This algorithm is nothing but an extension of
the miniscule level of surveillance mentioned above. It is being used to plot the topology to
understand their geography in a very innate way and to provide their law enforcing agencies the
right amount of data feed and intelligence that they might need to in order to combat any untoward
situation.

It is estimated that in the next 50 years or so, 35% population of India might be under the grapples
of cancer and this poses serious concerns and challenges to the national interests of India. About
half of these cancer patients will undergo cancer therapy or chemo therapy which is basically a
radiation therapy. The aim of radiation therapy is to destroy the malignant cells without damaging
the healthy tissues. Nut unfortunately , radiation travels in straight lines and they also destroy many
healthy tissues of our body in their search for the unhealthy and unwanted tissues. This can be
coped up by using particle accelerators or electron accelerators as accelerators are much more
versatile and can provide deeper penetration when and if necessary. Major progress in cancer
therapy are being achieved by improvement in the local control of the tumour. This is the result of
both advancement of diagnostic tools as well as better localisation of radiations. In some
cases ,neutrons are used instead of protons as the penetrating ability of the neutrons are much more
ahead than that of protons.
Radiation is also used in storehouses for crop protection against insects and they do also help in
preserving the food items . It allows avoiding the chemical preservatives and additives now used for
food preservation and which are meeting increasing objection in view of their carcinogenic effects
or to avoid the need to maintain at low temperatures ready to serve meals.
One of the other societal application of radiation technology is sterilisation of culinary processed
foodstuff which can be suitable for packaging and opened up in room temperature many months
after its packaging.
The list is quite long as particle accelerators have found out many incumbent advantages in the
modern world than they had in the previous era of technology where these super tech-savvy
machines were used only from the point of view and academic research.
The technology that was once used to discover the electrons , particle accelerators have now
evolved into a wide variety of devices up to the giant collider of particle physics. They now
encompass most of the research fields of medical sciences, particle research for better process
control giving us the feeling that their are better days ahead and this is just the beginning for a better
future.

DECLARATION

This is to certify that this has been written by Pratyay Choudhury and any future forbearance will be
borne by the undersigned.

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