Overview
"Ionising radiation" plays an important role in various scientific fields
such as medicine, industry, energy and the environment as well as in politics,
the public, and in the media, especially due to concerns about the effects of
low doses of ionizing radiation, individual sensitivity, risks of nuclear power,
radioactive repositories and efforts to optimise radiation therapy and
diagnostics.
Adequate protection against adverse effects of ionising radiation while making
optimum use of its beneficial aspects is an important task of radiation
protection.
This Physics School will provide a comprehensive overview on the present status
of knowledge, future perspectives of research as well as on some open questions
of the interdisciplinary, highly up-to-date field of radiation protection. The
school includes about 70 lectures, tutorials, trainings and seminars. The
lecturers and advisors are internationally renowned high-level specialists in
this interesting and important field.
Main topics
After one day with refresher courses on basics of ionising radiation and
radiation protection the school will focus on the topics
A) Radiation Transport and Track Structure Simulation
B) Radiation Systems Biology
C) The Fukushima accident and its Radiological Consequences
This Advanced WE-Heraeus Physics School is intended for English speaking
students, i.e. diploma and PhD students, as well as for postdocs in the field of
physics, biophysics, medical physics, and other related fields. The purpose of
the School is to draw the attention of prospective and newly graduated
physicists and other scientists to the latest developments in "ionising
radiation and radiation protection". It will include ten days of intensive
lecturing, and encourage advanced students and scientists to start a
professional career either in academic research, industry or public
institutions (ministries etc.) where the interdisciplinary field of radiation
science is a matter of interest.
Basic knowledge on ionizing radiation as provided for example by attendance in a
previous "Physics School on Radiation Protection" might be useful to take full
advantage of the advanced lectures.
This Advanced WE-Heraeus Physics School is funded by the
Wilhelm and Else-Heraeus Foundation which is the most important private
foundation of physics research in Germany.