The Italian Future of Accelerators
Interview with Lucio Rossi, INFN researcher and professor at the University of Milan, coordinator of INFN Accelerators Committee
Right from their first appearance in the sector dedicated to studying the ultimate constituents of matter, particle accelerators have shown a profound propensity for finding a position, often central, in disciplinary fields other than fundamental physics. An emblematic case of this fertile transfer of technologies is surely the medical field that, from as early as the 1950s, has made use of accelerators in treating tumours